New England Illustration Prize
Unfortunately, our grant applications have been denied.
We are unable to present a theme for 2025 Illustration Prize at this time.
We are unable to present a theme for 2025 Illustration Prize at this time.
Dear Illustrators,
We deeply regret having to announce that the New England Illustration Prize for Children's Picture Book Publishing has been deferred until further notice.
Despite our best efforts, the NEWC did not secure our modest funding grant from the state arts body to help us run the 2024 and 2025 programs.
Due careful fiscal management we were able to deliver our 2024 program without interruption, but the withdrawal of state support has put the NEWC at risk.
We are currently unable to run our annual competitions. Please be assured that we are working behind the scenes to find a resolution. Thank you for your continued support.
We deeply regret having to announce that the New England Illustration Prize for Children's Picture Book Publishing has been deferred until further notice.
Despite our best efforts, the NEWC did not secure our modest funding grant from the state arts body to help us run the 2024 and 2025 programs.
Due careful fiscal management we were able to deliver our 2024 program without interruption, but the withdrawal of state support has put the NEWC at risk.
We are currently unable to run our annual competitions. Please be assured that we are working behind the scenes to find a resolution. Thank you for your continued support.
Visit our online archive and celebrate the wonderful artwork from previous year's winners:
Illustration Prize 2023
Illustration Prize 2022
Illustration Prize 2021
Illustration Prize 2020
Illustration Prize 2023
Illustration Prize 2022
Illustration Prize 2021
Illustration Prize 2020
OPENS FOR SUBMISSIONS - usually July. 2025 dates tbc
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Welcome to the seventh New England Illustration Prize for Children's Picture Book Publishing.
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. This annual, nationally recognised prize garners a great deal of interest from the industry and several of our winners have been awarded contracts with major publishers, and continue to make careers as well known children's book illustrators. |
Bookmark your diary and start imagining!
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Our themes can be interpreted in any way that you wish — it can be humorous, fantastical, realistic, or any genre that you wish and the illustration can be centre around people, animals, supernatural creatures, robots, monsters, machines, whatever you like!
The New England Writers' Centre supports the creative rights of illustrators, and we ask that you do not submit an AI generated image.
Your image can be created in any medium but must be able to be sent digitally, by email, as a file attachment — see Entry Requirements for the full guidelines.
The New England Writers' Centre supports the creative rights of illustrators, and we ask that you do not submit an AI generated image.
Your image can be created in any medium but must be able to be sent digitally, by email, as a file attachment — see Entry Requirements for the full guidelines.
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FIRST PRIZE
A cash prize of $350 plus accompanying sponsorship, to be announced.
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SECOND PRIZE
A cash prize of $250 and accompanying sponsorship to be announced
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THIRD PRIZE
A cash prize of $150 and accompanying sponsorship to be announced
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Submission Guidelines
Please read these carefully!
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.
- 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:
- 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.
Theme: To Be Announced
Competition opens: Usually July.
Closes: Usually September
Results announced: early November
Medium: Entries can be in any medium
BE AUTHENTIC. BE FAIR. DO NOT SUBMIT AI GENERATED ART
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.
Competition opens: Usually July.
Closes: Usually September
Results announced: early November
Medium: Entries can be in any medium
BE AUTHENTIC. BE FAIR. DO NOT SUBMIT AI GENERATED ART
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.