2025 Booooooom Art & Photo Book Award (Due June 6)
2025 Booooooom Art & Photo Book Award
Deadline: June 6th, 2025
Calling all artists and photographers! It’s the return of one of our most popular open calls, the Booooooom Art & Photo Book Award! Once again we are teaming up with our friends over at Bookmobile to offer the chance to have your work published as a standalone book for free! We’re going even bigger this year and will be selecting 9 projects to bring to life —each by a different artist, illustrator, or photographer—at zero cost to the individual.
We will be selecting 6 projects to turn into books—each by a different artist, illustrator, or photographer—at zero cost to the individual. On top of that, we will also be choosing 3 additional projects to be turned into smaller perfect bound zines.
If you have a specific series or a cohesive selection of work that you want to turn into a book, we want to see it. We are looking for finished work as opposed to works-in-progress or otherwise incomplete projects. This is open to all our members. If you’re not a member you can learn more about becoming one here.
Even if you are not a member you are welcome to submit one (1) Zine proposal for FREE. To submit a full Book proposal however, you must either be a member or pay a fee. Members enjoy unlimited submissions to both the zine and book components.
Independently owned and based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Bookmobile began as a design and typesetting production house in 1982, then started offering print services in 1996, and distribution services in 2004. When your books come to Bookmobile, they get the benefit of forty-one years of know-how. If you want to learn more about Bookmobile, you can check out their website here, or email them directly here.
We know it’s a dream for many of you to publish a book of your own work and this is a chance to do it without all the costs. These will be your books, not ours, so each of you will have full control of the design and layout. We will happily provide assistance/guidance if you need it, but the book design will ultimately be your responsibility.
So now you just need to decide whether you’d like to submit a zine or a book proposal! Once again, anyone can submit one zine proposal for FREE. To submit a proposal to make a full book, you must be a Booooooom member or you can pay a fee of $15 (early bird rate). Members can submit unlimited book and zine proposals, so if you have more than one book idea this may appeal to you. You can learn more about being a member here.