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Call for Submissions to the Book Illustrators Gallery of the Asian Festival of Children's Content

The Book Illustrators Gallery (BIG) of the Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC) aims to showcase the work of Asian illustrators and artists to promote them to a wider audience.

You are invited to submit artwork that has appeared in children’s books, audio products, video products, comics, or games, published between January 2012 and March 2013. You can submit a maximum of five pieces of artwork. Send digital copies in jpeg/jpg format to afccbig@gmail.com for consideration, with “AFCC BIG 2013 Submission” as the email subject.

Please include the following information in the submission:

    Name
    Designation / Company name (if applicable)
    Mailing address
    Phone number / Mobile number

For each illustration please include:

    Year of production
    Title of the illustration
    Title of the work in which the illustration appeared
    Actual size of the illustration (in cm)
    Thumbnail sized picture of the work in which the illustration appeared

The closing date for submissions is March 14, 2013 and selected artists will be contacted by March 28, 2013.

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  1. Thanks for this information Tarie! Im in an illustrator so this is right up my alley! Will share the link.

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