3x3 SHOWS 2009

CHILDREN'S BOOK SHOW
The Children's Book Show judging is complete. This was the first year we judged the actual books along with digital entries and had added new categories. As always the judging was tough and each winning entry had to receive a majority of votes from our judges. A great many fell just shy of having the necessary votes to be included in the show.

Our panel of judges included senior art director David Caplan, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Laurent Linn, art director for Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers; Eleni Beja, editor for Holiday House and illustrators Raul Colón, Serge Bloch and Sean Qualls.

Congratulations to our winners.

Best of Show
Shaun Tan, Young Adult

Gold
Shaun Tan, Children's Book
Sun Young Yoo, Children's Book
David Ercolini, Educational
Annika Skold, Educational

Silver
Isabelle Arsenault, Children's Book
André Letria, Children's Book
David Ercolini, Educational
Scott Menchin, Misc

Bronze
Elisabeth Alba, Children's Book Unpublished
David Ercolini, Educational

Merit
Ofra Amit, Children's Book
Carin Berger, Children's Book
Maria Carluccio, Children's Book
Rachael Cole, Children's Book
Andre da Loba, Merit,  Children's Book
Cambria Evans, Children's Book
Julia Friese, Children's Book
André Letria, Children's Book
Natalie Pudalov, Children's Book
Sean Qualls, Children's Book
Edel Rodriguez, Children's Book
Dan Santat, Children's Book*
Stefano Vitale, Children's Book*
James Yang, Children's Book
Soundprints, Children's Book
Claudia Boldt, Children's Book Unpublished
Cannaday Chapman, Children's Book Unpublished
Seounghyon Cho, Children's Book Unpublished
Kenny Harris, Children's Book Unpublished
Kevin Kelly, Children's Book Unpublished
Youngsun Liu, Children's Book Unpublished
Sonia Kretschmar, Book Covers
Michael Slack, Book Covers
Paolo d’Altan, Covers & Interiors
Adrià Fruitós, Covers & Interiors
David Ercolini, Educational
David Ercolini, Editorial
Michael Slack, Misc

*Multiple winning entries

PROFESSIONAL SHOW
The judges have made their decision, another year of tough judging from a great field of illustration of nearly 2,000 entries from the US, Canada, the UK, France, Italy, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. 71% of our entries received more than one judge's vote and only 15% of the entries received no votes, 14% received a majority of votes and will be in this year's annual.

To be accepted into the show an entry must receive the majority of the nine judge's votes, 5 out of 9. Entries receiving 6 out of 9 votes receive a Bronze, 7 out of 9 receive a Silver, 8 out of 9 receive a Gold and 9 out of 9 receive Best of Show honors. There was actually a tie this year for Best of Show and pre-selected judges were asked to make the final decision. Entrants who were also judges abstained from voting for their own work.

This year's judges included art directors Alexandre Lagoet, Saatchi & Saatchi, The Netherlands; Raban Ruddigkeit, Friestil, Germany; SooJin Buzelli, Planadvisor, US and Darlene Simidian, former art director ALA and illustrators Roman Klonek and Monica Aichele, Germany; Marco Ventura, Italy; Nate Williams, Argentina and Yuko Shimizu, US.

All winners will be included in the 3x3 Illustration Annual No. 6 due out later this year.

Best of Show
Yuko Shimizu, Advertising

Gold
Edel Rodriguez, Advertising
Olaf Hajek, Advertising
Takahisa Hashimoto, Advertising
Cristóbal Schmal, Books
John Hendrix, Sequential

Silver
Brian Stauffer, Advertising
Allessandro Gottardo, Books
Chris Buzelli, Editorial
Olaf Hajek, Gallery

Bronze
Penelope Dullaghan, Advertising
Marco Wagner, Editorial
Yuko Shimizu, Editorial
Aya Kakeda, Institutional
Mike Kerr, Self-Promotion
Daniel Bueno, Sequential

Distinguished Merit
Marcos Chin, Advertising
Rob Wilson, Advertising
John Hendrix, Editorial*
Catia Chien, Sequential
Christian Gralingen, Unpublished

