Illustration and Animation Competition and a Chance to Win Valuable Prizes from Communication Arts
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Applicant criteria
NationalityNo specific nationality required
Age
- No specific age required
Gender
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity FieldMusic, Art and Graphic Design
Fees$40
LocationRemotely
Needed documentsSample of your work
Opportunity description
Communication Arts is pleased to announce the 2025 Illustration competition which aims to honor the craft of talented illustrators from around the world.
Benefits
If you win this competition, you will have:
- Featured in one of its annuals distributed worldwide, in both print and digital editions, and on commarts.com, assuring important exposure to the creators of this outstanding work.
- One personalized Award of Excellence milled from solid aluminum.
- Printed award certificates for all creative contributors.
Eligibility criteria
You should follow the following criteria:
- Any illustration first published or produced from January 2024 through January 2025 is eligible.
- Entries may originate from any country. Descriptions in English are very important to the judges.
- AI text-to-image generated submissions are not accepted in this competition.
- Illustration Competition Categories:
- Advertising: ads, posters, music and product packaging, etc.
- Books: covers, jackets, interiors, etc.
- Editorial: consumer or trade magazines, newspapers, etc.
- For Sale: posters, prints, greeting cards, licensing/stock, gallery sale, online store, etc.
- Institutional: company/association publications, annual reports, catalogs, client websites, blogs, etc.
- Motion/Animation: time-based media for film, television, video or web, etc.
- Self-promotion: promotion for illustrators, design firms, ad agencies, art schools, printers, paper companies, etc.
- Unpublished: experimental/personal work not published.
- Student Work: illustration or animation created for school assignments.
- Entries can be submitted in the following formats:
- Digital Images: Must be RGB in JPG format with a maximum file size of 2MB.
- Motion/Animation Entries: Must be in MOV, MP4, MPG or GIF format, with a maximum file size of 500MB.
- Each illustration is a single entry.
- Campaigns or series are limited to five illustrations and must be created for the same project.
- Submission of entries acknowledges the right of Communication Arts to use them for publication and exhibition.
Please note:
- For a list of fees, please download the category PDF from the official website.
- Entry fees for:
- Single illustration ($40).
- Series of illustrations limit of five ($80).
- Entries registered after the deadline require a late fee of $10 per entry.
- No entries can be registered after January 24, 2025.
About Communication Arts:
Communication Arts magazine is the premier source of inspiration for everyone involved in visual communications.
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