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Evans, Chun, Dabarera win Australian Picture Book Illustrator Awards

1 April 2021   Books+Publishing
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The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) has announced the winners of the inaugural Australian Picture Book Illustrator Awards.

The winners in each category are:

Established Illustrator Award ($8000)

  • Gabriel Evans
  • Honour Award: Trace Balla ($1500)
  • Honour Award: Emma Quay ($1500)

Developing Illustrator Award ($5000)

  • Matt Chun

Emerging Illustrator Award ($2000)

  • Dinalie Dabarera.

The judges for the inaugural awards were Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers art director Laurent Linn, HarperCollins Australia children’s publisher Lisa Berryman, Allen & Unwin children’s publisher Anna McFarlane and Berbay Publishing publisher Nancy Conescu.

Supported by the Copyright Agency and managed by SCBWI Australia East & New Zealand, the awards recognise the talent of PAL-published Australian children’s illustrators in visual narrative for picture books and graphic novels from early childhood to young adult.

For more information, see the SCBWI website.

 

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