Puchi Award seeks for the most innovative, groundbreaking, vibrant book proposals in any genre, focusing entirely on their boldness as well as their links with present-day art languages.

Prize

1. The winner will receive a cash prize of €8,000
2. Also, the winner will have his/her work published and distributed by Fulgencio Pimentel.
3. The winner will be entitled to receive 25 copies of his/her work
4. Exceptionally, a Special Jury Award may be awarded. This exceptional award would imply the project publication.

Eligibility

All authors of legal age from Spain or any other country are eligible to submit one or more original, unpublished works.

Rules and Regulation

• Projects must be submitted via this link. Click the top right “Enter”.
• Contestants may submit only finished works that have never been published, at least not with an ISBN and/or for commercial distribution.
• La Casa Encendida and Fulgencio Pimentel will have the final say regarding the design and production aspects of the book.
• Projects must be accompanied by either the pseudonym or real name of the author (or authors, in the case of collaborative works).
• Each application must include:
  • • A completed entry form
    • A curriculum vitae (one for each author)
    • Also, national ID, foreign resident ID or passport
    • Brief summary of the work and statement of motivation (max. 2,000 characters with spaces)
    • List of production requirements, if any (max. 1,000 characters with spaces)
    • Finished work or in original language (PDF or Word document).
    • Provisional translation into English of at least two pages of the work.
• Works can be in any language. However, you shoudl aslo submit a provisional translation into English of at least two pages.
• The entry form, curriculum vitae, summary, and statement of motivation, as well as production requirements, must all be submitted in English.

Submission Format

You can upload materials to the website in the following formats:

• PDF up to 15 MB
• Images:
  • • JPG up to 10 MB
    • images must measure 900 x 540 (w x h), with one side equal to and the other side equal to or less than the stipulated measurements for width and height, according to the proportions of the original image
    • maximum of 15 images are eligible