2008 Florida Artists' Book Prize 

Broward County Library's Bienes Museum of the Modern Book: The Dianne and Michael Bienes Special Collections and Rare Book Library, and the Florida Center for the Book, are pleased to announce the continuing sponsorship of the annual Florida Artists' Book Prize.

The twelfth annual prize of $2,000 will be awarded in 2009. An exhibition of a selection of the entries and an award ceremony will be held on March 19, 2009, in the Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

CRITERIA FOR ENTRY:

The entry must be created or published in an edition (i.e., more than one copy), but cannot be a trade edition (i.e., produced commercially by a publishing house for sale nationally or internationally) nor can it be a one-of-a-kind.

The artist's primary residence must be the State of Florida.

The book entered in the competition must have been created or published in the calendar year 2008.

DEADLINE FOR ENTRY:

Completed entry forms and a copy of each book must be received in the Bienes Museum by January 12th, 2009.

The prize may be won by the same artist only two years in a row. Artists who have won the prize two years in a row are encouraged to enter a book(s) the third year, but it (they) will not be eligible to win.

FOR ENTRY FORM, APPLY TO:

2008 Florida Artists' Book Prize
Bienes Museum of the Modern Book
Broward County Main Library, 6th Floor
100 S. Andrews Ave.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

954-357-8692 (phone); 954-357-6762 (fax)
jfindlay@browardlibrary.org (e-mail)

Or click here to download the 2008 FABP entry form. (.pdf, 164 KB)

 

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