National Children's Book Festival

The National Children's Book Festival is held annually each May in Sliven, Bulgaria.

The program of the festival every year includes: book bazaars, the promotion of writers and publishing companies, literary duels and competitions, discussions on problems of books for children, exhibitions, performances, concerts, and carnival processions.

In 2006, joint projects were formed with the theatrical foundation Aida, in Verona, Italy.

The co-founders of the award were the Ministry of Culture, the Sava Dobroplodni Regional Library, and the Sliven Rotary Club.

The first winner of the award was the poet Valeri Petrov, and the first winning publishing company was Fiut.