The Frankfurter Buchmesse has announced the second Global Illustration Award (GIA), organised in conjunction with the International Information Content Industry Association (ICIA). Designed to attract entries from around the world, the competition will be operated exclusively by IlluSalon, a global illustration resource platform based in Asia. Illustrators from all around the world can submit entries until July 14, 2017.
Prizes will be awarded in five categories: book illustration, original unpublished children's picture book project, advertising and editorial illustration, scientific illustration and theme illustration. The topic of this year's theme category is 'French – diversity and creativity', highlighting central aspects of the 2017 Guest of Honour presentation at the Book Fair. The Grand Award winner is to receive 6,000 euros, the Gold Award winners will each receive 2,000 euros, and the Excellent Award winners 1,000 euros each.
Last year's award garnered over 10,000 entries from more than 50 countries in two months.
Amongst this year's judges are Bettina Schulz, Editor in Chief, novum; Aljoscha Blau, illustrator and book artist; Professor Reinhard Schulz-Schaeffer, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences; Christopher Hudson, Publisher, The Museum of Modern Art New York; Professor Martin Salisbury, Director, The Centre for Children's Book Studies, Cambridge School of Art; Zhang Mingzhou, Vice President of IBBY China section, China Children's Press & Publication Group (CCPPG).
Entries for the competition can be submitted until July 14, 2017 via the award's website: www.illusalon.com/Home/Award.
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