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V&A Illustration Awards 2026
Discover this year's winning illustrations
The V&A Illustration Awards is a free, biennial competition celebrating excellence in illustration and contemporary practice, and judged by a panel of prominent illustrators and industry experts. The awards highlight a broad range of illustration styles and subjects. This display features the work of this year's winners and runners-up from each of the five categories: Adult Factual, Adult Fiction, Advertising and Commercial, Emerging Illustrator and Illustration for Children.
The Awards are generously supported by The Linder Foundation and the Moira Gemmill Memorial fund.
The Awards are generously supported by The Linder Foundation and the Moira Gemmill Memorial fund.
Header image: Annabel Wright, Views of Glasgow, A Window into Communities campaign (Hunterian Art Gallery/Glasgow University, 2025)