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Children's Illustration Contest 2025

IMAGO POR LAS ARTES, in collaboration with IMAGO ART LLC, VoLo Foundation, and the Coral Gables Museum, invites all art-loving children to participate in the 6th edition of the Children's Illustration Contest 2025.​

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This year, we want to challenge your creativity and imagination. Join our contest inspired by the fabulous "Coleccion Arcoiris" by Editorial Juventud. The idea is simple yet exciting: Use just one color to highlight a natural landscape!


Choose a main color (red, blue, green, yellow, etc.) and bring to life a natural setting that inspires you: a sunset beach, an enchanted forest, a snowy mountain, or any corner of nature that sparks your creativity. You can use any artistic technique: watercolors, pencils, collages, or your favorite medium.

Contest Stages

Open call: Monday, January 13, 2025.

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Submission period: January 20 to February 20, 2025

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Jury Panel meeting: Friday, March 7, 2025.

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Winners Announcement: Sunday, March 16, 2025 (Instagram Live)

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Prize and diploma shipping: from March 18th to the 20th, 2025

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Illustration workshop for winners: Sunday, March 23, 2025, via Zoom.

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Exhibition of winning illustrations:  Coral Gables Museum (Date TBD)

Contest Rules

  • The contest is open to children aged 4 to 12 from anywhere in the world and of any nationality.

 

  • Participation is FREE.

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  • Categories:

    • Category A: Ages 4–6

    • Category B: Ages 6–9

    • Category C: Ages 10–12

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  • The theme for this edition is “One Color, One Landscape.” Participants are invited to choose a dominant color (red, blue, green, yellow, etc.) and create a natural setting that inspires them, such as a sunset beach, enchanted forest, snowy mountain, or any other imaginative scene.

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  • The style and technique for the illustrations are OPEN.

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  • Illustrations can be created on any type of paper or surface.

 

  • Submission format: Digital, high-resolution JPG.​

 

  • Each participant may submit only one illustration.

 

  • The work must be original and involve minimal adult assistance.

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  • Illustrations must be submitted between January 20 and February 20, 2025 (using the link below).

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  • Contest results will be announced on Sunday, March 16, 2025, during an Instagram Live session on the IMAGO POR LAS ARTES and IMAGO accounts.

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  • The Jury will consist of children’s book illustrators, writers, VoLo Foundation members, and art directors from publishing houses.

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  • Participants and/or their representatives expressly waive any proprietary rights to the works as a result of their dissemination by IMAGO POR LAS ARTES, IMAGO, Coral Gables Museum, and VoLo Foundation.

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  • Submitting an illustration implies full acceptance of the contest rules. Submissions that do not meet the requirements will be disqualified.

Jury

The Jury panel for the 6th edition of the Children's Illustration Contest 2025 are:​

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  • Sergio Andricain. Writer and Specialist in Children's and youth literature.

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  • Antonio Orlando Rodriguez. Writer and Specialist in Children's and youth literature.

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  • Elodie Bourgeois. Editor at Editorial Juventud.

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  • Carmen Salvador. Illustrator.

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  • Cristina Keller. Illustrator.

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  • Rocío Martínez. Illustrator.

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  • Araya Goitia. Representative Ediciones Ekaré.

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  • Yuni Villalonga. Art Curator Coral Gables Museum.

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  • Thais López. President and founder VoLo Foundation.​

Prizes

Winners and honorable mentions in each category will receive:

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  • 1 art book

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  • Participation in a 2-hour virtual illustration workshop with illustrator Rocío Martínez. 

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  • Digital and physical participation certificate (when applicable)

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These prizes are available for all winners worldwide. Shipping costs are included.

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