The ‘Other Traditions’

This programme facilitates the publishing of books and periodicals. Its aim is to spread literature and publications on the humanities, which are too absent from readers’ awareness – bringing valuable poetry, prose, essays and academic texts into circulation. This programme provides financing for writers’ fees, licensing purchases, and graphic design and print preparation costs.

The programme’s guiding principles are:

1. It supports valuable publications that are hard to release on the market. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis. A list of financed titles will be published monthly.
2. It helps support the publication of books and periodicals. Its aim is to spread literature and publications on the humanities, which are too absent from readers’ awareness – bringing valuable poetry, prose, essays and academic texts into circulation. The amount assigned for financing publications in 2025 is 2,350,000 zloty. This programme provides financing for writers’ fees, licensing purchases, and graphic design and print preparation costs.
3. The ‘Other Traditions’ publishing programme covers four categories:

• premiere poetry volumes, selections of poems, re-editions of volumes that are out of print, translations of poetry into Polish, poetry anthologies;
• publications of literary criticism, the philosophy of literature, literary scholarship, literary essays;
• books popularising literature, including original adaptations of literary classics, diaries and memoirs, guidebooks, encyclopaedias and overviews;
• academic humanities periodicals.

4. Polish publishers (companies and NGOs) may submit.
5. Publishers’ submissions are analysed for their social potential, their artistic content or academic value, and the applicant’s publishing experience and staff resources. Evaluations will be made by a Managing Team nominated by the director of the Book Institute, made up of institute employees, and, if necessary, external experts.

How to apply?

The Book Institute invites you to apply. Publishers’ applications are evaluated on a rolling basis, and the Book Institute publishes the results every month.

The publisher applies directly, filling in the form and adding attachments, and sending them to: innetradycje@instytutksiazki.pl.

The Book Institute signs a contract with publishers for the release and distribution of the work, but does not participate in dividing the income from the publication.

Deadlines:

Submissions are taken on a rolling basis, and the competitions are always decided by the 20th of the month following the submission.