We are so chuffed for our Amy Grimes, who has won joint Silver in the Best Baby Book 0-2 category for ‘Pop Up Peekaboo! Seashore’ for DK books, in The Junior Design Awards 2026.
“Little ones will love lifting the big flaps to discover five delightful surprises, from a scuttling crab, and playful seal pup, to an octopus hiding in a rockpool”
“The bright, high contrast illustrations really bring the seashore to life, helping young children connect the world on the page with the world around them” Bonita Turner, editor of Junior
Otherlands, written by Thomas Halliday and illustrated by Gavin Scott, won the 2026 Children’s Wainwright Prize for Non-Fiction and the 2026 Children’s Wainwright Prize for Book of the Year.
Gavin’s agent, Amy Fitzgerald, attended the award ceremony with fellow Bright artists Gordy Wright and Matthew Taylor Wilson, who were also shortlisted and spoke brilliantly on each of their panels.
“The Wainwright Prize remains such a beautiful celebration of nature and creativity and we were lucky to see some of our wonderful talent on this year’s shortlist. I’m especially proud that Otherlands won not one but two awards. Gavin’s commitment to this project has been extraordinary and it’s wonderful to see his hard work recognised so meaningfully.” — Amy Fitzgerald
We’re very pleased to share that Chuan Ming Ong has won a silver medal from the NY Society of Illustrators in the Institutional and Uncommissioned categories!!
His win in the Institutional category, is for a selection of stories from the comics series that Ming illustrated for the Carnegie Corporation of New York’s Great Immigrants Great Americans initiative, which celebrates the contributions of immigrants to American life and democracy.
Muhammed Sajid's reflective series of portraits from Kerala has been longlisted in the World Illustration Awards 2026.
Muhammed's illustrations are shaped by a deep interest in the stories people carry, and this sensitivity has earned his self-initiated series Folks from Kerala a place on the longlist for the World Illustration Awards 2026, in the Exploration category.
Inspired by the people, professions and everyday rhythms of the Indian state where he was born and raised, Muhammed moves beyond conventional portraiture, weaving personal histories and cultural details into a broader piece.
Svetlana Molodchenko has been recognized with a Communication Arts Illustration 2026 Award of Excellence for her Williams Sonoma commission, Dream Store Pattern.
For this project, she created a fully vector, continuous pattern capturing multi-level rooms, staircases, and shelves filled with the brand’s real catalogue products, layering detail to evoke the charm of a whimsical, immersive store.
The artwork now adorns packaging, kitchenware, and tabletop items, translating her meticulous compositions into everyday experiences.
The award highlights Svetlana’s inventive approach, celebrating how her illustrative precision brings narrative to a commercial canvas.
Phosphor's Lynn Hatzius has been shortlisted for the AOI's World Illustration Awards 2025. Lynn submitted a series of collages she created for an A Level textbook, published by Liber for use at Swedish high schools.
This year celebrates 10 years of the World Illustration Awards, and we are delighted to share that the first venue to host the WIA2025 Touring Exhibition, will be the Coningsby Gallery in London from Monday, 3rd November –Saturday, 8th November 2025.
The awards are an inspiring survey of the breadth and diversity of current global illustration practice chosen from over 4,500 submissions received from 85 countries.
The exhibition showcases 44 Award-Winning and Highly Commended projects selected by an independent global jury across ten industry-relevant categories such as Design, Children’s Publishing or Editorial.
This vibrant, colourful, thought-provoking exhibition of professional and new talent work from all around the globe will delight and inform audiences of all ages.
The Society of Artists’ Agents (SAA) has sponsored the New Talent entry category for many years and Society member agencies have mentored the winning illustrators.
We are delighted to announce that this year’s World Illustration/SAA Award for New Talent winner is FangFang Han for her animation ’The Tube', FangFang Han's prize will be six month’s trial representation including mentoring and career development by one of the SAA’s member agents.
