Braw CrossMedia 2023 Regulations

ART. 1 – PURPOSE OF THE AWARD

On the occasion of the 2023 Bologna Children's Book Fair, BolognaFiere shall assign the BolognaRagazzi CrossMedia Award. At a time when many publishers are seeking to create added value for their properties, Bologna Children's Book Fair has decided to establish an award to acknowledge the best crossmedia projects developing narratives across several media in which a book features as a key element giving access to a wider narrative universe.

Participation in the Award is free of charge and open to publishers, IP owners, authors, Intellectual Properties developers/producers and any others involved in the creation and production of the project.

The prize will have two categories:

1. Crossmedia Projects
   The International Jury of the BolognaRagazzi CrossMedia Award shall identify crossmedia narrative projects that have convincingly succeeded in migrating, intersecting or extending their reach into the world of books, television and cinema, videogames, mobile devices or smart speakers. The book must be fundamental to the development of the wider narrative universe afforded by the overall project.
2. Digital Reading LIbrary / Collection
   The jury will identify projects capable of transferring the reading experience for children and kids to digital media in a convincing and original way through reading platforms, content libraries or digital editorial series.

The International Jury shall award a Grand Prize for each of the two categories from among the candidate submissions. It may also award Special Mentions.

ART. 2 - REQUIREMENTS

1. Crossmedia Projects
   The crossmedia project must have as its starting or finishing point books, novels, picturebooks or graphic novels for early or young readers. The multimedia expansions must have been published / released for the first time in the period between 1^st January 2020 and 31^st December 2022. Similarly, books derived from multimedia projects must have been published for the first time in the period between 1^st January 2020 and 31^st December 2022. Participation in the competition for the Award shall imply full acceptance by participants of these Regulations.

          The range of different media covered by the projects submitted shall be one of the parameters evaluated by the Jury. The media categories given below will be taken into consideration by the Jury:

• Books
• Films
• TV series
• Apps (mobile, AR, VR, etc.)
• Video games (mobile, console, PC, browser)
• Web platforms
• Podcasts
• Audio content for smart speakers
• Webtoons
• Social writing platforms

2. Digital Reading LIbrary / Collection
   They must offer reading experiences for the early and young reader age groups. They must have been published for the first time or have new content published between January 1^st, 2020 and December 31^st, 2022.

Participation in the Award implies full acceptance of these Regulations. 

ART. 3 – WORKS FOR SUBMISSION

Applicants may submit one or more entries. 

ART. 4 – APPLICATION FORM

Application Forms to enter the competition - available online on the event website - must be completed and returned no later than 31 December 2022.

A shortlist of finalists will be chosen from among the submissions. The applicants of the projects shortlisted will be requested to send additional material that will allow the Jury to make further evaluations in order to choose the winner.

Submitting applicants are advised to read the online Application Form carefully and check the material required to enter the Competition.

ART. 5 – THE JURY

All admitted works will be submitted to the irrevocable judgement of an International Jury composed of experts in interactive and graphic design, new media, video games, cinema and television. 

ART. 6 – RIGHTS OF BOLOGNAFIERE

Applicants - as exclusive owners of the shortlisted titles or as subjects authorized by the exclusive owners - shall grant BolognaFiere the non-exclusive right to:

• reproduce the titles submitted on posters, leaflets, and any other printed matter or online communication concerning the "Bologna Children's Book Fair" trade show;
• use, in any form, even separately, also granting such right to third parties for any reason whatsoever, reproductions of the titles accepted for inclusion in both the catalogue and other "Bologna Children's Book Fair" publications, provided the names of the author and publisher of the work, as well as any other rights holders are indicated therein; the right to reproduce, even in part, the works submitted and accepted.

BolognaFiere declines any liability for eventual errors or omissions. 

ART. 7 – THE AWARD AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Award for Cross-media Projects willl be assigned to the applicant and to the Publisher of the book(s) that are part of the winning projects. In the event of co-editions, the Award will be assigned to both co-Publishers but delivered to the publisher to first submit the application form. For the purposes of this competition, only those projects expressly indicated as such shall be considered co-editions. The Prize for the Digital Reading LIbrary / Collection will be awarded to the applicant, together with the publisher / owner of the platform / series. 

ART. 8 – CANCELLATION OR CHANGES TO THE COMPETITION

BolognaFiere may, at its sole discretion, cancel the Award or change the dates, without any compensation being due to the participants. 

ART. 9 – NATURE OF THE COMPETITION

The Competition referred to in these Regulations falls within the exemptions provided for under Art. 6 of Italian Presidential Decree no. 430 of 26 October 2001. 

ART. 10 – ITALIAN JURISDICTION AND COMPETENT COURT OF LAW

Relations between Competition participants and BolognaFiere shall be governed by Italian law. Any dispute arising in this regard shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Italian judicial authorities and be the exclusive competence of the Court of Bologna. 

ART. 11 – FINAL CLAUSE

Participation in the Competition and use of the Award and acknowledgements shall be free of any charge and shall not entail any obligation or commitment of any kind other than the conditions of participation laid down in these Regulations.