Submissions are invited for the Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Competition 2024. The last date of submission is June 11, 2024.

About the Competition

The Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Competition is an international illustration contest held annually as part of the China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair (CCBF), with the support of the Shanghai Press and Publication Administration. Since its creation in 2015, the competition has been providing a venue for emerging illustrators to showcase their talent.

Categories

  • Book Publishing: Works created for the purpose of children’s book illustration.
  • Commercial: Illustrations used in commercial advertising, as well as design, product and packaging applications.

Eligibility

Those who meet the following conditions are eligible to participate in the selection of Book Publishing category and Commercial category:

  • To compete, illustrators must be between 16 and 39 years of age (born between 1 January 1985 and 31 December 2008).
  • Regardless of nationality, professional illustrators, art school students, and other illustration enthusiasts may all enter the competition free of charge.
  • Entries may be sent by individual artists, advertisers, schools, associations and other third-party organisations. The above third-party organisations shall be authorised by the illustrators themselves.
  • Publishing houses who wish to enter artworks on behalf of an illustrator are allowed to submit only artworks selected from an original publication from their own catalogue.

Awards

In order to give recognition to the most talented artists in the competition, the Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Competition offers a wide array of awards: Grand Award (China), Grand Award (International), Special Mentions and People’s Choice Award. All finalists and winners will be featured in CCBF Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Competition Yearbook, which will also be presented at the Golden Pinwheel Illustration Exhibition held at CCBF. Beyond that, one of the award-winners will be chosen by the CCBF Organising Committee to design the key visual of the next edition of the book fair.

How to Submit?

Interested participants can submit online via this link.

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Submission Deadline

The last date of submission is June 11, 2024.

Contact

Email: ccbf[dot]goldenpinwheel[at]bfchina[dot]net

Click here to view the official notification for Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Competition 2024.