The World Illustration Awards are delivered in partnership by:
The Association of Illustrators
The Association of Illustrators is the professional body for illustration in the UK. Established in 1973, the AOI champions illustrators and the illustration industry with education, promotion and campaigning to achieve a thriving industry for us all. Memberships are available for illustrators, agents and colleges with discounts available for students and represented artists.
Directory of Illustration
Workbook’s Directory of Illustration, the world’s leading illustration resource, is distributed free of charge to thousands of art commissioners who regularly hire freelance artists and animators. Advertising agencies, corporations and publishing companies depend on the searchable directoryofillustration.com website and annual printed Directory to find top talent for their campaigns and projects. In print, on-line and on social, we help artists successfully grow and sustain their professional careers.
The World illustration awards are supported by:
Huion 绘王 is a China-based drawing tablet brand founded on 12 March 2011. It provides drawing tablets, light pads, and pen displays, for beginners and professionals. Its products are compatible with Android, Windows, macOS, Linux and can be used to create digital works, and photo editing. Headquartered in Shenzhen, Huion has expanded its sales territory to over 100 countries and is one of the most renowned brands in the industry globally.
Huion is sponsor of the Animation Category and Digital Innovation Cross Category Award.
With Procreate, the whole world is your studio. This multi‑award winning creative application gives millions of artists worldwide the power to create stunning sketches, lush paintings and rich illustrations on the go. Procreate believes in the power of art to communicate, and is proud to sponsor the Editorial category of the World Illustration Awards.
Rebelle is an award-winning painting software with phenomenal oils, acrylics, watercolors, and other wet and dry media. Paint pigments color mixing, oil thickness, watercolor diffusion, and NanoPixel technology, convincingly mimic the way natural media interact with the canvas and itself. The team behind Rebelle believes Everyone Can Be an Artist.
Rebelle sponsor the Publishing category.
Established in 1992, The Society of Artists Agents (SAA) is a group of like-minded Agents who collectively represent nearly 1000 World Class Illustrators. Our aim is to promote the use of quality illustration and encourage the very highest standards of professionalism for the mutual benefit of clients, illustrators and fellow agents.
The SAA are generously sponsoring the SAA Agents Award for New Talent, offering 6 months of trial representation.
The London Book Fair (LBF) is the global marketplace for rights negotiation and the sale and distribution of content across print, audio, TV, film and digital channels. The Illustrators’ Gallery at LBF enables illustrators and artists to showcase their work to the 25,000-strong publishing community over the three days of the Fair. The London Book Fair is proud to Sponsor the Book Covers category.
Walker Books UK is part of the vibrant international Walker Books Group that includes Walker Books Australia; Candlewick Press in America and its new division, Walker Books US: and Walker Productions. Walker is the world’s leading wholly independent publisher of English-language children’s books.
Walker Books is proud sponsor of the Children’s Publishing category.
Workbook is an authority in the creative industry. For decades, we’ve helped creative teams find the best artists working in the commercial world. Top buyers trust Workbook for the photographers, illustrators, designers, and stylists they need every day.
Finding the perfect match for your project is easy with Workbook.
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About THE AWARDS
The Association of Illustrators has run a juried illustration competition since 1976. The latest incarnation, the World Illustration Awards in partnership with the Directory of Illustration, has been going strong and growing since 2015.
WIA focuses on supporting and celebrating creativity internationally, by connecting illustrators with their peers and the global illustration industry.
The Awards are split into two groups: New Talent and Professional. All work, commissioned or self-initiated, is accepted across the ten categories as long as it has been created within the past year before the Call for Entries closes.
With gratitude to our sponsors
