World Illustration Awards 2015 Competition

: deadline extended to

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For nearly four decades, the AOI (

) has presented the most comprehensive and significant awards for illustration in the UK. Now, for the first time in it's history, the organisation welcomes an international partner, the

, to create the

.

The

promotes exceptional work by illustrators and presents illustration as a major force in global visual culture. The awards are

and open to illustrator's worldwide working across

.

Work must be entered into one of the 8 categories. These are very broadly defined to welcome work of all types and in all contexts where illustration is used:

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- Illustration commissioned for the purpose of advertising any type of product, event or brand in any media and presented through any platform.

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- Illustration commissioned and published within the book format for a readership of 16 years or over. Work submitted may be a book cover, inside illustrations, whole book design or entire publication.

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- Illustration commissioned and published within the book format for a readership of 16 years or under. Work submitted may be the book cover, inside illustrations, whole book design or entire publication.

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- Illustration commissioned and published within the context of a design brief. This is a very broad category and includes all areas of design.

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- Illustration commissioned and published within the context of journalism, comment, reporting, current affairs, campaigning, social comment and news communication in any media and for any platform.

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- Illustration created for and displayed in the built or natural environment.

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- Illustration commissioned for the purpose of undertaking research and communicating knowledge. Illustration that is used as a research or investigative tool and that represents, explains or seeks to understand information or data.

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- Projects developed by the artist and not in response to an external brief. This may be any kind of work that the illustrator has ’self commissioned’.

Work must be entered as either a

entry or a

entry.

entrants are 3rd year undergraduate students, post-graduate students or graduates within two years of graduation.

entrants are all other professional illustrators.

There is no limit to the amount of entries you make. Entrants can submit as many entries as they choose and in as many different categories as they feel is appropriate.

cost £25 (approx. 39 USD) per entry for UK and EU and £20.83 (approx. 32.50 USD) per entry for the rest of the world.

cost £45 (approx. 70 USD) per entry for UK and EU and £37.50 (approx. 58.50 USD) per entry for the rest of the world.