The most highly commended entries entered are chosen by a professional industry selection panel for inclusion in the annual and, from these, for the 2024-2025 exhibition. The Illustration awards receives over 800 entries each year from all over the world and is sent round the globe!

There are two sections of the Awards: 'Student' and 'Emerging and Established'. The Student category is open to all students over 18 years of age worldwide. The Emerging and Established category is open to any practising illustrators who wish to gain exposure of their work and to those who are more established and are already a part of the illustration world.

The selected work will be showcased at several galleries and events across the UK in 2024, as well as published in the 2024 Cheltenham Illustration Awards Annual, which will be distributed to educators and publishers, internationally. Past exhibition spaces have been Pitt Rivers Oxford, The London Book Fair, The Wilson Museum and Art Gallery, The Museum in the Park Stroud and the Chapel Arts, Cheltenham.

Deadline 22nd September 2024