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THEBOLOGNA AWARDS& CONTESTS
Publishing
The Bologna Book Fair provides a great stage for an impressive array of international prizes and contests celebrating excellence in all fields of the children’s publishing industry including books, illustrations, publishers, multimedia projects and licensing programmes.
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The BCBF Awards family includes, in the first place, the world-renowned BolognaRagazzi Award aimed at selecting the finest illustrated books, with a spotlight on comics and graphic novels; the BRAW also embraces the BolognaRagazzi CrossMedia Award celebrating the best publishing projects that expand their narrative universe across different media. Furthermore, the BOP – Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publishers of the Year is the much-awaited recognition that acknowledges each year the top publishers on a global level. BCBF also casts light on children’s literature with the Premio Strega Ragazze e Ragazzi, the children’s section of Italy’s most coveted award for literature. Thanks to the high-profile recognition offered to all the winners, BCBF Awards create buzz in the industry and trigger additional right sales across many new countries.
The last addition to the Bologna Awards family is the Jacket Design Award by BolognaBookPlus, Book Jackets: Best of the Best. This year it is centred around the inaugural Market of Honour, Greece.
Illustration
The Illustrators Exhibition showcases the winners of an international contest, for whom two prizes are reserved: the International Award for IllustrationBCBF/ Fundación SM and the ARS IN FABULA - Grant Award, both supporting young emerging artists.
This year BCBF presents also the winners of two international illustration contests: Italian Excellence. Illustrations for Italo Calvino and 60! Landscapes and Portraits of BCBF to mark its 60th edition.
Translation
The annual translation competition In Altre Parole is aimed at young translators working in Italian from a range of languages changing every year to encourage language diversity.
Licensing
In order to embrace all forms of children’s content, BCBF also promotes the Bologna Licensing Awards, as part of the Bologna Licensing Trade Fair Kids, which rewards the best licensing projects realised in 2022.
Academic Research
BCBF promotes the Premio Carla Poesio, recognising outstanding dissertations in children’s literature in Italian Universities.
