ART. 1-PURPOSE OF THE AWARD
On the occasion of the 2012 Bologna Children’s Book Fair, BolognaFiere will confer the BolognaRagazzi FICTION, NON FICTION, NEW HORIZONS, and OPERA PRIMA Awards.

To this regard, the BolognaRagazzi FICTION Award shall be given to a work of fiction, stories or illustrated fairy tales.
The NON FICTION section is dedicated to informational literature in any area of knowledge, science, history, art, music, biography and current events that contributes to a child’s learning experience.
The NEW HORIZONS Award is designed to acknowledge publishing houses from the Arab countries, Latin America, Asia and Africa that show great innovative talent by promoting local resources, culture and illustration.
The “OPERA PRIMA” section is reserved for works by authors or illustrators being published for the first time. The award is given for excellence of research and implementation of an innovative publishing product.

An International Jury shall select the most deserving works in the above-mentioned categories as the winners.

The International Jury shall select the winners on the basis of  graphic quality, artistic and technical excellence and informational value, with particular reference to overall publishing excellence. In any event, the decisions of the International Jury shall be final.

ART. 2-REQUIREMENTS

Participation in the BolognaRagazzi Award competition is free and strictly reserved for accredited Exhibitors, i.e. publishing houses that have already applied to the 2012 Bologna Children’s Book Fair. In order to take part in the Award, the publisher mentioned in the credits must be an exhibitor at the “Bologna Children’s Book Fair” and must appear in the exhibition’s official catalogue.

Any books submitted by publishers not exhibiting at th 2012 Bologna Children’s Book Fair shall not be accepted for the competition, nor can they be returned to the sender.

Participation in the Award is subject to complete acceptance of these regulations.

In particular, each participant declares and warrants that he is the owner of the rights necessary for the works to be entered for the Award.

ART. 3-WORKS FOR SUBMISSION
Publishers may enter one or more works in the Fiction and Non Fiction Sections provided all entries are the original edition published for the first time in the period 1st January 2010 - 31st January 2012.
Publishers may enter one or more works in the “Opera Prima” Section provided all entries are the original edition published for the first time in the period 1st January 2011 - 31st January 2012.

Publishers may enter one or more works in the New Horizons Section provided all entries are the original edition published for the first time in the period 1st January 2009 - 31st January 2012.

ART. 4-APPLICATION FORM
The Application Form must be completed in full and sent with 4 copies of each book, reaching the following address no later than 31st January 2012:

BolognaFiere Spa

BOLOGNARAGAZZI AWARD
Piazza Costituzione 6
40128 Bologna
ITALY
Tel. 39 051 282 937  Fax 39 051 6374011
E-mail  bolognaragazziaward@bolognafiere.it

Entries may be delivered by post, express delivery service or by hand.

For the shipment, please use the ADDRESS COUPON with pre-printed address.

All titles must be received by the BolognaRagazzi Award Secretariat carriage paid.
All titles coming from outside the European Union must be sent with prepayment of all customs clearance and delivery costs (carriage paid to domicile cleared through customs).
In any event to the contrary, BolognaFiere shall arrange for customs clearance and charge all allied expenses to the Publisher.

Please note that the books received have no commercial value for BolognaFiere. It is therefore advisable for customs purposes to indicate a value consistent with the use of the works for the sole purpose of participation in the Award.

Books shall be accepted for selection only if accompanied by a completed Application Form.
Furthermore, BolognaFiere declines all responsibility in the event of non-delivery or late arrival of the titles submitted.
Books received cannot be returned to sender or any other address.

ART. 5-JURY
All titles shall be submitted to the final decision of an International Jury, which shall be made up of publishing sector experts including graphic designers.
The Jury reserves the right to transfer works from one section to another, if deemed necessary.

ART. 6-RIGHTS OF BOLOGNAFIERE

The titles entered and received free of charge will under no circumstances be returned but may be used by BolognaFiere in permanent or itinerant promotional exhibitions in Italy or abroad.

The Publisher shall remain the exclusive owner of its titles but accords BolognaFiere the non exclusive right:

• to reproduce the titles entered and accepted on posters, flyers and other printed matter pertaining to the "Bologna Children’s Book Fair" as well as on any other kind of support (CD-ROM, CD-I, systems on-line);
  
  
• to use in any form, even separately, with the faculty to cede this right to third parties of its choice, reproductions of the titles submitted and accepted in the catalogue as well as reproduce said material in other publications pertaining to the "Bologna Children’s Book Fair", conditional upon mention of the author(s) and the publisher(s) of the work in question.

BolognaFiere furthermore shall have the right to reproduce, also in part, the works submitted and accepted.
BolognaFiere accepts no liability for eventual errors and omissions.

Publishers shall forego all claims for compensation regarding the reproduction and use by BolognaFiere, which reserves the right to choose works to be published for promoting the “Bologna Children’s Book Fair” and the Awards listed in the Competition Call for Entries.

ART. 7- PRIZE
The Prize shall be awarded to the Publisher whose title and specific edition is declared the winner. In the event of a joint publication, the Prize shall be awarded jointly to the co-publishers concerned and shall be presented to the Publisher who submitted the application first.
For the purposes of the competition, only those titles expressly indicated as co-publications on the cover and/or first page shall be regarded as such.

ART. 8  - CANCELLATION OR CHANGES TO THE INITIATIVE

BolognaFiere may at its sole discretion decide to cancel the Award or change the dates without any kind of compensation being due to the participants.

ART. 9  - PRIVACY NOTICE

Pursuant to art. 13 of Legislative Decree D. Lgs. 196/2003 (Law on protection of personal data), the data submitted by participants in the initiative are handled by BolognaFiere S. p. A. and/or its associates in accordance with the provisions stated in the Law on protection of personal data.

In accordance with legislation on protection of personal data, participants may exercise their right to gain access to, alter or request cancellation of their data.

ART. 10 - NATURE OF THE INITIATIVE

The initiative governed by these regulations qualifies for the exemption referred to in art. 6 of Presidential Decree D. P. R. 430 of 26 October 2001.

ART. 11 - ITALIAN JURISDICTION AND COMPETENT COURT OF LAW

Relations between the participants in this initiative and BolognaFiere are governed by Italian law. All disputes shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Italian judicial authorities and shall be the exclusive competence of the Bologna court of law.

ART. 12- FINAL CLAUSE

Participation in the Initiative and use of the awards are entirely free of charge and entail no obligation or commitment of any kind beyond the participation conditions set out in these regulations.

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