[Artbeyondsightmuseums] Typhlo & Tactus Tactile Book Contest 2013

[fnugg at online.no]

  Typhlo & Tactus Tactile Book Contest 2013


    U.S. entries invited in international tactile book competition!

Typhlo & Tactus (T&T) is an organization dedicated to improving the 
quality and quantity of books with tactile illustrations available to 
young children with visual impairments in member countries. T&T conducts 
an exciting biennial international tactile book competition. The 
American Printing House for the Blind (APH) is the U.S. national contact 
organization, publicizing the competition, directing participants to 
competition guidelines, and accepting and judging U.S. entries.

A panel of U.S. judges will review each entry sent to APH and select the 
top 5 tactile books to send overseas for final adjudication by an 
international panel of children and adults with visual impairments, as 
well as professionals in the field of vision. A single winning entry 
will be chosen, along with ten shortlisted books. Selected books may be 
featured at the T&T website, appear in posters, or in promotional 
materials used by T&T.

*If you reside in the U.S. or its outlying areas (American Samoa, 
Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin 
Islands) this is your chance to send APH your tactile book, designed for 
children with visual impairments from birth to 12 years of age!*


    Start now! Entries must be received at APH by: July 15, 2013

  * *All entries must be accompanied by a completed U.S. entry form
    (.doc) <TT-US-Entry-Form-2013.doc>.*
  * *Please include a self-addressed envelope with your entry* so that
    we can return your book to you after the competition has ended. All
    entries will be returned "free matter for the blind" unless you
    stamp the envelope and prepay postage for another form of delivery.
  * *Mail your entry to:*
    Attn: Roberta Williams, T&T Book Competition
    American Printing House for the Blind
    1839 Frankfort Avenue
    Louisville, KY 40206-3152

As an additional source of information regarding tactile books and the 
variety of techniques used to create them, you may download "Guide to 
Designing Tactile Illustrations for Children's Books 
<../illustration.htm>" from the APH website.


    Requirements to Enter Typhlo & Tactus

Entries may be based on an original story or may be an adaptation of a 
commercially-published children's story. They may utilize a number of 
different types of tactile illustration, including cut and paste, 
thermoform, embossing, or sewn fabric. All books, however, must meet 
these main requirements:

  * Be in a legible font (at least 16pt) AND in contracted or
    uncontracted braille.
  * Use colors and contrasts that will stimulate children with low vision.
  * Have a binding that allows the pages to open out flat.
  * Have an engaging well-written text that can be translated into other
    languages. (Alphabet books, for example, are not suitable for
    translation).
  * Have illustrations that could, if desired, be produced in quantity
    so that additional copies of the book can be made.
  * Be safe for young children to use and not contain anything which
    could present a danger to a young child.

*Note:* Text books should not be entered in this competition.

*Visit the T&T website <http://www.tactus.org/> for further information 
about entry requirements and to view past T&T winners!*

Questions? Email: Roberta Williams, rwilliams at aph.org 
<mailto:rwilliams at aph.org>

Now get those creative wheels turning! We want to see what you think 
makes a winning and appropriate tactile book for children birth to 12 
years with visual impairments!

http://www.aph.org/edresearch/tactile-book-contest/



International Tactile Book Contest

APH <http://www.aph.org/edresearch/tactile-book-contest/>will be teaming 
up with European-based Typhlo & Tactus <http://www.tactus.org/>this year 
to sponsor a tactile book contest. Typhlo & Tactus (T&T) is an 
organization dedicated to improving the quality and quantity of books 
with tactile illustrations available to young children with visual 
impairments in member countries. T&T conducts an exciting biennial 
international tactile book competition and this year they will be 
working with APH to accept entries from the USA.

Entries must be received at APH by July 15, 2013.

See the winner from the last contest: Henry Jack Tactile Book 
<http://www.pathstoliteracy.org/strategies/henry-jack-tactile-book>.

http://www.aph.org/edresearch/tactile-book-contest/

http://www.pathstoliteracy.org/resources/international-tactile-book-contest