2025 Folio Book Illustration Award

2025 Folio Book Illustration Award is now open for entries!

2025 Folio Book Illustration Award : The Folio Book Illustration Award is back for 2025, offering aspiring and established illustrators the chance to breathe new life into the iconic Brothers Grimm tale Rapunzel.

➜ Short description

The Folio Book Illustration Award, organized annually by The Folio Society, is back for 2025, offering aspiring and established illustrators the chance to breathe new life into the iconic Brothers Grimm tale Rapunzel.

This competition is an internationally acclaimed competition that seeks illustrators to showcase their creativity and storytelling skills through visual art.

This award highlights exceptional talent in book illustration, inviting artists from around the globe to create compelling artwork based on timeless literary narratives.

For the 2025 edition, illustrators are specifically challenged to interpret the enchanting Brothers Grimm fairy tale, Rapunzel, capturing the essence and magic of the classic story through a single, striking illustration.

The award is uniquely designed to foster creativity, originality, and innovative artistic interpretation, encouraging entrants to explore diverse styles and visual storytelling techniques while reimagining iconic literary moments.

Artwork must be based on the set text—submissions inspired by other sources will not be accepted. AI-generated artwork is inadmissible.

Winner and runners-up will be announced on 29 July 2025.

➜ Who may enter?

The competition is open to anyone over 18 who hasn’t been commissioned by Folio before.

➜ Prize:

The winner will receive a £2,000 cash prize, plus £500 of Folio vouchers, and a chance for their work to be featured in an upcoming Folio book. Five runners-up will also receive £500 in Folio vouchers.