Silent Book Contest 2023

Carthusia Edizioni as main organizer, together with the Silent Book Contest Secretary’s Office, with the collaboration of Comune di Mulazzo,  Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino, l’Associazione Montereggio Paese dei Librai,  member of I.O.B. International Organization of Book Towns Italia, with the patronage of IBBY Italia and Centro per il Libro e la Lettura (MiBACT) and with the contribution of BPER Banca and media partnership Rai Ragazzi and Rai Radio 3, presents the International Silent Book Contest 2023 – Gianni De Conno Award. The competition is exclusively reserved for new and unpublished illustrated books without words. The subject is open and not restricted to any age group and readers. 

The narration must be carried out exclusively through illustrated images and have narrative and stylistic coherence.

1. Authors, illustrators and artists of any nationality, place of origin or residence may participate, with original and unpublished projects, provided they are not less than 18 years old on 5th February 2023. It is possible to participate with one to a maximum of three unpublished projects for each Author.

2. From the book projects enrolled and sent to the competition by 3th February 2023, an International Jury, nominated by the organization will select from eight to fourteen finalists book projects by March 2023. They will be presented and exhibited at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2023 (March 2023). Then, among the finalists, the Jury will choose the winning project.

3. The book projects entered in the competition must be sent anonymously following the instructions given in the section “On-line registration procedure for submitting material”. Book projects submitted and not corresponding to the Participation Methods or incomplete book projects will not be admitted.

4. The International Jury, nominated by the organization, is formed of 9 personalities of recognized prestige and professionalism in the publishing world, illustration and literature. The members of the International Jury will be published on the official website of the Silent Book Contest Contest.

5. The winner announcement and the award ceremony will be held at the Salone Internazionale del Libro of Turin (Italy) in 2023.

6. The winning book project of the Silent Book Contest 2023 will be published by October 2023 by Carthusia Edizioni of Milan (Italy). The publisher will add it and promote it as part of its editorial catalogue. Carthusia Edizioni has the possibility to decide to do not publish the winning book if considered inappropriate. The author will sign a regular publishing contract and, as established in the rules of the contest and in the contract, will receive a cash prize of € 4.000, as advance on the royalties.

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