Submissions for 2021 BolognaRagazzi Award are now open!
Participation is free of charge and reserved to all publishers registeredat the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in the period 2019-2021 who can send their best books for FICTION, NON-FICTION, OPERA PRIMA (debut work), COMICS and POETRY categories within 30 April 2021.
For further information, please refer to the award Regulations.
The BolognaRagazzi Award – BRAW is the BCBF prize aimed at selecting the finest illustrated children’s books worldwide.
The award honours the best productions in terms of their graphic and editorial qualities, innovation and the ability to talk to young readers; these are the guidelines taken into account by our international jury of experts.
BRAW is among the world’s most highly regarded international prizes in the sector of children’s publishing and it’s a great business opportunity for the publishers.
Winning the prize or gaining a special mention means gaining extraordinary visibility for the title in the publishing world, representing a leading launch pad that gives publishers, authors and illustrators the opportunity to bring their books to the international children’s publishing industry – thanks to the high profile recognition that the winners receive by BCBF, both during the fair and on line.
There are four main Award categories: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Opera Prima (for unpublished authors and illustrators), and Comics. The jury is also asked to give a special New Horizons award to a particularly innovative book. Besides the main permanent categories, every year BRAW features also one or more special categories.
The special category of the 2021 BolognaRagazzi Award is dedicated to POETRY.
As usual, the awarded books will join our full collection of the prize-winning books held by the Salaborsa Ragazzi Library in Bologna.
The complete list of winners and mentioned titles can be accessed here.
2021 Special Category: POETRY
The 2021 BolognaRagazzi Award Special Category is devoted to poetry in acknowledgement of the wealth of poetry books produced in recent years by the children’s publishing industry worldwide.
Short, even very short, profound, thoughtful, hilarious, satirical and critical, poetry is an art form, a means of conveying thought and communicating that resonates with curious young minds, eager to discover the world around them, and especially, in search of authentic meaning.
The special category POETRY award is adjudicated by an independent jury made up of sector experts, in conjunction with the International BolognaRagazzi Award Jury.