According to the General Department of Public Relations and International Affairs of the Center, Farzaneh Rahmani with the article 'Cultural justice and promotion of book reading using letter writing' and Hossein Tulai with the article 'Specialized libraries of literary associations as a tool for the development of the teenage audience' have entered this literary event.

Farzaneh Rahmani, the author of children and adolescents, and Hossein Tolai, the poet of children and adolescents, both are literary experts in the management of literary and artistic creations of the intellectual development center for children and adolescents, who have been invited to this congress to present their articles.

The 39th IBBY International Congress will be held from 9 to 11 September 1403 (30 August to 1 September 2024) in Trieste, Italy. The slogan and the main theme of the congress of this period is 'Join the revolution!' Give all children good books.

The congress program will include numerous and diverse conferences, workshops and exhibitions. A lot of space will be devoted to providing experiences and methods of selecting quality works, producing and publishing good books, along with promoting and teaching reading.

It is worth mentioning that the authorities of the 39th International Congress of IBBY have invited these two literary experts of the Intellectual Development Center to attend and present their articles orally.

The Award aims to encourage further investment by individuals, organizations and governments in the promotion of children’s reading and will stimulate educational innovation, give much greater access to children’s books and an enhanced profile for children’s reading promotion – key tools in global, social, economic and cultural development – all in the context of Article 17(C) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Every two years, IBBY will invite nominations from IBBY National Sections that recognise outstanding individuals who are working to promote the expansion and development of children’s reading. From the nominations the IBBY-iRead Award Jury will select two winners.

The Jury will look for suitable nominees whose work may include: the creation and operation of outstanding reading promotion projects; effective promotion of strategies in favour of reading policies; and advocacy of the children’s right to read. All nominations will be judged on sustainability, influence, innovation and inspiration.


The 2024 IBBY-iRead Outstanding Reading Promoter Award received 13 nominations from . These were reviewed by the IBBY Reading Promotion Award Jury composed of Tina Bilban (Slovenia), Ingrid Källström (Sweden), Elena Pasoli (Italy), Luis Zendrera (Spain), Wen Li (China, representative of the Shenzhen-iRead Foundation), and chaired by Junko Yokota (USA).

The two winners of the 2024 IBBY-iRead Outstanding Reading Promoter Award is to be announced on 8 April 2024 during the Press Conference organised at the Bologna Children's Book Fair.

The winners of the 2024 IBBY-iRead Outstanding Reading Promoter Award are: Ms Basarat Kazim from Pakistan, nominated by IBBY Pakistan, and Ms Irene Vasco from Colombia, nominated by IBBY Canada.

The Astrid Lindgren Award is one of the most prestigious international awards in the field of children's and youth literature.
After the death of Astrid Lindgren in 2002, this award is given every year to the best program or the best people in the field of children's and youth literature. Foundation (ILF) won the 2024 Astrid Lindgren Award.

The jury’s motivation

    'With curiosity and respect, Indigenous Literacy Foundation works with reading and storytelling among First Nations children in Australia. In close collaboration with Communities, they highlight the value of all people’s own languages and stories. By spreading books and stimulating reading, storytelling and creativity, Indigenous Literacy Foundation builds the desire to read and fosters pride, self-confidence and a sense of belonging. Every child has the right to their language and their stories.'

Highlights the value of all people’s own languages and stories

The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) encourages reading and promote literacy by securing access to good literature for First Nations children of Australia. The organisation works in 427 First Nations Communities all over the Australian continent. ILF emphasizes the importance of First Nations children finding themselves, their culture and their languages reflected in the books they read.

According to the announcement of the international book office for the young generation, IBBY, in 2024, Heinz Janisch from Austria won this award in the writing section and Sydney Smith from Canada in the illustration section. The winners were selected from a list of 12 people including 6 writers and 6 illustrators.

According to the International Bureau of Books for the Young Generation, Bart Muirt from Belgium, Heinz Janisch from Austria, Marina Colasanti from Brazil, Eduard van de Wendel from the Netherlands, Lee Geum-Yea from South Korea and Timo Parola from Finland are the nominees for the writing and Chai Gao categories. From China, Ivana Khmilowska from Poland, Paloma Valdivia from Chile, Sidney Smith from Canada, Nelson Cruz from Brazil and Elena Odriozola from Spain were the nominees in the illustration category.

