Organized jointly by the International Elias Canetti Society, Goethe Institute Bulgaria, Ruse Municipality, Lyuben Karavelov Regional Library Ruse and Europe Direct Ruse.
Children and students up to 18 years of age from all types of educational institutions are eligible to participate.
The competition aims to stimulate creative and aesthetic skills.
The works should be without a mount, size 35/50, up to 3 pieces per participant. Techniques and materials are optional.
Drawings will be judged by a professional jury of artists.
Judging Criteria:
– Children’s expressiveness;
– compositional construction;
– ability to convey ideas using appropriate techniques.
Age groups:
– First age group: up to 7 years of age;
– Second age group: 1st – 4th grade
– Third age group: 5th – 7th grade
– Fourth age group: 8th – 12th grade.
On the back of each entry must be legibly written:
– name, age/grade;
– Title;
– school/educational institution;
– supervisor, e-mail and contact telephone number.
The organisers will award three prizes:
- For an original presentation of a topic
- For a creative message
- For aesthetic excellence
The jury will also determine an Institution Award and a Supervisor/Faculty Award.
The awarded works will be exhibited in the Regional Library “Lyuben Karavelov”- Ruse, thus giving the opportunity to a wider range of people to meet children’s creativity.
Deadline for submitting the works: 17 April 2025.
Submitted works are not returned and the organizers reserve the right to promote them.
Opening of the exhibition: May 9th 2025, 5.00pm (17.00pm) at Regional Library, ul. “Knyaz Al. Dondukov-Korsakov” 1, 7000 Ruse Center, Ruse, Bulgaria.
Each participant in the exhibition will receive a certificate of participation.
Contact and Address for receiving the works:
Austrian Library “Elias Canetti”,
Ploshtad Svoboda 4, POB 499
7000 Ruse, Bulgaria
Viktor Kirilov (IECS)
E-mail: viktor.kirilov@eliascanetti.org,
tel: 00359 879289719