Samsung has announced the creation and
launch of Samsung KidsTime Author’s Award, in partnership with the National
Book Development Council of Singapore (NBDCS) at the Asian Festival of
Children’s Content 2014. Here in the Philippines, the National Book Development
Board (NBDB) led headed by its chairperson Flor Marie Sta. Romana Cruz, led in identifying ten potential award
winners, who will each win USD 20,000 and will have their winning submissions
featured in Samsung KidsTime for
a year.
Participation is open to authors or
publishers across the Philippines and South East Asia and will run until end
October
2014. For the Philippines, the Author’s Award will be issued to 10 winners and
valued at USD 2,000 per award.
The idea of digitizing noteworthy
children's literature to make it accessible to a larger population beyond
borders and to a clientele more attuned to the digital format is one that is
long overdue. We dream of every child reading in whatever format is
within his/her reach.
Winners will be announced in November 2014
and the winning submissions will be promoted and distributed on Samsung
KidsTimeTM in Southeast Asia for 12 months. More information can be
found at the Samsung KidsTimeTM
website.
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