The members of the jury for the 2024 Hans Christian Andersen Award, chaired by Liz Page, Sabine Fuchs from Austria, Diana Laura Kovach from Argentina, Brenda Dills from the United States, Shirin Kridieh from Lebanon, Bettina Komerling-Maybauer from Germany, Janna Pessonen from Finland, It consisted of Tan Fengxia from China, Pavel Očakar from Slovenia, Morgan Vasta from France and Evelyn Arispe from Mexico/England. Carolina Balster supervised the arbitration on behalf of the International Bureau.

The Children's Book Council is one of the first members of the International Board on Books for Young People, known as IBBY. According to the Children's Book Council, Jamshid Khanian from Iran participated in this competition for the second time as a writer and Alireza Goldozian in the illustration section from the Children's Book Council.

As the Iranian representative of this competition, the Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Adolescents organizes a judging session with the presence of illustrators and experts in this field by announcing the call and collecting selected works of Iranian illustrators.
Based on this, among all the works, 'crowing time' illustrated by Maryam Tahmasabi, 'Journey in Kamova' illustrated by Yeganeh Yagoubnejad, 'Frank' illustrated by Mojgan Saeedian, 'Daddy with a hat, Daddy without a hat' illustrated by Atefeh Malekijo, 'Be ready' Hellola' illustrated by Afshana Sanei, 'Magic of Dream' illustrated by Mahsa Hedayat, 'A Very Important Work' illustrated by Semane Rahbarenia, 'Dochter Naranj and Taranj' illustrated by Mehkame Shabani and the book 'A Cabra E O Lobo' illustrated by Ali Bouzari. The names of the candidates for this award were introduced by the judges.

Illustrators play a very important role in adding vitality and vigor to children’s books through the illustrations and the visual shapes they create about the characters and worlds in stories and tales, thereby sparking the imaginations of children and youth. Given the importance of their role, Sharjah Children's Reading Festival launched the Sharjah Children's Book Illustration Exhibition in 2012 with the aim of highlighting the magnificent illustrations that can be seen in many outstanding children's publications.
The Sharjah Children’s Book Illustration Exhibition calls upon international illustrators to take part in the Exhibition to showcase their works to a wide group of audience. The participants will compete to win the Exhibition’s annual awards, whereby the first winner will receive USD 8,000, and second, and the third will receive USD 6,000 and 4,000 respectively. There are also three incentive awards to be granted, each of which amounts to USD 1,000.

More information: http://www.scrf.ae/en/content?id=51 

Welcome to Imagine 2200 — a new climate-fiction contest by Fix, Grist’s solutions lab. What we’re seeking: short stories that envision the next 180 years of equitable climate progress. What we’re offering: $8,700 in prizes, publication, and a reason to stay hopeful.

The world is crazy right now, and the stakes are high: just, you know, our entire frickin’ future. Our newsfeeds are full of denial, delay, and doom that make us want to scream into our pillows. But that’s just the old story. At Fix, we are telling the new story, of a path to a clean, green, and just future, and the people who are driving it. Our mission is to make the story of a better world so irresistible, you want it right now.

With that goal in mind, we decided to launch our first foray into the world of hopeful, forward-looking fiction — to inspire visions of the future that haven’t even been dreamt up yet, and welcome more voices into the climate conversation. Join this uprising of imagination, and help us turn the page on earth’s next chapter.

Nuts & bolts

• Entry is free!
• Submissions close April 12, 11:59 p.m. U.S. Pacific Standard Time.
• The contest is open to writers anywhere in the world.
• Authors must be 18 years or older at the time of submission.
• Submissions must be short, fictional stories, between 3,000–5,000 words.
• No previously published, multiple, or simultaneous submissions accepted.
• Submissions will only be accepted through Submittable — click the “submit” button at the bottom of this page when you’re ready! If you need accessibility accommodations, please email the team at imaginefiction@grist.org
• Stories will be judged by a board of literary experts, including authors Adrienne Maree Brown, Morgan Jerkins, and Kiese Laymon.
• The first-prize story will be awarded $3,000; second prize $2,000; and third prize $1,000. Nine additional finalists will each receive a $300 honorarium.
• All 12 final stories will be published in a digital collection on Fix’s website, and the authors will be celebrated in a public-facing virtual event.
• Worldwide copyright and ownership of each story remains with the author.
• If a story is accepted for publication, Grist retains the first serial rights of the work to publish, produce, reproduce, distribute, and market.
• All other remaining rights revert to the author upon publication.

