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Children's Illustrator Award

Macmillan Illustrator’s Award 2007/08

This year’s prize saw another good response with around 80 entries from 11 countries across the continent.  The prize was judged by a panel of professional illustrators who were overwhelmed with the standard and originality of the entries, which resulted in lengthy deliberation.

Shortlisted entries:
Sally Ahmad El Zeany (Egypt)
Olusola Akinseye (Nigeria) (with
two shortlisted entries)
Judi Harris (South Africa)
Natalie Hinrichsen (South Africa)

Winner of the Macmillan Illustrator’s Award (US$ 1,000):
Olusola Akinseye (Nigeria)

The winning entry was praised for its composition and unusual perspective.  The expressiveness of the main character portrayed the tension in the text perfectly. 

View this year's shortlist and winning illustrations.

 

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Previous winners and shortlisted entries:

The winner is:

Enoch Yaw Mensah (Ghana) -
Enoch Yaw Mensah.pdf

The Prize was judged by a panel of three professional illustrators which included this year’s chair of judges, writer and illustrator Meshack Asare. The judges were particularly impressed by Mensah’s imaginative use of perspective and his interpretation of the brief. The incidental details also added to the overall effect of the illustration and the consistency of character in the subsidiary drawing demonstrated a key illustrator talent.

Enoch Mensah wins US$1,000 and will be illustrating one of the award-winning stories. His work will be displayed along with the shortlisted entries on the website and also at the various Writers’ Awards Ceremonies which are to be held throughout Africa this year.

The shortlist was:

Edmund Opare  (Ghana) - Edmund Opare.pdf

Enoch Yaw Mensah (Ghana) - Enoch Yaw Mensah.pdf

Olusola Akinseye (Nigeria) - Olusola Akinseye.pdf

Murthada O Lawal (Nigeria) - Murthada Lawal .pdf

Marjorie Van Heerden (South Africa) - Marjorie van Heerden.pdf

Paul Ndunguru (Tanzania) - Paul Ndunguru.pdf