Provide financial support for publishing works in various thematic areas and cultural magazines

Annual financial support is given to the Edition in the following thematic areas: Essay, African Literature and Culture, New Portuguese Authors, Contemporary Portuguese Drama, Classics and Cultural Magazines.

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    Free of charge

    For each of the publishing areas an annual tender is held, announced by public notice and addressed to the national publishing houses. 

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Who can provide financial support for publishing works in various thematic areas and cultural magazines?

When can you provide financial support for publishing works in various thematic areas and cultural magazines?

  • For each of the publishing areas an annual tender is held, announced by public notice and addressed to the national publishing houses. 
  • In the case of support for the publication of classical works of Portuguese literature, the regularity of the request is multi-annual, while at the same time the list of works to be published with priority is published.

Where provide financial support for publishing works in various thematic areas and cultural magazines?

What are the documents and requirements to provide financial support for publishing works in various thematic areas and cultural magazines?

  • Submit editorial projects within the respective editorial area and the formalization of the respective applications through: 

    • Application completed on the appropriate form; 
    • Four copies of the full text of the work to be published; 
    • A certificate from the applicant's commercial registry; 
    • A statement signed by the legal representative of the applicant entity, under oath, that it has settled its debts to the State and its social security contributions. 

What is the Price to provide financial support for publishing works in various thematic areas and cultural magazines?

It is free of charge.

What is the Deadline to provide financial support for publishing works in various thematic areas and cultural magazines?

  • Call for tenders for requests for support for publishing essays and cultural magazines - last quarter of each year. 
  • Dissemination of the results - at the end of the first quarter of each year. 
  • Call for tenders for requests for support for the publication of works by new Portuguese authors and works of contemporary Portuguese drama - first quarter of each year. 
  • Dissemination of results - at the end of the first half of each year. 

How provide financial support for publishing works in various thematic areas and cultural magazines?

Annual financial support is given to the Edition in the following thematic areas: Essay, African Literature and Culture, New Portuguese Authors, Contemporary Portuguese Drama, Classics and Cultural Magazines. 

The granting of financial support to Publishing aims to contribute to preserve, enrich and disseminate the Portuguese bibliographic heritage. The granting of support to publishing entities aims to encourage the publication of works that are lacking in the national bibliographic heritage and that contribute to the diversification of the cultural offer. It also aims to encourage the publication of new authors. 

The competitions refer to the Support to the Publishing of Works within each of the thematic areas identified: Essay, African Literature and Culture, New Portuguese Authors, Contemporary Portuguese Drama, Classics of Portuguese Literature and Cultural Magazines. All the necessary procedures to grant the support are ensured by the Creation and Publishing Support Division of the Directorate-General for Books, Archives and Libraries.

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