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Communication Arts 2027 Illustration Competition
Communication Arts · Menlo Park, United States
Annual juried illustration competition from Communication Arts magazine. Open worldwide for work first published or produced January 2026–January 2027; deadline 8 January 2027 (late entries to 22 January with surcharge). Winners appear in the Illustration Annual.
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Who can enter
- Location
- Open worldwide
- Age
- No age limit
- Career stage
- Any
- Mediums
- Illustration, Digital art
- Work made
- Within the last 1 years
- AI
- No AI-generated work
- Size limits
- RGB JPG max 2 MB; motion files MOV/MP4/MPG/GIF max 500 MB
- Submission
- Online submission
- Also
- Work first published or produced January 2026 through January 2027; any country; no AI text-to-image generated work.
About
Communication Arts' Illustration Competition is an annual international juried competition for illustration first published or produced between January 2026 and January 2027. Categories include Advertising, Books, Editorial, For Sale, Institutional, Motion/Animation, Self-Promotion, Unpublished and Student Work; AI text-to-image work is not accepted.
Entries are submitted online as RGB JPGs (max 2 MB) or video files (max 500 MB). The standard deadline is 8 January 2027 at midnight Pacific time; late entries are accepted until 22 January 2027 with a $10 per-entry surcharge. Fees are published in the categories PDF; the competition page lists $40 single / $80 series for most categories, $90/$180 for Motion, and discounted student rates.
Winners are published in the print and digital Illustration Annual and on commarts.com and receive a milled aluminium Award of Excellence. There are no cash prizes. Accepted entrants are notified within two months of the final deadline.