Call for submissions for the 2025 Storylines Gavin Bishop Award

By Storylines Trust Te Whare Waituhi Tamariki o Aotearoa | Posted: Tuesday Jul 01, 2025

Start your illustration journey now! Submissions close 30 November 2025

Are you a New Zealand-based illustrator with a dream of publishing a picture book?

The Storylines Gavin Bishop Award is your chance to break through!

• Open to unpublished illustrators

• Judged ‘blind’ for fairness

• Win $1,500 + mentoring from Gavin Bishop himself

• Plus a publishing offer from Penguin Random House NZ

More details here: Storylines Gavin Bishop Award - Storylines Children's Literature Charitable Trust