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The V&A Illustration Awards are now open |
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the V&A Illustration Awards, the UK’s most prestigious annual illustration competition! Free to enter, the awards celebrate excellence in student illustration and three categories of contemporary practice: book cover design, book illustration and illustrated journalism. |
What will the winners receive? Award winners and the student shortlist will feature in a display of digital prints in the V&A galleries. Each category winner receives £3,000 and the student runner-up receives £2,000. The overall 2022 winner of the competition is awarded the Moira Gemmill Illustrator of the Year Prize, receives an additional £5,000 and their work enters the permanent collection of the V&A. They will join the V&A’s outstanding collections of illustration, including works by renowned artists such as Aubrey Beardsley, Sir John Tenniel, E.H. Shepard, Quentin Blake and Posy Simmonds. |
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Is your work eligible? The published categories are open to illustrators resident in the UK, or that have published within the UK book and journalism market. Entries must be an original edition published in the years 2020-21. The student category is open to anyone aged 18 or over who has attended, or is attending, a course of study in the UK during 2020/21. Any students can enter the competition, you do not need to be studying illustration specifically. |
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When will you hear if you have been successful? Judging begins soon after the deadline. If you have signed up to receive emails about the competition, you can expect to hear from us when the shortlist is announced in summer 2022. |
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Deadline to apply MONDAY 16 MAY, 17.00 (BST) Good luck! |
