The submission of applications for the grant competition aimed at supporting startups and innovative projects in the fields of domestic literature, book publishing, and digital reading technologies has concluded.

A total of 172 applications were submitted for the competition. Within the framework of the competition, 10 winners will be determined, each receiving a grant of 5 million tenge. The total grant fund amounts to 50 million tenge.

Projects in the fields of comics, children's literature, fiction, and other literary genres, as well as digital solutions in the direction of LitTech, were invited to participate.

The results of the competition will be published on the digital platform QazaqCreative.

The competition is held with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Information by the Creative Industries Development Fund.

The initiative aims to support domestic authors and entrepreneurs in implementing projects in the fields of literature, book publishing, and digital technologies, thereby contributing to the development of new products.