Barcelona Youth Literature Award 2025

Results announced. Winning manuscripts enter the GYCA bilingual anthology.

“The Language That Carries Me”

Creators aged 13 – 19 of any nationality. Applicants under 19 need guardian consent. Team entries of up to 4 members are accepted.

Required uploads: pdf. Images up to 20MB each, PDF up to 50MB, video via streaming URL, audio in WAV or MP3.

• Creativity25%
• Theme Understanding20%
• Expression20%
• Completion20%
• Potential15%

1. Applications open

   Jan 15, 2026

2. Applications close

   Apr 30, 2026

3. Preliminary review

   May 10, 2026

4. Final jury

   May 24, 2026

5. Results announced

   Jul 10, 2026

6. Overseas final & exhibition

   Aug 24, 2026

Award winners are invited to the Barcelona overseas final week. Grand Prize and Gold receive full travel support, Silver receives 50%, and every finalist receives exhibition space and a programme pass.

35,000원($27)

• Entries must be original, unpublished work by the applicant. Plagiarism leads to disqualification and revocation of any award.
• Applicants under 19 must complete the guardian consent step during application.
• Entry fees are fully refundable until the application deadline; the refund policy applies afterwards.
• The organiser may use submitted works for exhibition, publication and archive purposes with proper credit.