The "Bologna Portfolio Award" aims to recognize the illustrator's portfolio as a fundamental tool for professional development, emphasizing its primary role as a means to access new job opportunities and as a communication tool between the illustrator and key players in the publishing industry.
The purpose of the initiative is to highlight those characteristics of the portfolio, such as clarity of presentation and consistency of language, that make it a professional facilitator between the world of creativity and content production (publishers, art directors, agents, etc.).
The award is organised by Bologna Children's Book Fair and curated by Mimaster Illustrazione.
Renewed for the second year at FIL Guadalajara, The Bologna Portfolio Award - FIL25 is open to all illustrators attending a Portfolio Review organized by The Illustrators Survival Corner at the 2025 edition of FIL Guadalajara (29 November to 3 December 2025 at the BCBF stand, International area HH7). For the winner, Bologna Children’s Book Fair offers a trip to Bologna for the next Fair (April 13–16, 2026).
Bologna Children's Book Fair also offeres all those entering the competition a free code to access the 2026 Illustrators Wall.
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