Best of Show
Piero MacGowan, Maryland Institute College of Art

Gold
Cecilia Granata, School of Visual Arts
Alexei Vella, Sheridan Institute

Silver
Ana Albero, Universität der Künste Berlin
Sophia Martineck, Universität der Künste Berlin

Bronze
Alexei Vella, Sheridan Institute
Alexandra Gardner, Loughborough University
Chris White, Virginia Commonwealth University

Distinctive Merit
Piero MacGowan, Maryland Institute College of Art
Christine Kornacki, University of Hartford
Ana Briceno, Universität der Künste Berlin

*Multiple entries

Gold
Yuko Shimizu, The Walrus Cover

Silver
Yuko Shimizu, MTV Calendar

Bronze
Juliette Borda, LA Girl
Jay Vollmar, Moe

Merit Awards
Aaron Meshon
Adam McCauley
Andrew Selby
Andrew Zbihlyj
Anita Kunz
Anja Kroencke
Anne Luck
Armin Abmeier
Barry Bruner
Beegee Tolpa
Benjamin Marra
Benoît van Innis
Brad Holland
Brad Yeo
Caitlin Kuhwald
Caroline Tomlinson
Charles Wilkin
Chris Buzelli
Chris Pyle
Christian Gralingen
Craig Frazier
Craig Hopson
Dan-ah Kim
Don K. Rogers
Don Kilpatrick III
Douglas Fraser
Dushan Milic
Eddie Guy
Ellen Van Engelen
Emiliano Ponzi
Evonrude
Fernanda Cohen
Gilbert Ford
Giselle Potter
Gordon Wiebe
Hanoch Piven
Ian Phillips
Inga Dorofeeva
Istvan Banyai
James O'Brian
Jan Bowman
Jay Vollmar
Jeffery Fisher
Jens Bonnke
Jody Hewgill
Joe Ciardiello
John Hendrix
John Hersey
John Mavroudis
John S Dykes
Jon Krause
Jonathan Burton
Josh Cochran
Juliette Borda
Justin Gabbard
Justin Reed
Karen Klassen
Katharina Gschwendtner
Ken Orvidas
Kristian Olson
Lars Henkel
Lasse Skarbovik
Lina Chen
Lisa Wilkens
Luc Melanson
M Murphy
Mara Cerri
Marc Burckhardt
Marcos Chin
Marian Heibel Richardson
Mario Wagner
Mark Hoffmann
Mark Ulriksen
Martin Côté
Martin Wittfooth
Mateo
Michael Gibbs
Michael Glenwood
Michelle Thompson
Mick Wiggins
Monika Aichele
Nancy Davis
Nancy Nimoy
Nate Williams
Nigel Buchanan
Okan Arabacioglu
Olaf Hajek
Otto Steininger
Pascal Lemaitre
Paul Blow
Paul Dallas
Paul Hoppe
Penelope Dullaghan
Phil Wheeler
Philip Burke
Philippe Weisbecker
Pol Turgeon
Polly Becker
Poul Hans Lange
Rachel Salomon
Red Nose Studio
Rick Sealock
Robert Neubecker
Ryan Sanchez
Sandra Dionisi
Sara Fanelli
Sara Ogilvie
Sara Tyson
Seymour Chwast
Sharon Tancredi
Shawn Murenbeeld
Shout
Stefan Defago
Stephanie Henderson
Steve Adams
Steven Tabbutt
Tatsuro Kiuchi
Terry Hand
Valeria Petrone
Vivienne Flesher
Von R. Glitschka
Ward Schumaker
Yosh Ito
Yuko Shimizu
Zina Saunders

Congratulations to the winners!

Best of Show
Carin Berger, Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant

Gold
Valeria Petrone, Il Pittore
Rotraut Susanne Berner, Katze

Silver
Enchanted Lion Books, Monday
Sara Varon, Chicken & Cat

Bronze
Michael Kress-Russick, Rogue's Alphabet

Merit Awards
Adam McCauley, Mom & Dad Are Palindromes
Adam McCauley, Oh No, Not Ghosts
Andre Carvacho, Meia-Bola
Beppe Giacobbe, Le Roi Du Silence
Boyds Mills Press, Red Chalk
Boyds Mills Press, The Terrible Hodag & the Animal Catchers
Bruce Ingman, The Runaway Dinner
Candlewick Press, Alpha Oops!
Candlewick Press, Hubert the Pudge
Candlewick Press, The Ladder
Carin Berger, All Mixed Up
Celine Malepart, La Fee des Orteils
Craig Frazier, Stanley Goes Fishing
David Shannon, Good Boy, Fergus
Dubravica Kocanovic, Unpublished Chidren's Book
Ernest L. Thayer, Casey at the Bat
Gilbert Ford, Mudpuppy Book Cover
Giselle Potter, The Boy Who Loved Words
Hannah Morris, Tall Enough
Jim Burke, Ball Game
Laura Levine, Honky-Tonk Heroes & Hillbilly Angels
Lena Sjöberg, Hurman Flyger Drake: How You Can Fly a Kite
Lisa Horstman, Squawking Matilda
Luke LaMarca, The Curious Demise of a Contrary Cat
Meredith Voisin, Current Inc
Nancy Davis, A Garden of Opposites Cover
Peter Kuper, Theo and the Blue Note
Ryan Price, The Raven
Sara Ogilvie, My Mother is a Troll
Sari Airola, Surusaappaat
Sean Qualls, Dizzy
Sean Qualls, Louisville Lip
Stefano Vitale, Alice Walker Flower Book
Stefano Vitale, Alice Walker War Book

Click to view the winning animations

Gold
Guilherme Marcondes
Tyger

Silver
Laika House
...Bastard Wants to Hit Me

Bronze
Christina Lord
Great Mysteries Revealed

Merit Awards
Christina Lord
Time & Again

Sarah Orenstein
Windows Masks Doors

Keng-Ming Liu
Travel Diary

Laika House
Oregon Lottery

Fons Scheldon
Violently Happy Bugs

Richard Borge
Ozomati

Chel White
Provacateur

3x3 sponsors two competitions each year, one for students and the other for professional illustrators. Both shows are judged by some of the top names in international illustration and design.

The Student Show is open to all undergraduate and graduate students in universities, colleges and art schools around the world. The Professional Show is also an international show open to practicing illustrators and includes two separate categories: published and unpublished.

To be added to our list for future Call for Entries please email us at shows@3x3mag.com with the subject line: Call for Entries.

3x3 Illustration Annual No. 4

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Cover illustration by Jay Vollmar