We share with you today a wonderful news – illustrator Mariana Pacheva is among the finalists in the Austrian illustration competition Romulus Candea. We share not only the news, but also her works. Congratulations, Mariana!
For the eleventh time, Designaustria announced the Romulus Candea Award, a competition for unpublished children’s book projects. After the tenth edition, the competition was revised, revised and rethought. Illustrators need to connect, learn and talk to each other, meet, develop ideas and above all, network. Thus, the eleventh call for applications for the Romulus Candea Award 2023 is seen as an opportunity for community work and learning.
The jury meeting for the new Romulus Candea Award 2023 took place on February 3rd at the Vienna Design Forum. A total of 92 works were submitted in two categories – of these 92, 14 children's book projects were nominated.
The jury consisting of Judith Auer (picture book illustrator and lecturer at the Kunstuni Linz), Barbara Hoffmann (graphic designer and illustrator), Linda Wolfsgruber (illustrator) and Marlene Zöhrer (professor of children's and young adult literature and head of the KiJuLit Center), Germaine Capdeville (communication designer and lecturer at the Advertising Academy) was not present at the jury meeting due to illness), met on February 3rd, 2023 at the Vienna Design Forum in the MuseumsQuartier to review and nominate the children's book projects.
The moderator was illustrator Renate Habinger, Verena Hochleitner (illustrator) and Heidi Resch (Designaustria) monitored the jury meeting.
The jury decided to determine the winners in a multi-stage positive process and finally selected ten projects in the “New” category and four in the “(Un)published” category.
»The Newcomers«
Anne Bars, “What Would You Do If Everything Were Allowed?”
Johanna Bogensberger, “Jonah in the Book of Verses”
Laura Burtscher, “Martha Gets Angry”
Michaela Gebert-Lange, “Under the Water”
Juliana Googer, “Low Up and High Down”
Barbara Kaindl, “The Brainometer”
Mariana Pasheva, “Wait a Minute”
Tiny Pribitzer, “Dog and Chicken – Happiness is in Action”
Sandra Schisha, “ABC Fantasy Book”
Nora Schux, “Weeds”
»(Un)published»
Caroline Golser, “The Schnipselwirt”
Nina Ober, “The Invention of the Spectacled Bear”
Lisa Maria Wagner, “Life, Simply”
Michaela Weiss, “Animal Wallpaper”
All selected projects receive project support in the form of training and feedback (twice a half day in March and June) and can thus be further developed. At the final event in autumn 2023, these 14 children's book projects will be presented to a wide audience (publishers, agencies, potential readers, stakeholders).
Source: www.designaustria.at
Photos: Mariana Pacheva (personal archive)
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