We’ll be reading for the following core elements:

• Hope
• Intersectionality
• Resilience
• A society that is radically different from the one we live in today, and how we got there
• A focus on climate, with creative and clearly articulated solutions that put people and planet first

more information: https://grist.submittable.com/submit/182161/imagine-2200-climate-fiction-for-future-ancestors 

UN Women—together with the European Commission, Belgium, France, Mexico, as well as in partnership with Cartooning for Peace—is organizing a global comic and cartoon competition to mark the 25th anniversary of the groundbreaking Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which set out how to remove the systemic barriers that hold women back from equal participation in all areas of life. The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action is a visionary agenda for the empowerment of women and girls, everywhere. 

Selection of winners

The first-, second-, and third-prize winners of the competition will get the chance to attend the virtual opening of the Forum in Paris, and will be among the changemakers of this generation, including civil society, international organizations, governments, business, cities, parliaments, trade unions, media, and more! In addition, an exhibition with the cartoons from all finalists will take place during the Generation Equality Forum in Paris (in situ/virtual, depending on the situation).

The prizes will be:

• First Prize: EUR 1200
• Second Prize: EUR 750
• Third Prize: EUR 500     

Sunmission deadline: 14 March 2021

More information: https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2021/1/announcement-comic-and-cartoon-competition 

The idea

The international illustration competition “BO it!” aims to enhance the city of Bologna through an artistic and creative interpretation of the icons that identify it, such as monuments and other symbols: Bologna described by those who live there, those who imagine it, who discovers it as a tourist and by those who arrive as a migrant.

The Contest

The competition is international and open to everyone of any age; it is possible to participate as an individual or as a group of people. Participants are asked to create an illustration, a graphic interpretation or a decorative motif within or outside (or both) the outline of a monument or icon, provided in an annex to the call, with free technique.

Each year a different shape will be proposed. The outline for the 2019 edition is the Two Towers: the Asinelli and the Garisenda. A qualified jury will select up to 30 works for one or more urban exhibitions, including three winners (one of these will be reserved for people with disabilities and migrants). One of the goals of BO it! is to promote the inclusion of people with disabilities and migrants, by providing them, through training activities and dedicated tools to access the call, the opportunity to give their contribution to an artistic vision of the city of Bologna.

The shape for the 2021 edition is the Porticus of Bologna. It’s an invitation to reinvent the relationship between city and community, sharing the emotions lived during the lockdown, with the hopes and desires for the restart.

Awards

Three winning works will be awarded. The prizes are as follows:
1) First Prize “City of Bologna”: € 1,200.00
2) Second Prize “Città dei Portici”: € 600.00
3) Third Prize “Maimeri”: Fine arts articles – supply based on the technique used by the candidate

More information: http://www.bo-it.org/en  

The Penguin Student Design Award, now in its 15th year, aims to discover and nurture the next generation of design and illustration talent.

The Astra International Picture Book Writing Contest is a unique competition open to writers for children, both published and unpublished. The purpose of this contest is to encourage, discover and honor talented writers of texts for picture books from all over the world; to foster literary excellence in books for young children; and to promote international cooperation and understanding through picture books.

The winners will have the opportunity to sign publishing contracts with the sponsors to publish the manuscripts in different languages. Each winner will be required to agree that sponsors have a one-year priority option to publish winner’s manuscript to receive the cash prize. The option will begin as of the date each winner signs the declaration of compliance.

More information: https://www.readinglife.com/writingcontest?type=index

Hiii Illustration 2020, aka the 8th Hiii Illustration International Competition, is now calling for entries. The competition opens to all illustrators, creative professionals, publishers, agencies, teachers and students worldwide, aiming to discover and award outstanding illustration talents and works all over the world, in turn to advance the development of the illustration caus

The Competition has four categories: A-Commercial, B-Publishing, C-Children's Book and D-Uncommissioned.

Several international well-known judges will select the winners, consisting of 1 Grand Prix, 20 Best of the Best, and 50 Merit Award. Works that win Grand Prix, Jury Awards, Best of the Best or Merit Awards will be published on the annual of Hiii Illustration.

 Deadline: October 31, 2020

More information: http://www.hiiibrand.com/competion.php?act=about&id=45&lanage=en&hat=0 

This is already the fourth edition of the contest. Over 1,500 entries from all over the world were submitted to the three previous editions! More and more books based on the awarded projects can be already found on bookshelves and we have been working with other Clairvoyant participants on the new, upcoming books. 

After each edition of the CLAIRVOYANTS, the most captivating entries are compiled to create a post-competition exhibition. Exhibitions from three previous editions have been travelling all over Poland and were exhibited in many schools, libraries and cultural institutions. 

We invite debutants and experienced artists from Poland and abroad to participate in the competition, performing individually or as a team. Participants must be at least 18 years old.

