World Illustration Awards 2018 | Call for Entries

Delivered by the Association of Illustrators in partnership with the USA-based Directory of Illustration, the World Illustration Awards are the illustration industry’s most prestigious Awards, celebrating the very best illustration being made across the world today.
Any illustrator from around the world working in any medium or context can enter as many projects as they wish to the Awards.

The world’s most prestigious illustration Awards

  • This year AOI introduces cash prizes of £2,000 for the Professional and £1,000 for the New Talent Overall Winner, sponsored by rOtring.
  • All Category winners will receive an annual membership to the AOI
  • Further amazing prizes will be awarded to winners

All Shortlisted and award-winning work will:

  • be exhibited at Somerset House, the major arts and cultural centre in the heart of London, in June 2018
  • feature in a full-colour catalogue circulated to major commissioners of illustration worldwide
  • be extensively promoted across the AOI’s global networks

“WIA is a highly respected and hugely visible platform, important to the world of professional illustrators, art directors and students, but also with cross-over appeal to a growing audience worldwide. It’s an honour to be a sponsor and a key way for us to position our publishing brand at the forefront of excellence in illustration.”
Sam Arthur, Director NoBrow, Books Category Sponsor

ENTER at www.theaoi.com/awards
CALL FOR ENTRIES CLOSES FEBRUARY 2018

 

Maria Papaefstathiou

Maria Papaefstathiou is a Greek visual designer, poster artist and editor based in Athens, with over 30 years of experience in graphic design. She is the founder and editor of Graphic Art News, an international platform showcasing inspiring work in graphic design, typography, illustration and visual arts since 2010. Her creative work explores socially engaged poster design and portraiture, celebrating cultural figures from Greece, Jamaica and beyond. In 2011, she co-founded the International Reggae Poster Contest with Jamaican creative activist Michael “Freestylee” Thompson, connecting designers worldwide through art, music and social awareness.