Call for Publishers
The Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY) invites all publishers to bid for the right to publish the works that won the 2024 PBBY-Salanga Prize and the 2024 PBBY-Alcala Prize.
The 2024 PBBY-Salanga Prize for writers went to Eric Ruiz Roxas for his story, “Monina’s Many Moles.” The 2024 PBBY-Alcala Prize for illustrators was awarded to Marcus Nada.
The stories in this year’s honor list include:
“What Mona Likes, What Lolo Likes” by Kim Alexis D. Santiago.
“Beybi Namin si Lola” by Carmela Esguerra-Jose
“The Balayong Table” by Patricia Marie Grace S. Gomez
“Tiny Little Box of Isla” by Alleona Marie B. Antido
“May mga Nawawala sa Loob ng Aming Bahay” by Genaro R. Gojo Cruz
The winning bidder shall have the privilege of not only publishing the winners of both contests, but also bear the official PBBY Grand Prize medal on the cover of their publications.
The publisher of the winning works shall be decided by both the winning author and illustrator.
Below are the rules for bidding:
1. The bidding is open to all publishers who have been publishing children’s books for (at least) the last three (3) years.
2. You should email the following requirements on or before the deadline (February 15, 2025):
a letter stating the intention to participate in this year’s bid, addressed to Paula Cabochan-Reyes, Chair of the PBBY
a proof of deposit for the non-refundable bidding fee of P1,000.00
BPI Family Savings Bank
Account name: Philippine Board on Books for Young People
Account number: 6851-0030-35
a copy of your company’s SEC registration
your standard Memorandum of Agreement with book authors and illustrators
proof of membership/certificate of registration with the National Book Development Board or the Book Development Association of the Philippines.
two (2) samples of children’s books your company has recently published
3. You shall submit a letter stating the date that you intend to launch a children’s book based on the winning works (ex. September 2025).
4. Bids will be opened in the presence of a special committee composed of non-publisher PBBY members.
5. PBBY reserves the right to accept or reject any bid and to annul the bidding process and reject all bids at any time prior to the contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidders.
6. The publisher who wins the right to publish the 2023 PBBY Grand Prize Winners must acknowledge the involvement of the Cultural Center of the Philippines by printing the CCP logo and this writeup in the final book:
The PBBY-Salanga and PBBY-Alcala Prizes are presented by the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the Philippine Board on Books for Young People. Since 1984, these awards recognize the best of Philippine literary and artistic works for children. The CCP, through PBBY, is dedicated to promoting creative writing and illustrating for children.