Competition results will be announced on the 1st of April 2021.

More information: https://www.wydawnictwodwiesiostry.pl/clairvoyants_2020/  

Apply here: https://podio.com/webforms/24891815/1823851  

The purpose of the competition is to prepare a project (draft) of an illustrated children’s book in Polish or in English language. Submission should include a storyboard or a script of the whole book, together with 3 finished double spreads and a summary in English (obligatory) and in Polish (only if the whole project is in Polish).

The 2020 New Media Writing Prize is now open for entries.

The New Media Writing Prize (NMWP) showcases exciting and inventive stories and poetry that integrate a variety of formats, platforms, and digital media. This international event is now in its 11th year. The NMWP encourages and promotes the best in new media writing and is leading the way toward the future of the ‘written’ word and storytelling. 

The NMWP has attracted entries from the very best and most innovative writers in the field, from all around the world. To see the amazing spectrum of creativity we celebrate, please browse the shortlisters and winners from the past ten years, on this site.

More information: https://newmediawritingprize.co.uk/  

The Roswell Award and The Tomorrow Prize competitions motivate people to think creatively, tell powerful stories, and explore the greatest challenges facing humanity. These stories take us straight to the nexus of social and scientific progress. Sci-Fest L.A. and Light Bringer Project are proud to accept entries for The Roswell Award international short science fiction story competition from writers age 16 and older. Selected finalists will be chosen and have their stories read in their honor by celebrity guests during a special performance. The “Women Hold Up Half the Sky Award” for feminist sci-fi is co-presented by Artemisliterary journal and will also be awarded to a distinct winner. Submissions will close for The Roswell Award on December 15, 2020. For more details please see submission guidelines.

Artists from all over the world can apply to participate in the exhibition. The selection of artworks takes place until the mid-February 2021 by a jury. A list of selected artists and special projects will be published on our website by the beginning of March 2021. All invited artists will be informed and asked to confirm their participation and to send the documents for the catalogue. The delivery of selected artworks is scheduled for the end of April.
Thank you for understanding that the artists who could not be selected will not receive a separate notification.

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, presents the Internazional Silent Book Contest 2021 – 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.  To enroll in the contest the Authors have to accept the Rules and Participation Methods and the payment of a registration fee of Euro 50 (fifty) for each project submitted.

More information: https://www.silentbookcontest.com/  

Xia Jing Shan Arts and Culture foundation from Taiwainas holding a competitipn for art designers.
This year, participants are invited to use  the theme of 'Benelovence'.
The designs should be based on the twenty selected calligraphy and painting of Xia Jing Shan's works, as well as the charitable ideas and philosophies behind them as concept, linking and creativity.

More information:
Https://www.jingshanaward.com/TW/Default.asp

The special guest and jury president of the 16th edition is David Mckee, English illustrator and writer. His most famous character is Elmer, the Patchwork Elephant.

The purpose of the Tapirulan competition is not only to give a money prize, but to set up a beautiful exhibition of illustrations that can attract visitors, both with the section dedicated to the special guest.

48 authors selected for the exhibition and catalogue.

The first prize awarded by the jury is 2.500 euros.

deadline: October 20, 2020

More information:

https://illustratorscontest.tapirulan.it 

Embracing Our Diffrences invites you to participate in creating a society where deversity is embraced and individuality is celebrated. Become a part of this change by submitting your original art to Embracing Our Diffrences and its annual international outdoor juried art exhibit featuring 50 billboard-size images measuring 16 feet (5m) wide by 12.5 feet (4m) high. Each work of art is created by local, national and international artists reflecting their interpretation of our them ' enriching lives through diversity and inclision.'

Artists, photographers, professionals, amateurs, students- everyone can participate. National and international submissions are encouraged. There is no submission fee.

-The exhibit will be on display January 20 through April 1, 2021 at Sarasota's Bayfront Park in Southwest Florida.

- The deadline for submission is WEDNESDAY , OCTOBER 7, 2020

more information: http://www.embracingourdifferences.org/submit-art-2021-exhibit/#/

The student category is open to all full-time students worldwide who are 18 years of age. The emerging and established category is open to both new and experienced illustrators who are looking to gain exposure of their work.

This drawing contest is considered to be one of the top three international shows for illustration, and welcomes contestants from around the world. The most exciting part is that the international panel of judges featured at the awards are some of the top design directors, art directors, graphic designers, editors and illustrators working today, meaning your work goes in front of a powerful roster of industry insiders.

