This award honours original, innovative, and high-quality illustration work. This could include but is not limited to:

Book Illustration
Illustrations created for any and all books; children’s, adult fiction, non-fiction, educational, textbooks and art books.

Editorial Illustration
Illustrations created for newspapers, magazines and journals; both in print and online.

Graphic Novels & Comics
All forms of graphic novels and comics; single-panel, strip, serialised, narrative or experimental.

Commercial & Advertising
Applications of illustration work within a campaign, advertisement, brand content in print and / or digital.

Branding & Identity
Use of illustrations within a brand system including symbols, mascot creation, world-building and visual asset creation.

Merchandise, Toys & Product
The translation or application of illustrations into merchandise, toys, products and clothing.

Applied Illustration
The spatial application of illustration work to all physical environments including but not limited to signage, sculptures, shops, retail spaces, exhibitions, parks and outdoors.

Animated & Interactive
Digital illustration which makes innovative use of interactivity, generative processing, animation and motion design.

Scientific, Technical & Industrial Visualisation
Use of illustration for scientific, technical, industrial, medical, biological, and environmental communications.

Self-Initiated
Any personal work and self-initiated projects.

All illustration work is welcome in this category.

You.

If you produce creative work, whether alone or as part of a team, this is for you. If you commission creative work and want to celebrate it, this is for you.

Freelancers, students, studios, small agencies, huge agencies, collectives, creative organisations, ambitious businesses, unofficial groups, weirdos, creatives, designers, strategists, animators, motion designers, digital makers, architects, coders, illustrators, artists, project managers, photographers, tattooists, creative thinkers and chancers.

1. Explore the categories and select the ones you would like to enter.
2. Enter your project(s) by the 31st July 2026.
3. After creating an account, you can save, edit, and submit entries until the deadline.
4. Projects will meet the jury on the 12th August 2026.
5. Visit our website on the 11th September 2026 to learn if your work has been shortlisted for an International Creative Award.
6. Celebrate your achievement at the Awards Ceremony during International Assembly in Scotland on the 13th November 2026 (optional).
7. Selected projects will be showcased during International Assembly, across social media and INTL channels.
8. Awarded projects will receive a handcrafted concrete trophy and Recognised projects will receive a bespoke certificate and concrete certificate holder.

Awarded projects will receive a handcrafted concrete trophy created by renowned Glasgow artist Charles Stephen Myatt in collaboration with Warriors Studio. Recognised projects will receive a bespoke certificate and concrete certificate holder.

All shortlisted projects are invited to attend the Awards Ceremony in Scotland on Friday 13th November 2026 to collect their trophy or certificate and celebrate their achievement. Selected projects will also be showcased at the International Assembly festival and featured across social media and INTL channels.

Additional benefits highlighted here.

Announced soon.

1. Title of Project
2. Short Summary of Project (50 words max)
3. Longer Description of Project (300 words max)
4. Upload (max 10) images/videos/files etc which showcases your project. This could be photographs, digital images, drawings, moving image etc. A range of file formats, links, URL’s are accepted.
5. Project Credits

We try to keep the entry process as efficient as possible.