2020 Illustration Prize

Welcome to the fourth annual New England Illustration Prize!
We invite illustrators resident in any part of Australia, and at any stage of their careers, to create a colour illustration, suitable for a children’s picture book, on the theme of ‘When it rains, it pours’. You can interpret this in any way that you wish — it can be humorous, fantastical, realistic, or any genre that you wish and the illustration can be centred around people, animals, supernatural creatures, robots, monsters, machines, whatever you like! It can be created in any medium but must be able to be sent digitally, by email, as a file attachment — see Entry Requirements (bottom right of this page) for the full guidelines.
Thanks to the generosity of fantastic sponsors, we have great prizes on offer.

First Prize:
Entry into the prestigious SCBWI Illustrator Showcase at their next conference, plus going into the draw for selection for a personal visit to their office/workspace AND a one year membership to SCBWI.
Sponsored by SCBWI Australia

Second Prize:
A portfolio assessment with Margrete Lamond from Dirt Lane Press, plus one follow up.
Sponsored by the New England Writers' Centre
 
Third Prize:
$150 cash prize
Sponsored by Little Pink Dog Books

Stuff you need to know...

Theme: When it rains, it pours.
Competition opens: July 1st
Closes: September 25, 11:59 pm AEST
Results announced: in the week beginning November 2
Medium: Entries can be in any medium.
Open to all Australian residents over 18.
Cost per entry: $10
You can enter as many times as you like, but you must pay for each one and send it separately.
How to enter: Book and pay using the link below or pay by EFT.
Put 'entry fee NEIP' as the reference/description line, and make sure to put your name as sender.
Bank account details:
Account name: New England Writers Centre Inc
BSB: 932000
Account number: 618658
Click HERE to enter!
Entry requirements:
Please read these carefully!
  • Entrants must be Australian residents over the age of 18.
  • Email your submission to: [email protected] as a file attachment only (no inline sending please) of no more than 2.5 MB, either in jpeg or TIFF format. Any entries that do not follow this format will be disqualified WITHOUT WARNING.
  • Please do not put any identifying marks on your illustration, such as signatures, as entrants’ names will not be given to judges. Illustrations will be allocated a number as they come in and this will be the only form of identification judges will receive.
  • Each entry must be paid for and sent separately.
  • The illustration file must be attached to an email whose subject line includes your name and the words ‘entry for New England Illustration Prize’.
  • In the body of your email, please give all the following details:
Your name; full contact details (email address, preferred phone number, postal address); and your Trybooking receipt number or bank acknowledgement of EFT.
  • Winning illustrations will be displayed on NEWC website and Facebook page. All copyright in illustrations remains with the illustrator.
  • Judges’ decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into about these decisions.