**The Serpa Award is open to picture book projects that present an original concept and/or narrative!**

  
Picture books are understood to mean works with images and text or just images. Proposals that contain only text will not be accepted, but proposals without any written text (also known as silent books) will be considered valid. 

  
Picture book submissions need not be exclusively aimed at children and/or young adults, but they must not exclude this readership. Proposals with the potential to capture a broader audience through their approach and richness will be especially valued.

A single cash prize of €4,000 will be awarded to the winning submission. Of this total, €1,500 corresponds to an advance on copyright for the publication of the first edition of the work in Portugal by the publisher Planeta Tangerina, which will sign a publication contract(s) with the winning author(s).

  
The award therefore includes the publication of the book in Portuguese by the same publisher, which may also negotiate its sale to other languages and countries. Any subsequent editions (in Portuguese or in other languages) will be governed by the above-mentioned contract and its terms of payment.

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