The time has come to share the exciting news of all the brilliant entries that have made this year’s shortlists for our biennial competition showcasing excellence in illustration and contemporary practice – defined by a focus on the British illustration industry. This year’s Awards has seen over 1,620 entries submitted by professional artists and those new to the industry, with an increase in contributions to our Advertising & Commercial and Illustration for Children categories.
Joanna Blémont, ‘From the Wilderness’ by Yukio Mishima (The New Yorker, October 2024 Issue)Neil Bousfield, Craftland by James Fox (The Bodley Head, 2025) Sunnu Rebecca Choi, Are the kids alright? The new debate over therapy by Jean M. Twenge (Deseret Magazine, April 2024 Issue) Antonello Silverini, Why I gave up trying to delete myself from the internet by Avantika Chilkoti (1843 Economist Long Reads, 2024)
Neil Bousfield, Cicero: Selected Letters & Speeches by Cicero (The Folio Society, 2025)Anna Burel, Conceiving Histories: Trying for Pregnancy, Past and Present by Isabel Davis (The MIT Press, 2025) Julie Pereira, The International Criminal Court by Julie Pereira, Emmanuelle Michele and Jonathan Walter (AFP, 2024)Cristóbal Schmal, Life (As We Know It) by Ziggy Hanaor (Cicada Books, 2025)Maisy Summer, Far From Home by Professor Hannah Fairbrother, Dr Anne-Marie Burn and Mary Crowder (National Institute for Health and Care Research School for Public Health Research, 2025)
Molly Fuller Abbott, Apocallotment by Molly Fuller Abbott (Molly Fuller Abbott, 2025)James Albon, Love Languages by James Albon (Top Shelf Comics, 2024) Diego Becas, 2666 by Roberto Bolano (Vintage Classics, 2024) Annabel Wright, Library of Aethers by Alasdair Roberts (Boatwhistle Books, 2024)
Carol Adlam, The Russian Detective by Carol Adlam (Jonathan Cape, 2024) Elly Bazigos, Tiny Girl by Elly Bazigos (Elly Bazigos, 2025) PeiHsin Cho, Decaying with the Speed of Spring by PeiHsin Cho and James Perolls (James Perolls, 2025) Stephen Smith, Cortázar Classics by Julio Cortázar [Cortázar Classics include titles: The Winners, Final Exam, Hopscotch, Bestiary, 62: A Model Kit, A Manual for Manuel] (Vintage Classics, 2025) Sarah Lippett, Everything Amplified by Sarah Lippett and Ziggy Hanaor (Cicada Books, 2025)
Jiatong Liu, No Lonely Lunches campaign (Kids Help Phone and Cheestrings, 2024) Irina Selaru, Roughly card game (Laurence King, 2025) Maisy Summer, INTUIT office installation (INTUIT, 2025) Annabel Wright, album sleeve for This Is Memorial Device by Stephen Pastel and Gavin Thomson (Domino Recording Co., 2024)
Mark Oliver, The FAMily Discovery Centre exhibition visual (First Americans Museum, Oklahoma, 2025) Adam Simpson, The World of Grimm’s Fairytales puzzle (Laurence King Publishing, 2025) Adam Simpson, The World of Oscar Wilde puzzle (Laurence King Publishing, 2025) Annabel Wright, Views of Glasgow, A Window into Communities campaign (Hunterian Art Gallery/Glasgow University, 2025)
Jennifer Baranowska, Love Story (2025)Yassaman Emami, The Daddy Long-Legs and the Fly (2025) Luis López, Little Hunter’s Best Friend (2025) Chloe French Nelson, Cinema Ghost (2025) Vivian Su, Reference Answer (2025)
Vannysha Chang, Process (2025)Luis López, Grey Clouds (2025) Kaori Tokunaga, Boris and the Stolen Tomatoes (2025)
Aditi Anand, One Diwali Day by Dev Kothari (Walker Books, 2025) Grace Easton, The House with the Little Red Door by Grace Easton (Thames and Hudson, 2025) Baljinder Kaur, The Sleeper Train by Mick Jackson (Walker Books 2025) Marina Ruiz, In Time by Marina Ruiz (Frances Lincoln, 2024) Laura K. Sayers, We Sing! by Kristyn Getty (Crossway, 2025)
Merve Atılgan, The Forest of Dreams (Big Picture Press/Bonnier Books, 2025) Sam Kalda, Haunted USA: Spine-Tingling Stories From All 50 States by Heather Alexander (Wide Eyed Editions, 2025) Pui Lee, Head to Toe by Pui Lee (Post Wave Publishing, 2025)
The Emerging Illustrators are particularly varied and thought provoking.