The town of

Mulazzo

and the

International Organisation of Book Towns

present the third edition of the

International Illustrated Silent Book Contest

expressly dedicated to silent books, that is,

illustrated books without words

.

Given that the illustrated book and the visual language of illustrations and pictures is in no way secondary to written language, with a universal power and potential that supersedes any barrier of language or genre, the

Silent Book Contest

invites authors and illustrators to think up and design a book conceived exclusively for the telling of a story through illustrated images, on

any subject

and 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 PDF

format.

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 2017

.

Prize

An international Jury will select from five to ten finalists to be announced at the

Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2018

.

The author of the book project selected as the winner will receive an award of

4.500 Euro

(

approx. 5,230 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 2018

at Montereggio di Mulazzo, Italy.