March 18, 2025 of the General Directorate of Books, Comics and Reading, which calls for the National Competition to Award the Prize for the Best Artistic Bindings 2025

What is this grant about?

It is a competitive aid: you have to submit the application within the deadline and your project will be compared with those of others, meeting the requirements does not guarantee that you will receive it. The contest, open to Spanish individuals who do not have economic activity, rewards the best artistic binding of the work “Where the Women”. The deadline to formalize the request is 15 business days from publication in the BOE. A cash subsidy is granted without requiring repayment, with a total fund of 12,000 euros.

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Official description of the call

First. Beneficiaries Natural persons with Spanish nationality who present artistic and manual works. Each participant may only attend with one bound work. Second. Object The work proposed for binding will be “Where the Women” by Álvaro Pombo García de los Ríos, “Miguel de Cervantes” Literature Prize in the Spanish Language 2024. Third. Regulatory bases The regulatory bases by which this contest is governed were established through Order CUL/255/2008, of January 28, published in the BOE number 33, dated February 7, 2008. Fourth. Formalization of the request 4.1. The deadline for formalizing applications will be 15 business days from the day following the publication of the extract of this call in the Official State Gazette. 4.2. Applications must be addressed to the person in charge of the General Directorate of Books, Comics and Reading, and may be submitted to the Registry of the Ministry of Culture, located at Plaza del Rey number 1 (28004-Madrid), to the General Electronic Registry of the General Administration of the State (https://sede.administracion.gob.es/PAG_Sede/ServiciosElectronicos/RegistroElectronicoGeneral.htm), as well as to any other Registry of the Administration or Organizations referred to in article 16.4 of Law 39/2015, of October 1, on the Common Administrative Procedure of Public Administrations. 4.3. To formalize the request, the applicant must present Annex I that accompanies this resolution. Annexes II, III, IV and V will be presented later, accompanying the bound work, in accordance with the provisions of section five of this Resolution 4.4. Once the application has been registered, when the General Subdirectorate for the Promotion of Books, Reading and Spanish Literature receives said documentation, it will send a blank copy (folded into booklets) of the book to be bound, if the address of the application is located outside the city of Madrid. Otherwise, the applicant may pick up the copy in bulk, after making an appointment at the email address comercial.encuadernados@cultura.gob.es, at Santiago Rusiñol Street, 8 (28040 Madrid), up to 15 days before the end of the delivery period for the bound work. Fifth. Amount The amount of the three prizes that will be awarded will be as follows: First Prize, 6,000.00 Euros Second Prize, 4,000.00 Euros Third Prize, 2,000.00 Euros. Sixth. Deadline for submission of bound works and documentation. Until June 2, 2025.

Issuing agency

MINISTRY OF CULTURE — GENERAL DIRECTION OF BOOKS, COMICS AND READING

Scope

ESPAÑA

Category

Recipients

NATURAL PERSONS WHO DO NOT DEVELOP ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

More information

• Official BDNS portal (infosubvenciones.es) ↗
• Governing rules ↗

Deadlines

Full information

Who can apply for this grant?

• NATURAL PERSONS WHO DO NOT DEVELOP ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

The full requirements may vary. Check the governing rules and the official portal to confirm all requirements.

Financial information

Documents

• Call document in Spanish ↗

Governing rules

Order CUL/255/2008, of January 28, which establishes the regulatory bases of the Award for the Best Artistic Bindings

Governing rules ↗