Organised by the

National Museum of Natural Sciences

and the

Catalan Association of Science Communication

,

Illustraciència

, now in its seventh edition, aims to disseminate the importance of science illustration and pushes it in all its forms, supporting science illustrators and rewarding them through the convening of the

International Award on Scientific Illustration

.

There are two categories:

•

Science

•

Nature

Technique is free and each participant is able to submit only a single work. The work must have been created between

January 2018

and

October 30th, 2019

. The subject of the illustrations must be related to science or nature and the

technique is free

.

The measure of the illustration must be A3 (

420 x 297mm

) 72 DPI in RGB and it should not include watermarks or texts (

except signatures, numbers or figure letters and symbols

). The participation form will include a text in Spanish, Catalan or English of (

100-150 words

) that explains, in addition to the species or element, some curiosity or characteristic shown in the illustration.

There is no entry fee

.

Eligibility

Open worldwide to all teams and individuals aged over 18 years old.

Prize

From among all received proposals, the jury will select for their scientific accuracy, clarity, originality and information capacity the

40 works

that will take part in an exhibition.

The jury will also select the winning proposal, the winners of the training awards and up to five special awards to the most outstanding works. The

Audience Award

will be made through popular vote on Facebook.

The author of the winning illustration will receive

600 EUR

(

approx. 665 USD

), while the author of the work selected by the audience will receive a diploma.