World Illustration Awards 2024 Longlisted Artists
Children’s Publishing Category:
Emanuel Wiemans, Sharon Spitz, Owen Davey, Sunnu Rebecca Choi
Site Specific:
Alissa Thaler & Owen Davey
The Association of Illustrators (The AOI), in partnership with the Directory of Illustration, recently announced the Longlist for the World Illustration Awards 2024!
We received over 5,000 submissions to the competition which ran from December 2023 to February 2024 and the 30-strong jury had the difficult task to select their favorites in each of the 10 categories. There were many more fantastic works of illustration and we are delighted to cast a spotlight on the 500 that made it to this list.
The Longlist includes projects from all ten WIA categories by both New Talent and Professional Illustrators. The categories cover major sectors in which illustration is commissioned, including several areas of Publishing, Editorial, Advertising, to the more specialized Site Specific and Science & Technology categories, with self-initiated projects presented alongside campaigns commissioned by globally-recognized brands.
Directory of Illustration artists made an impressive showing in the WIA Longlist this year, with over 40 artists making the Longlist! Representing nearly every category in the competition, the DI Longlisted artists span editorial, exploration, science & technology and more. Over the course of the next several weeks, we will be featuring these Directory of Illustration artists and their Longlisted projects by category.
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This week, we’re excited to feature and congratulate the artists Longlisted in the Childnren’s Publishing Category and the Site Specific Category:
Children’s Publishing Category: Emanuel Wiemans | Sharon Spitz | Owen Davey | Sunnu Rebecca Choi
Site Specific: Alissa Thaler | Owen Davey
Emanuel Wiemans
Represented by Folio Illustration Agency
Is That A Robber In The Woods? – Children’s Publishing (Professional)
Owen Davey
Represented by Folio Ilustration Agency
Can I Come Too? – Children’s Publishing (Professional)
Owen Davey
Represented by Folio Ilustration Agency
Kings College Hoarding – Site Specific (Professional)
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All longlisted projects can be viewed on the AOI website and will be shared on the WIA Instagram page.
About The World Illustration Awards
Delivered by the AOI in partnership with the Directory of Illustration since 2015, the World Illustration Awards build on a 47-year tradition of the AOI organizing juried survey competitions.
The World Illustration Awards showcase great work being made by illustrators all over the world today. WIA focuses on supporting and celebrating creativity, connecting illustrators to their peers and the industry.
Being part of WIA offers a host of benefits to illustrators, such as increased visibility, opportunities for self- promotion, and the chance to network. WIA also gives many illustrators an international platform to reach new clients and commissions.
World Illustration Awards are a year-round celebration of the power and diversity of illustration being made today. Selected entries are shared on the popular @worldillustrationawards Instagram. This is followed by the announcement in May of 500 longlisted projects, and then the release of the 200 shortlisted projects which will feature in an Online Showcase on the AOI’s website launching in July.
A highlight of the Awards year is the excitement of the winners announcement in September. One New Talent and one Professional Overall winner will be awarded cash prizes and profiled on the AOI website.
This globally-recognised competion has ten industry-relevant categories and is judged by distinguished professionals from the global illustration industry. Commissioners value the Awards for identifying current trends and finding established and undiscovered talent, and illustrators value the connection and sense of community participating brings. The awards assemble an array of creativity and innovation, highlighting diverse approaches to illustration and offering an insight into current practice.
Illustrators, (working individually or as collectives), commissioners, agents and tutors were invited to submit work created, commissioned or published since 1 January 2022, until the deadline in February 2023 into the ten categories of the Awards.
The World Illustration Awards 2024 are sponsored by:
