Tomie dePaola Illustrator Award: Enter NOW!

'2012 Tomie dePaola Guidelines'

'I have chosen an excerpt from “Chicken Licken,” by P.C. Asbjörnsen, as the piece to be illustrated for the Tomie dePaola Illustrator Award.

Any size, any medium, your choice.


Please submit your entry by December 15th, 2011 as a jpeg by email to sarahbaker@scbwi.org .  I will select the winning entry by January 2nd, 2012.'

So they went along and went along until they met Turkey Lurkey
“Good morning, Goosey Loosey, Ducky Daddles, Cocky Locky, Henny Penny,
and Chicken Licken,” said Turkey Lurkey, “where are you going?”
“Oh, Turkey Lurkey, the sky is falling and we are going to tell the King!”
“How do you know the sky is falling?” asked Turkey Lurkey.
“Ducky Daddles told me,” said Goosey Loosey.
“Cocky Locky told me,” said Ducky Daddles.
“Henny Penny told me,” said Cocky Locky.
“Chicken Licken told me,” said Henny Penny 
“I saw it with my own eyes, I heard it with my own ears,
and a piece of it fell on my tail!” said Chicken Licken.
“Then I will go with you,” said Turkey Lurkey, “and we will tell the King!”

'You have the challenge, so now, and I’m repeating myself…

I want to be surprised, excited and – VERY jealous that I didn’t think of that way to illustrate it.

I want to see an image, a style, a vision that I’ve never seen before!

Good Luck.

I’m on your side!'

Submission Instructions

1. Illustrate the above text.
2. Submit original digital artwork or a scan of original artwork in a JPEG or TIF file format of no more than 5MB via email to sarahbaker@scbwi.org.
3. No original artwork should be mailed. All submissions must be digital.
4. 2012 eEntries are due by midnight Pacific time on December 15, 2011. No files received after that time will be considered.
5. Tomie dePaola will announce the winner on January 2, 2012.
6. The winner will receive a trip to the 2012 SCBWI  New York Conference at the Grand Hyatt in Manhattan, where the award will be presented.

Tomie dePaola Award