Book Illustrators Gallery

Who can apply: 

1. Illustrators whose illustrative artwork have been featured in picture books, audiobooks, magazines, comics or graphic novels, and stills from webtoons and other feature animation, both in print and/or digital, under either fiction or creative nonfiction categories, intended for youths and young readers, published between 15 March 2023 and/or will be published by 13 March 2024.
2. Illustrators should be of Asian descent, or are based in Asia or have illustrations dealing with or of Asian diaspora.
3. For illustrators below 18 years old, a signed consent letter from the parent or legal guardian should accompany the application.

Submission guidelines: 

1. All submissions are to be made via the official BIG 2024 Submission form.
2. Illustrations submitted to previous iterations of BIG will not be accepted.
3. Submissions must be in high resolution (at least 2000px/150dpi) and as a thumbnail in JPEG (.jpg) format within the online BIG 2024 Submission Form. Illustrations must be saved into a single folder.
4. All illustrations must be individually labelled with the publication title that they are from and the month/year of its publication. Illustrations from multiple publications must highlight the theme for each illustration in the filename:
   - Book title A, Theme, Author, Publisher, ISBN (Publication Year)
   - Book title B, Theme, Author, Publisher, ISBN (Publication Year) 
5. For online publications, a time-stamped screengrab of when the illustration was released must accompany each submission. Name the folder in the following format: BIG2024_[Applicant name] (e.g., BIG2024_Jenny Ng). Compress the folder and upload it as a zipped (.zip) file in the submission form. 
6. Illustrators and/or their representatives may only submit up to 5 illustrations from the same title or taken from different titles published within the given period.
7. Do not send or post the original illustration(s) to Singapore Book Council (SBC). SBC will not be responsible for any loss or damage to the illustration(s).
8. Through the submission of the illustration(s) for BIG 2024, the applicant agrees to allow SBC to use a reproduction of the illustration(s) for the BIG exhibition online gallery and publicity of AFCC and Singapore Book Council, both online or in print.
9. The applicant agrees to be included in the online directory for BIG 2024, and allows SBC to exhibit their work for the duration of BIG 2024.
10. Applicants are also asked to submit additional information, including but not limited to, video footage and additional write-ups, for the online gallery, whether selected or not.
11. The selection made by curators is final. SBC will not accommodate any enquiries regarding the selections made by its curators.
12. SBC reserves the right to disqualify entries that do not adhere to these submission guidelines.

SBC strongly encourages artists, whose illustrations have been selected, to drive their own publicity to create awareness of the exhibition of their work. Artists selected for BIG 2024 will be notified latest by early May 2024.

SBC reserves the right to disqualify entries that do not adhere to these submission guidelines.

For enquiries, please contact programmes@bookcouncil.sg.

Submissions for BIG 2024 have closed.