iJungle Illustration Awards 2024 is a competition to celebrate the world´s art of illustration. Located in Europe, it is opened to illustrators, agencies, representatives, students and teachers all over the world. iJungle 2024 has 6 categories: Book, Editorial, Comics, Commercial, New Talent (Student), Self-Promotion. A jury of some of the world´s best illustrators and art directors will select the winners. All winning entrants will be exhibit in the iJungle 2023 Illustrational Annual! iJungle 2022 Illustration Awards will also distribute the following awards:
– US $2500,00 prize for the Best of the Best;
– Up to 1 Gold medal for each category (6 gold medals);
– Up to 1 Silver medal for each category (6 gold medals);
– Up to 20 Merit Awards for each category (Up to 120 Merit Awards).
– All awarded illustrators will receive an AWARD CERTIFICATE.
– The Gold Medalists will have interviews dedicated to their work, with extensive social media promotion.
-The winners will be presented to art directors through the Annual ebook that we send art directors around the world!
– All winning entrants will be exhibit on our NEW online gallery, to be seen by an anyone interested in illustration !
Deadline Extended: October 20, 2024
CATEGORIES
Book
Illustration works commissioned in the form of printed and digital picturebooks for children, youth and adults, book covers for text books, inside illustrations, interactive books, works of fiction and non-fiction, zines, artist books.
Editorial
Illustration works commissioned for printed and digital magazines, newspapers, fanzines, other publications. Includes illustrations for articles, news items, cartoons, political satire, reports and others.
Commercial
Illustration works commissioned in the form of printed or digital advertising, merchandising, posters, greetings cards, annual reports, packaging, brochures, leaflets, calendars, toys, vinyl toys, plush toys, CDs, DVDs, record sleeves, stamps, board games, animations or websites and others, which have been commercially commissioned.
New Talent (Student)
Open to all illustration students in all countries.
Self-Promotion
Unpublished work, gallery art, personal or experimental work, commissioned but not published work by professionals)
Comics
Illustration works commissioned in the form of printed or digital comics and graphic novels (Send up to 5 illustrations/pages).
AWARDS
A jury of some of the world´s best illustrators and art directors will select the winners.
All winning entrants will be exhibit in the iJungle Illustration Annual 2024! This ebook will be available FOR FREE online, reaching thousands of Art Directors, Illustrators, Representatives, Gallerists and Curators worldwide, giving the awarded members international recognition!
All winning entrants will be exhibit on our NEW online gallery, to be seen by an anyone interested in illustration !
The winners will be presented to art directors through the Annual ebook that we send to art directors around the world!
iJungle 2022 Illustration Awards will also distribute the following awards:
US $2500 money prize for the Best of the Best ((chosen from one of the gold medalists) and correspondig Gold Medal
US $500 money prize the Gold Medals for each category (the remaining 5 gold medals)
Up to 20 Merit Awards for each category (Up to 140 Merit Awards).
All awarded designers will receive an AWARD CERTIFICATE.
The Gold Medalists will have interviews dedicated to their work with extensive social media promotion.
ELIGIBILITY
iJungle Illustration Awards are opened to illustration works from any country in the world (*). Entries first created or published from 2021 through 2024 are eligible. There is a limit of 5 works that each illustrator can submit for all categories.
(*)Due to European sanctions, it is no longer possible for works by Russians residing in Russia to enter our competition, although we believe in promoting cultural exchange and understanding between nations.
Deadline: October 20, 2024
Entries can either be:
Single Image Entry ($25 US dollars for one upload per entry) or
Multiple Image Entry ($48 US dollars for up to five related uploads per entry except Video game Art, that has 10 works.)
New Talent/Student ($25 US dollars and can send up to five uploads for entry)
Work must be entered into one of the 6 categories: Book, Editorial, Comics, Commercial, New Talent (Student), Self-Promotion.
ATTENTION: Artificial Intelligence (AI) images are not accepted in the competition.
Statement:
By entering the jungle Illustration Awards the participants recognize the elements they fill are true and they are the original authors of their works and holders of the copyright. The participants agree that the organizing committee has the right to refuse to receive works which may be considered offensive morally, political or religiously. Submission of entries acknowledges the right of the organizers to use them for the publication of the catalog/book of the event (including digital publication), for promotion of the event purposes (including posting in social media and adds) and for an eventual exhibition regarding the iJungle event. Any different use of the entries needs the participant’s approval.
HOW TO ENTER
Participators should fill the Enter page,with all the informations required.
Before uploading, please prepare your submission by confirming the following:
1. Make sure you fill your email address. The committee will contact you by this email address.
2. Write in advance the title and description of your works in English, for the Jury to understand).
3. Send us your digital files saved as JPG or PNG, RGB (not CMYK), 1280 pixels on the longest side, less than 4MB.
The awarded entries will be asked later to send a new, higher resolution file, after the Jury decisions.
At the end of the Enter page, after uploading the works, participators will be asked to pay the entry fee:
Single Image Entry/Student – $25 (US dollars) (Students can send up to 5 images)
Multiple Image Entry (up to 5 images)– $48 (US dollars)
5. If you pay with paypal using a different name, please inform the contestant name in the paypal text box.
(these fees are needed to support the jury´s expenses, the publication of the digital book, web structure and more)
DEADLINE END: EST 12.00 PM / Western European Time 05.00 (UK) or until the ENTER button is active.
Website link: https://www.ijungleawards.com/illustration-awards-2