The World Illustration Awards promotes exceptional work by illustrators and presents illustration as a major force in global visual culture. The Awards are international and open worldwide to illustrators working across all sectors and in any medium.

This year offers two new categories; Animation and Publishing, reflecting the global industry and an increasing trend towards animated and moving image work.

Work must be entered into one of the 10 categories. These are very broadly defined to welcome work of all types and in all contexts where illustration is used:

• Advertising
• Book Covers
• Commercial Publishing
• Alternative Publishing
• Children’s Publishing
• Design, Product & Packaging
• Editorial
• Exploration
• Science & Technology
• Site Specific

Illustrations can be in any medium. Work entered for the competition must have been created or published since January 2022. Entrants can submit as many entries as they choose and in as many different categories as they feel is appropriate.

Entry fees: 29 GBP per single entry, 49 GBP per multiple entry.

Eligibility

Open worldwide to illustrators over the age of 18.

Prize

Winners of WIA2023 can look forward to some exciting prizes, from trophies and AOI memberships, to cash for the Overall Winners.