Open Call: International Student Book Art Competition
BookVision 2026
Einreichfrist:
08. März 2026
BookVision is an international competition
reflecting the book art from students of art colleges and faculties of education. The competition presents student artist’s
books in the broadest sense, but also book-objects and other book artefacts that conceive the book as a medium for free artistic
creation. The competition is organized by the Book Design Studio at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ostrava.
Rules and conditions of participation in the international student BookVision
competition
Students from universities of art and faculties of education in the Czech Republic and abroad
are welcome to participate in the competition. Graduates may also submit their works, provided they are no older than three
years.
Authors submit their works through this website
into three categories:- Artist’s Book
Books created by the author
as a complete artistic work, including conceptual artist’s books, image-based artist’s books, photographic artist’s books,
etc. Bibliophilic editions and book designs do not fall under this category. - Book-Object
Unique book objects, sculptures, and experiments with the materiality of the book block. - Open
Media
Installations, digital outputs, video art, author’s e-books, multimedia projects, interactive books, and
similar works.
Students may submit one work per category. Works may be created using any artistic
technique and must not be older than three years. Teachers may submit works with the consent of the students. All submitted
works will be evaluated by an international expert jury, which will select pieces for inclusion in the travelling exhibition
of the fifth edition of BookVision. In addition, the jury will award one main prize and honorary mentions in each category.
