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• Rules (EN)

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• Announcement (EN)

• 2nd Announcement

Awarding of grants to finance the expenses corresponding to the remuneration of the illustrator of illustrated Works, complying with the conditions mentioned in the rules

Editions in Catalan and Occitan (in its Aranese variety) are excluded.

The work for which the grant is requested must be covered by a contract of one of the following types:

• Work commissioned by a foreign Publisher
• The transfer of rights of an already-published work
• International co-publication

The maximum amount awarded per application shall be 10.000€

In the case of co-publication, where no royalty remuneration is specified, the maximum amount awarded per application is 2.500€

Publishers (natural person entrepeneurs or legal persons, public or private, Spanish or foreign) and foreign literary agencies that comply with the following requirements:

• Publish the work in a language other than Catalan or Occitan (in its Aranese variant)
• Publish the work as a print book and with commercial distribution
• The illustrator is an individual residing officially in Catalonia or the Balearic Islands. Deceased authors will be considered residents of Catalonia or the Balearic Islands if they lived most of their lives in said territories.
• Publish the work between the date of the resolution of the concession and November 15th, 2026.

Applicants can submit up to a maximum of six applications per call.

It is considered as grant-supported expenditure the illustrator’s remuneration (advance) and licensing rights for the digital archives of the work (artwork / data fee).

When the author and illustrator of the work are the same person, their full compensation is an eligible expense. If they are two different people, only the illustrator’s compensation is eligible. If compensation for the illustrator is not specified, 50% of the total compensation in the contract may be considered an eligible expense.

Online: Spanish applicants, self-employed individuals or legal entities through the virtual office

For applicants with tax residence in another country

• Entities (private companies, associations, foundations, etc)
  • Online presentation with digital certificate (only for residents of the EU. You can consult the list of accepted certificates. Recommended.
  • Online presentation by accreditation (user/password): Request for accreditation (facilitated within a maximum period of 72 hours). When filling out the accreditation form you must select “Literature and Thought” as the recipient department. In this case, the accreditation (user and password) is valid for five years from the date of issue, unless there is some change in the documents provided, of which the IRL must be informed. Please take into account that you should request your accreditation at least 48 hours before the application deadline.
• Natural persons:
  • Online presentation with digital certificate (only for residents of the EU. You can consult the list of accepted certificates. Recommended.
  • idCAT Mobile (by video identification): Recommended for natural persons from all over (facilitated within a maximum period of 48 hours).
  • Accreditation (user/password): Request for accreditation (facilitated within a maximum period of 72 hours). When filling out the accreditation form you must select “Literature and Thought” as the recipient department. In this case, the accreditation (user and password) is valid for five years from the date of issue, unless there is some change in the documents provided, of which the IRL must be informed. Please take into account that you should request your accreditation at least 48 hours before the application deadline.

The applicant must substantiate at least 80% of the requested (and eligible) amount in order to receive the awarded grant, or the grant will be revoked.

Proof of expenditure must be submitted before 15 November 2026.

• Justification

1st call: February 12th to April 29th, 2025 at 23:59 local time

(For works scheduled for publication between June 2025 and November 2026)

2nd call: May 13th to June 19th, 2025 at 23:59 local time

(For works scheduled for publication between September 2025 and November 2026)

Forecasted 3rd Call: 

(For works scheduled for publication between December 2025 and November 2026)

The Director of the Ramon Llull Institute will make a decision within a maximum period of six months from the date of the publication of the call.

If the maximum period has elapsed without a final decision of the procedure being issued and notified, applicants may consider their applications rejected due to administrative silence.

The decision does not exhaust the administrative process. An appeal can be filed with the head of the Department of Culture within one month from the date of publication.

The grant applicant must be the holder of the bank account indicated on the form.
 Form

Documents can be consulted online at the virtual office.

Additional documentation, when necessary, and supporting documents can be uploaded to the IRL website through the virtual office.

Rosa Crespí (rcrespi@llull.cat)