Apila’s First Printing Award is an international illustrated picture book contest to promote creativity and enrich children’s literature with an educational scope.

Illustrators, regardless of nationality, may submit a project of an illustrated picture book for children, written in Spanish or English, and could be either original tales or adaptations from tales with free copyright.

Projects can be in any format and may not exceed 40 pages (20 double pages) with legal pages and endpapers included, covers aside.

There is no entry fee.

Eligibility

Open to illustrators worldwide who have not yet published a book with ISBN.

Prize

The winning book will be published by the Apila Ediciones and the winner will receive 4.000 EUR.