Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize

The Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize

The Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize invites unpublished illustrators to reimagine a classic Margaret Mahy work, for a fresh audience. Annelies Judson takes a closer look at how the award works. The Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize is currently open for entries….

The Sampling: 17 Kings and 42 Elephants

Illustrated by Alba Gil Cedrán This month’s Sampling is from last year’s winner of the Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize, Alba Gil Cedrán, in a re-imagining of Mahy’s 17 Kings and 42 Elephants. The shortlist for this year’s award will be…

The Sampling: There’s a King in the Cupboard

By Margaret Mahy Margaret Mahy’s classic is given a new lease of life with this new edition of the book, beautifully illustrated by the 2021 winner of the Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize, Minrui Yang. Check out an excerpt below! There’s…