NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS! NO SUBMISSION FEE! DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 26, 2023.

Orbis Editions and Snake Hair are accepting proposals from artists and writers for the Ceto Award. Recipients will have the opportunity to make a publication with the in-house editing, design, and printing resources of Orbis and Snake Hair valued at $4,000 and receive a $1000 stipend when their publication goes to press.

The selected proposal will be risograph printed; application is open to publications that are image-based, text-based, or both. Publication proposals do not need to be fully conceived but readiness to go to press is one of the primary criteria in the selection process. We are particularly interested in conceptually driven projects that include: artist books, essays, poetry, fiction, how-to manuals, public policy briefs, and more. We are not looking to publish artist monographs.


The submission deadline is November 26, 2023.
Applicants will be notified in December.

GUIDELINES

1. The publication program is open to artists and writers working in any discipline/genre. There will be a public launch event with an additional stipend available for the artist/author.

2. Extra consideration will be given to projects that present ideas or topics that are not well-represented in the commercial sector.

3. Publications may be entirely text based or text free.

4. Orbis and Snake Hair encourage applications that push the boundaries of what may be considered a publication.

5. This award is not geared toward the production of monographs or exhibition catalogues.


PLEASE EMAIL THE FOLLOWING SUPPORTING MATERIALS TO cetoaward@gmail.com, WITH YOUR NAME IN THE SUBJECT LINE:

1. CV (Curriculum Vitae): Acceptable formats include .txt, .pdf, .doc, .docx

2. Detailed Publication Proposal: Outlines both the background and plan for the publication, and the relationship of the support materials to your proposal.  Acceptable formats include .txt, .pdf, .doc, .docx (up to 800 words)

3. Work Samples:
       a. IMAGE and/or TEXT work samples: up to 10 files. Images should be no larger than 2MB each.
       b. IMAGE and/or TEXT work samples list (optional), formatted as follows: Filename, Work Title, Year, Medium, Dimensions (where appropriate), any additional info as needed
 
4. Artist Statement (optional): Up to 500 words.  Acceptable formats include .txt, .pdf, .doc, .docx

5. Narrative Bio (optional): Up to 200 words.  Acceptable formats include .txt, .pdf, .doc, .docx

*The design and layout of supporting documents will not be evaluated (eg. the presentation of a CV), simply attaching word documents or pdfs and images will be sufficient.