3x3 magazine is entering its twelfth year judging the world's best contemporary illustration. Their mission is to spotlight the best contemporary international artists they can find and encourage a new focus on the use of illustration by the global editorial, advertising and design communities.

This year the competitions are:
• Professional Show - categories include Advertising, Animation, Annual Reports, Books, Calendars, Corporate Communication, Covers, Cartoons & Comics, Editorial-separate categories for conceptual, food and beverage, portraits, sports, travel and lifestyle- Fashion, Gallery, Greeting Cards, Graphic Novels, Packaging, Posters, Stamps, Sci-Fi, Self-Promotion, Sequential, Textiles & Patterns, Three-Dimensional and Unpublished.
• Picture Book Show - categories include Children’s Book, Young Adult, Book Covers, Children’s Illustration, Educational, Editorial, Children’s Programming and a Miscellaneous category that includes packaging and products for young children.
• Student Show - while most shows have an open category for student shows, the Student Show's categories this year include illustration, animation, sci-fi, and books.
Moreover, this year there's a new Student category for children’s books illustrations.
The goal is to bring together artists from all countries to share their creative output in an impartial judging scenario. All judging is done digitally by a set of unbiased judges; if a particular judge has either commissioned the work or has been the illustrator they are not allowed to vote on their entry.
Professional Show and Picture Book Show Fees are $35 for a Single Entry and $60 for a Series. Student Show Fees are $15 for a Single Entry and $35 for a Series.
Eligibility
Open to all illustrators, art directors, graphic designers, educators, students, recent graduates, editors, publishers in all countries for commissioned and non-commissioned work produced and/or published during the calendar year 2014.
Prize
Awards include best of show, gold, silver and bronze medals as well as distinguished merit and merit awards and honorable mentions.
In addition all winners will be invited to participate in the 2016 Illustration Directory sent free to 6,000+ art directors and art buyers in America.
