THE DEADLINE FOR THE WORLD ILLUSTRATION AWARDS 2018 HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 20 FEBRUARY 2018!

Professional and New Talent illustrators (current students or recent graduates) are invited to submit work in any media or context to the World Illustration Awards into any of the eight categories: Advertising, Books, Children’s Books, Design, Editorial, Experimental, Research or Site Specific.

Each category will be judged by a panel of international experts, drawn from some of the world’s best commissioners of illustration including: WeTransfer, Twitter, Laurence King, Penguin Books, Human After All, VCCP and POWWOW!.

There are some great reasons to enter this year’s Awards!

Be seen by commissioners:

• All entrants have their work seen and judged by industry professionals, which may lead to commissions.
• All 200 shortlisted and winning entries are included in a full colour, 128-page catalogue, direct mailed to 1,300 major commissioners worldwide.
• All shortlisted and winning entries will be showcased on the Awards site in dedicated online portfolios.
• All shortlisted artists will have their work promoted across the AOI’s industry networks.
• All shortlisted and winning entries will be presented in a high-profile exhibition at Somerset House, London held in June 2018.

Be in with a chance to win some fantastic prizes:

• This year there are cash prizes for the Overall Winners, sponsored by rOtring: £2,000 for the Overall Professional Winner, and £1,000 for the Overall New Talent Winner.
• The Overall Professional Winner will receive 1 full page in Directory of Illustration No. 35. including an online portfolio with 100 images. The value is $2695 USD.
• The Professional Advertising Category Winner will receive an iPad Pro, Apple Pencil and Procreate software package, courtesy of the Advertising Category sponsor Procreate.
• The New Talent Advertising Category Winner will receive a Procreate software package, courtesy of the Advertising Category sponsor Procreate.
• All category winners will be given a complimentary year-long AOI membership, valued at £160.

Enter here: https://theaoi.com/wia2018/ by 20 February 2018