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Big congratulations to this year’s Prize winners Lemady Rochard and Maria Restrepo!

You can now view the winning and shortlisted projects on the Northern Illustration Festival Website:


The international prize for emerging and established illustrators returned for its third run from 12 May 2023 until Sunday 11 June 2023.

The Northern Illustration Prize is one part of The Northern Festival of Illustration, a biennial celebration of all that is great about the diverse world of illustration.

In 2019 and 2021 The Prize attracted hundreds of entries from 6 continents.

The School and the Festival are based in the historic port town of Hartlepool on the north east coast of England. This summer the town hosted the world-famous Tall Ships Race and to celebrate this and the town’s maritime heritage the theme of the Prize this year was the ‘The Sea’. Illustrators were free to interpret this theme freely.

The Prize invited entries from:

  • Emerging illustrators in the first five years of their career
  • Established illustrators more than five years into their career

Shortlisted entries were exhibited as part of The Northern Festival of Illustration which took place across July, August and September. The two winners were selected by popular vote from the general public.

The Northern Illustration Prize is the creation of The Northern School of Art and is a collaboration with The Association of Illustrators.

The Northern Festival of Illustration was founded in 2015 by The Northern School of Art as a major showcase for the talent of illustrators across print, digital, product design and many other fields – aiming to open eyes to the rewarding and diverse careers open to young people. It is supported by Arts Council England with National Lottery funds.

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