The town of
Mulazzoand the
International Organisation of Book Townspresent the fourth edition of the
International Illustrated Silent Book Contestexpressly dedicated to silent books, that is,
illustrated books without words.
Given that the illustrated book and the visual language of illustrations and pictures are in no way secondary to written language, with a universal power and potential that supersedes any barrier of language or genre, the
Silent Book Contestinvites authors and illustrators to think up and design a book conceived exclusively for the telling of a story through illustrated images, on
any subjectand intended for a wide and diverse section of the reading public, regardless of genre or age.
For each book project sent to the competition, a complete layout should be created. The layout must be a single digital file with a maximum size of 10Mb, exclusively in
high-quality PDFformat.
The book project should be presented on double pages with a format of 57cms in width by 28.5cms in height (
to give a closed format of 28.5cms x 28.5cms and opening from right to left).
Entry fee is 50 Euro (
approx. 58 USD) for each book project (
a maximum of three book projects per single author is permitted).
Eligibility
Participation is open to all illustrators with new book project of any nationality, place of birth or residence, provided that they are over theage of 18 on the
31st of December 2018.
Prize
From the book projects enrolled and sent to the competition, an International Jury will select from five to ten final book projects from which will be judged the winner of the
International Silent Book Contest 2019.
The author of the book project selected as the winner will receive an award of
4.500 Euro(
approx. 5,275 USD) as an advance against royalties and a publishing agreement according to international standards. The winning book project will be published by
Carthusia Edizioni.
The award ceremony will be held in
August 2019at Montereggio di Mulazzo, Italy.