3x3 magazine

is entering its twelfth year judging the world's best contemporary illustration. Their mission is to spotlight the best contemporary international artists they can find and encourage a new focus on the use of illustration by the global editorial, advertising and design communities.


This year the competitions are:

•

Professional Show

- categories include

Advertising, Animation, Annual Reports, Books, Calendars, Corporate Communication, Covers, Cartoons & Comics, Editorial-separate categories for conceptual, food and beverage, portraits, sports, travel and lifestyle- Fashion, Gallery, Greeting Cards, Graphic Novels, Packaging, Posters, Stamps, Sci-Fi, Self-Promotion, Sequential, Textiles & Patterns, Three-Dimensional and Unpublished

.

•

Picture Book Show

- categories include

Children’s Book, Young Adult, Book Covers, Children’s Illustration, Educational, Editorial, Children’s Programming

and a

Miscellaneous

category that includes packaging and products for young children.

•

Student Show

- while most shows have an open category for student shows, the

Student Show

's categories this year include illustration, animation, sci-fi, and books.

Moreover, this year there's a new

Student

category for children’s books illustrations.

The goal is to bring together artists from all countries to share their creative output in an impartial judging scenario. All judging is done digitally by a set of unbiased judges; if a particular judge has either commissioned the work or has been the illustrator they are not allowed to vote on their entry.

Professional Show

and

Picture Book Show

Fees are $35 for a Single Entry and $60 for a Series.

Student Show

Fees are $15 for a Single Entry and $35 for a Series.

Eligibility

Open to all illustrators, art directors, graphic designers, educators, students, recent graduates, editors, publishers in all countries for commissioned and non-commissioned work produced and/or published during the calendar year

2014

.

Prize

Awards include

best of show

, gold, silver and bronze

medals

as well as

distinguished merit

and

merit awards

and

honorable mentions

.

In addition all winners will be invited to participate in the

2016 Illustration Directory

sent free to 6,000+ art directors and art buyers in

America

.