Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Competition Astra Award
The Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Competition organising committee has entered into an “award-to-award” cooperation with the Astra International Picture Book Writing Contest, organised by Thinkingdom China, Astra Publishing House, minedition Switzerland and minedition France, in order to create the Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Competition Astra Award. This joint award aims to promote international collaboration and publication among picture book illustrators and writers.
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“And Then They Were 50!”: the Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Competition Releases the 2021 Finalists
From Russia to India, Mexico to Uruguay, the finalists represent 21 countries and territories. This shows the sheering vitality of the global illustration arena. Also, we can’t but be filled with astonishment by the very young age of the shortlisted artists, half of them being under 30 years old, and the youngest finalist being just 22. Undoubtedly, the future of illustration is assured!
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The Jury of Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Competition
The Jury composed of 5 international experts—Debbie Bibo (USA/Italy), Huang Li (China), Ken Niimura (Spain/Japan), Martin Salisbury (UK), and Zhu Ziqiang (China)—reviewed 2,426 entries using a shared online system and finalised their selection via digital conference.
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