Illustration of a band with accordion, drum, saxophone and sousaphone. Child riding an elephant
Illustration by Laura Clark, class of 2013.

Links

We’ve compiled some handy resources for illustrators:

General Links

House of Illustration
Association of Illustrators 
London Illustrator Fair
Society of Children’s Book Illustrators and Writers 
The Illustration Cupboard
Seven Stories 
National Centre for Research in Children’s Literature
The Imaginative Book Illustration Society 
The Denny Trust
Roald Dahl Museum & Story Centre
International Centre for the Picture Book in Society
Picture Book Makers
Women Who Draw

Competitions

MacMillan Prize
Kelpies Design and Illustration Prize
Penguin Random House Design Award – Children’s Cover Award
House of Illustration Book Illustration Competition
Golden Kite Award
V&A Illustration Awards
World Illustration Award
Cheltenham Illustration Awards
Tapirulan Illustrators Contest
Silent Book Contest 
Jerwood Drawing Prize
Lom Art Illustration Prize
Tomie dePaloa award 
Don Freeman award
SCBWI Art Spot 
Bologna Children’s BookFair – International Award for Illustration
Adobe Awards
Picture This! Worldwide Picture Book Illustration Competition
The Waterstones Children’s Book Prize
Phoenix Picture Book Award
Carmelite Picture Book Prize
Klaus Fugge Prize
Stratford-Upon-Avon Literary Festival and Salariya Book Company Picture Book Prize
Nami Island Picture Book Illustration Contest
International Compostela Prize for Picture Books
Derwent Art Prize
YCN Student Awards
Oscar’s Book Prize

Residencies

School of Visual Arts, New York 
The Light Grey Art Lab Iceland 
Millay Colony
Sacatar Brazil 
House of Illustration Illustrator in Residence
Denver Botanic Gardens Illustrator in Residency
Adobe Creative Residency
V&A Museum Residency Programme