The selected work will be showcased at the Museum in the Park, Stroud, UK, other venues such as the London Book Fair and published in the 2020 Cheltenham Illustration Awards Annual, which will be distributed to educators and publishers, internaTIONALLY.

cheltenhham-illustration-awards.com

It is not a flight or a moment of levitation? Jump is an infinitie platform. An independent fortress. The fastest way to time travel. A shift in the system of energy. Single jump is needed to find yourself in another universe. A getway? Rotating at a sharp angle? Dancing in a circle? What else can it mean? 

The theme of Kaunas International Illustration Biennial 2020 Jump is open to innovative concepts and experimental forms of expression. 

Deadline: July 1st , 2020, 12:00

Who can participate? Artists, geraphic designers, visual communicators in general and students of these creative fields can participate regardles of age or nationality.

Participation is FREE.

For more information: www.illustrationbiennial.com/#

Clavis Publishing and the city of Hasselt launch the 13th edition of Key Colours, the two-yearly international contest for illustrators of children's books. Only a children's book, intended for children from 2 to 7 years old, can qualify for the award. The winner receives 7,500 euro and the winning work will be published by Clavis Publishing.

more information: www.keycolours.com/about-rules

L. Ron Hubbard's illustrators of the Future Contest is an apportunitiy for new sience fiction and fantasy artists worldwide to have their work judged by some of the masters in the field and discovered by a wide audience. No entry fee is required and entrants retain all publication rights.

www.writersofthefuture.com

The Award aims to encourage further investment by individuals, organization and goverments in the promotion of children's reading and will stimulate educational innovation, give much greater access to children's books and an enhanced profile for children's reading promotion- key tools in global, social, economic and cultural development- all in the context of Article 17(C) of the Convention on the rights of the child.

The winner of 2020 IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award is Cas Cuna Cuenteros of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Casa Cuna Cuenteros is a group of passionate volounteers who carry out reading and storytelling activities in a children's hospital in Buenos Aires.

The winners of 2020 of Hans Christian Andersen Award are Jacqueline Woodson of the USA as Author and Albertine of Switzerland as Illustrator. As Author Jacqueline has a prolific body of writing from picture books to young adult litrature, all of which feature lyrical language, powerful characters, and an abiding sense of hope. As Illustrator, Albertine creates books with multiple levels interpretation, with drawings made with infinite precision that are lively and full of humor.

Farhad Hassanzadeh and Farshid Shafiei were Iranian nominees for the 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Prize (Little Nobel Prize).

After months of examination and consultation, the Book Council of Iran selected Farshid Shafiei in the Illustration and Farhad Hassanzadeh in the writing section ( for the second time ) for the Hans Christian Andersen Award 2020.

The name of 246 candidats from 64 countries who are nominateD for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2019.The list is a gold mine for anyone interested in international children's and young adult literature- and would not be possible without the work of more than a hundred nominating bodies all over the world.

The Jabbar Baghtcheban award winners are ten distinguished and creative teachers who had outstanding achievements in reading promotion and made a remarkable contribution to Read with Me project. These teachers received their prize in the first two-day Read with Me Conference which was held on 10-11 November 2016 in Tehran.

The Jabbar Baghtcheban award winners have answered our questions about the effects of Read with Me project in their classes, on their students and even on themselves and they talk about their experiences and achievements.

• Maryam Hajizadeh Noghab
• Noughabkhor Village
• Ghaen, South Khorasan
  Anything that I ever dreamed of as a child, I can find in Read with Me.
• Rogheyyeh Bagheri
• Khusf, South Khorasan
  My Students Have Become More Capable of Learning Compared to Other Children.
• Nosrat Soleymani Robati
• Noughabkhor Village
• Boshrouyeh, South Khorasan
  Books, steps to a stronger parent-child relationship

The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award candidates were presented at the Frankfurt Book Fair on October 11 by the ALMA-jury chair Boel Westin. 246 candidates from 64 countries are nominated to the 2019 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.
The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) is the world’s largest award for children’s and young adult literature. The award established by the Swedish government in 2002 to honor the Swedish children’s author Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002). The object of the award is to increase interest in children’s and young people’s literature, and to promote children’s rights to culture on a global level.
This year, Read with Me has been nominated by four international organizations for the ALMA award. Children’s Book Council of Iran, International Literacy Association, Swiss Section of IBBY and the Flemish Branch of IBBY-Belgium, are organizations who have presented the Read with Me project as their nominee for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2019.
Read with Me was also nominated for ALMA award in 2017 and 2018.
The read with Me project won the IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award in 2016.