Bilbo Picture Book Award (9th) — ¥1,000,000 and Book Publication, Free Entry, Postmark Deadline 31 January 2027 (Japan)
A picture-book contest run by a Kochi publisher; the Grand Prize is published.
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Grand Prize (1): ¥1,000,000, publication as a picture book with royalties, and a plaque; Excellence Prize (2): ¥250,000 and a plaque; Honourable Mention (1): ¥100,000. Prizes may be withheld. The Grand Prize book is also made viewable online. Copyright stays with the author; the organiser holds publication and secondary-use rights.
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Professionals and amateurs of any age, sex or occupation; one entry per person, groups and co-authors allowed. The work must be original, unpublished (no self-published, online or other-contest works) and made without any generative AI. Minors need a guardian's consent. Winners must agree to revise the work and cooperate on the book, and the Grand Prize work needs a back-cover illustration. Entries from abroad are accepted but copies are not returned unless a return address in Japan is given.
Dates & details
- Deadline
- Postmarked by 31 January 2027; winners notified by phone by mid-May 2027; ceremony planned August 2027
- Programme dates
- Winners notified by mid-May 2027; ceremony August 2027
- Results
- By mid-May 2027
- Costs to the artist
- Own postage and copying; return slip paid by sender
- Language
- Japanese