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1. Organisers
The SABA is the joint initiative of Scholastic Asia and Singapore Book Council (SBC). The SBC, founded in 1969, promotes reading and literature, and champions literary works of Asians.
Scholastic, founded in 1920, is the largest children's books publisher and distributor in the world. Scholastic continues this successful history by remaining focused on encouraging children to learn to read and love to learn.
2. Eligibility
a) The Author
i. The Scholastic Asian Book Award is awarded every two years to an unpublished manuscript (original or translation) targeted at children aged 6 to 18 years, written by writers of Asian descent, living in Asia, who are 18 years of age and above. For the purpose of this award, Asia comprises the following countries:
1. Afghanistan
18. Jordan
35. Qatar
2. Armenia
19. Kazakhstan
36. Russia
3. Azerbaijan
20. Korea
37. Saudi Arabia
4. Bahrain
21. Kuwait
38. Singapore
5. Bangladesh
22. Kyrgyzstan
39. Sri Lanka
6. Brunei
23. Laos
40. Syria
7. Bhutan
24. Lebanon
41. Taiwan
8. Cambodia
25. Malaysia
42. Tajikistan
9. China
26. Maldives
43. Timor-Leste
10. Cyprus
27. Mongolia
44. Thailand
11. Georgia
28. Myanmar
45. Turkey
12. India
29. Nepal
46. Turkmenistan
13. Indonesia
30. Oman
47. UAE
14. Iran
31. Pakistan
48. Uzbekistan
15. Iraq
32. Palestine
49. Vietnam
16. Israel
33. Papua New Guinea
50. Yemen
17. Japan
34. Philippines
ii. The author must not be a salaried employee of, or a family member of a salaried employee of, either the organizer, the National Book Development Council of Singapore, or the sponsor, Scholastic Corporation, or any of their subsidiaries.
b) The Manuscript
c) The Format
3. The Prize
4. Number of Entries
Limited to ONE (1) submission per writer.
5. Selection
The Book Council will check details concerning the eligibility of the authors and the manuscripts submitted. Only manuscripts of authors who meet the criteria will be accepted and sent to the judges. An independent panel of three judges who are experts in the field of children’s books, will select the winners from amongst the manuscripts submitted by the Council. The judges' decision is final, and no appeals or correspondence will be entertained at any point.
6. Shortlist
The Organizing Committee will announce a shortlist of works considered for the Scholastic Asian Book Award in April 2018. Shortlisted candidates are encouraged to attend the Award Ceremony in May 2018.
7. Award Presentation
The award will be presented at a prize-giving ceremony during the Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC), to be held in Singapore in May 2018. Prize winners will be invited for the awards ceremony. Travel and accommodation costs of the Grand Prize winner will be met by Scholastic Asia.
8. The Award
The Scholastic Asian Book Award will be awarded in May 2018, at the AFCC, in Singapore.
9. Media Promotion
The award details will be separately and officially announced in newspapers and other media in all countries, particularly countries in Asia. The details of the award will also be disseminated to interested people and organizations.
10. Conditions of Entry
11. Submission
An acknowledgement column is to be included, as example shown below:
I acknowledge receipt of your manuscript submitted for the Scholastic Asian Book Award 2018. Thank you.
Title of Manuscript: _________________________________
No of Pages:______
_________________________________________________
________________
Singapore Book Council
Date
All entries must be submitted in soft copy and emailed to: info@bookcouncil.sg
If you do not hear from Singapore Book Council within 1 week of submission, kindly contact info@bookcouncil.sg
Entries that fail to comply with any of the above rules and conditions of entry will be disqualified.
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