Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Competition: 2026 Call for Entry Open
2026 Golden Pinwheel calls for entries from today! This is a starting point for your creativity to be seen, understood, and shared. We look forward to your work crossing linguistic and cultural boundaries and meeting the world on a larger stage.
Read More2025 Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Competition Award Winners Announcement
Chinese illustrator Zheng Feng's work "The Oriental Jewel: Crested Ibis" and Iranian illustrator Pavin Haidarizadeh's "I am a Hero" won the domestic and international gold awards respectively in the book publishing category.
Read MoreThe Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Competition Releases the 2025 Finalists
The China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair (CCBF) is glad to announce the 70 Finalists selected in the 2025 Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Competition.
Read MoreInterview with 2025 Commercial Jury Birthe Steinbeck
"Illustrators should think bigger. Not just wait for a commission. They should start their own scene. The illustrator can become a social commentator, a critic, as well as an inventor, an independent thinker."
Read MoreInterview with 2025 Book Publishing Jury Kim Namjung
If we can deepen our cultural exchange through children’s books, I believe we will eventually reach a tipping point—one that could lead to an explosive growth in mutual understanding and collaboration.
Read MoreGolden Pinwheel Celebrates Another Year of Success with More Than 15,000 Artworks Received From Across the Globe
This year's competition received a total of 2,828 submissions from 78 countries and regions on six continents！
Read MoreInterview with 2025 Book Publishing Jury Leo Timmers
Ask yourself, "what if?"
Read MoreInterview with 2025 Commercial Jury Steven Guarnaccia
"My goal is to help students find their voice. To identify their unique visual perspective and learn how to express it. It involves recognizing what they’re passionate about and committing to it. "
Read MoreInterview with 2025 Book Publishing Jury Alessandro Sanna
"Only after working so much and even imitating the style of others so much, did I understand at a certain point that I had to remove all superfluous references to abandon myself to what truly interested me. "
Read MoreGolden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Competition: 2025 Call for Entry Open
2025 Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Competition is open to entries from 28 March to 09 June 2025.
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