Creation of the Bédélys Youth Québec Award

Montreal, Tuesday September 27, 2022 – The Montreal Comic Arts Festival is proud to announce the creation of the Bédélys Youth Québec award. As Quebec comics are becoming increasingly rich, the time has come to highlight the quality of our youth literature. This new prize will reward a comic book published in Quebec for an audience aged 14 or less, produced by an artist residing in Quebec. It will be accompanied by a $1,000 grant and a unique trophy. The winning comic book will be chosen by a jury made of readers working in the book industry: librarians, booksellers, and other professionals.

THE BÉDÉLYS AWARDS

Each year the Bédélys Awards recognize the best works in the comics medium from Québec and internationally, featuring comic books with incisive writing and striking artwork.

The 24th annual Bédélys Awards ceremony will be held on Thursday, May 25, 2023 as part of the Montreal Comic Arts Festival and will feature the following categories:

Bédélys International
Bédélys Youth
Bédélys Independant Anglophone
Bédélys Independant Francophone
Bédélys Youth Québec
Bédélys Québec

ABOUT MCAF

The 12th Montreal Comic Arts Festival will be held from Thursday, May 25 to Sunday, May 28, 2023. With an attendance of over 80,000 visitors in 2022, MCAF is now considered the largest comic book festival in Canada! See you next year for a rich programming of guests and activities. For more information, visit the Festival’s website.

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