Calling all artists and illustrators! We’re launching our first-ever Booooooom Illustration Awards! There are 5 award categories to submit to: “Personal”, “Product & Packaging”, “Advertising & Promotional”, “Editorial”, “Student”. We have cash prizes up for grabs as well as a bunch of goodies from some of our friends (tablets, free websites, digital tools), editorial and social coverage, and the opportunity to be published in a special printed publication.

We’ve been featuring illustration on Booooooom for over 15 years now, and after thinking about it for quite some time, we are finally ready to launch these awards and highlight the most exceptional illustrators in this community. Once again, our friends over at Format are helping us bring this to life!

Format is the online portfolio builder for illustrators, designers, artists and photographers. Recognized internationally for their award-winning website templates, they offer over 90 themes with thousands of design variables so you can customize your site to look as unique as your work. You can also sell your work commission free through the Format store. If you want to learn more about Format, check out their website here or start a 14-day free trial.

Everyone is welcome to submit one image to these awards for FREE. Members enjoy unlimited submissions and unlimited images for all award categories. If you want to submit more than one image or compete in multiple categories, consider becoming a member here!

This is a chance to get your work seen—and not just by our own Booooooom community! In addition to the $2,500 USD in cash prizes and bragging rights, all 5 winners (and 20 shortlisted illustrators) will be featured in, and receive a copy of, our special Illustration Awards publication. Designed specifically to showcase your work, this zine will not be for sale but will be sent to editors, art directors, and people whose taste we respect. Winners and runners-up will also receive editorial coverage on Booooooom and promotion across all our social channels. We will also have a longlist of 100+ illustrators who will be promoted on our social channels.

We have excellent prizes this year thanks to Wacom, who are hooking up each of the 5 category winners with Intuos S tablets, and True Grit Texture Supply, who are providing 5 Everything Bundles including every product they offer for the app of your choice (brushes, actions, effects kits, paper textures, texture packs).

Format is also generously providing 3 “Lifetime Subscriptions” websites. To enter, complete a submission of any kind and opt-in to their newsletter.