Merit
A. Richard Allen, Editorial
Scott Bakal, Editorial*
Scott Bakal, Gallery
Scott Bakal, Institutional
Scott Bakal, Self-Promotional*
Scott Bakal, Unpublished
Andrew Bannecker, Gallery
Andrew Bannecker, Unpublished
Istvan Banyai, Editorial
Karen Barbour, Unpublished*
Pat Barrett, Sequential
Ashley Barron, Self-Promotional
Mark Bender, Advertising
Morgan Blair, Editorial
Marty Blake, Advertising
Paul Blow, Editorial*
Claudia Boldt, Institutional
Jens Bonnke, Editorial
Barry Bruner, Unpublished
Nigel Buchanan, Editorial*
Daniel Bueno, Institutional
Jude Buffum, Editorial
Marc Burckhardt, Gallery
Chris Buzelli, Editorial*
Chris Buzelli, Gallery
Michael Byers, Self-Promotional
Jill Calder, Self-Promotional
Bill Carman, Unpublished
Sophie Casson, Editorial*
Alberto Cerriteno, Gallery
Alberto Cerriteno, Self-Promotional
Marcos Chin, Advertising*
Marcos Chin, Editorial*
Marcos Chin, Fashion
Joe Ciardiello, Editorial*
Devin Clark, Books
Fernanda Cohen, Advertising
Fernanda Cohen, Sequential
James Cohen, Books
Christopher Corr, Books*
Cristiana Couceiro, Self-Promotional
Sid Daniels, Fashion
Tim Dinter, Advertising
Ivonne Dippmann, Unpublished*
Angela Dominguez, Editorial Spots
Inga Dorofeeva, Editorial
Penelope Dullaghan, Editorial*
Penelope Dullaghan, Institutional
John Dykes, Institutional
Robin Eley, Editorial
Robin Eley, Institutional
João Fazenda, Editorial
Pamela Fogg, Editorial
Gilbert Ford, Editorial Spots
Ellie Foreman-Peck, Self-Promotional
Tom Frey, Institutional
Yoko Furusho, Fashion
Justin Gabbard, Advertising
Justin Gabbard, Books
Justin Gabbard, Self-Promotional
Kenneth Garduno, Gallery
Beppe Giacobbe, Books
Beppe Giacobbe, Editorial
Ben Gibson, Books
Ben Gibson, Books
Michael Glenwood, Editorial*
Michael Glenwood, Self-Promotional
Alessandro Gottardo, Advertising
Alessandro Gottardo, Editorial
Benjamin Guedel, Advertising
Martin Haake, Advertising
Martin Haake, Books
Martin Haake, Editorial*
Olaf Hajek, Editorial
Olaf Hajek, Institutional
Chris Haughton, Editorial
Ryan Haywood, Unpublished*
John Hendrix, Editorial*
John Hersey, Books
John Hersey, Editorial
John Hersey, Editorial Spots
Antje Herzog, Books
Jody Hewgill, Advertising*
Jody Hewgill, Books
Jody Hewgill, Editorial*
David Ho, Self-Promotional
Mark Hoffmann, Self-Promotional
Brad Holland, Advertising
Brad Holland, Books
Brad Holland, Editorial*
Jeremy Holmes, Books*
Paul Hoppe, Self-Promotional
Jordin Isip, Books
Aya Kakeda, Editorial
Aya Kakeda, Gallery
Blair Kelly, Editorial
Mike Kerr, Editorial Spots
Mike Kerr, Self-Promotional
Edward Kinsella, Editorial
Tatsuro Kiuchi, Editorial
Tatsuro Kiuchi, Gallery
Tatsuro Kiuchi, Institutional
Jean-Christian Knaff, Self-Promotional
Jon Krause, Editorial
Anita Kunz, Gallery
Anita Kunz, Self-Promotional
Yunmee Kyong, Gallery
Yunmee Kyong, Unpublished
Marc Lalumière, Medical
Travis Lampe, Gallery*
Dongyun Lee, Editorial*
Ho-Jun Lee, Unpublished
James Lewis, Unpublished
Renata Liwska, Books
Liz Lomax, Three-Dimensional*
Sophia Martineck, Editorial*
Jorge Mascarenhas, Self-Promotional
Bill Mayer, Advertising*
Bill Mayer, Unpublished
Robert Meganck, Advertising
Luc Melanson, Books
Aaron Meshon, Three-Dimensional
Aaron Meshon, Unpublished
Dushan Milic, Editorial
Joe Morse, Gallery
Martin Mueller, Advertising*
Sylvie Müller, Self-Promotional
Andrea Offermann, Editorial
Bert Oppenheim, Medical
Anita Ortega, Animation
Ken Orvidas, Editorial
Eun-Ha Paek, Animation
Ryan Peltier, Self-Promotional
Ian Phillips, Books
Ian Phillips, Unpublished
Emiliano Ponzi, Editorial*
Oleg Portnoy, Unpublished
Natalie Pudalov, Self-Promotional
Brian Raszka, Unpublished
Antoine Revoy, Unpublished
Edel Rodriguez, Advertising
Kim Rosen, Self-Promotional
Marc Rosenthal, Institutional*
Tin Salamunic, Self-Promotional
Guido Scarabottolo, Editorial*
Guido Scarabottolo, Self-Promotional*
Rick Sealock, Unpublished
Andrew Selby, Editorial
Yuko Shimizu, Advertising*
Yuko Shimizu, Books
Yuko Shimizu, Editorial*
Steve Simpson, Books
Lasse Skarbovik, Gallery
Alena Skarina, Gallery
Brian Stauffer, Editorial
Brian Stauffer, Fashion*
Otto Steininger, Editorial*
Otto Steininger, Unpublished*
Steven Tabbutt, Gallery
Jay Taylor, Self-Promotional
Tricia Tharp, Self-Promotional
Jacob Thomas, Editorial
Paul Thurlby, Editorial
Tim Tomkinson, Animation
Cristian Turdera, Editorial
Pol Turgeon, Unpublished
Mark Ulriksen, Editorial*
Mark Ulriksen, Institutional
Alexei Vella, Editorial
David von Bassewitz, Unpublished
Sam Weber, Editorial
Carl Wiens, Unpublished
Rob Wilson, Advertising
Selena Wong, Institutional
Stephanie Wunderlich, Editorial
James Yang, Editorial Spots
Jeni Yang, Gallery
Andrew Zbihlyj, Advertising
Andrew Zbihlyj, Unpublished
Anthony Zinonos, Self-Promotional
Daniel Zitka, Unpublished
Red Nose Studio, Editorial*
Ghostshrimp, Editorial

*multiple entries

STUDENT SHOW
Congratulations! As always, judging was tough but all our judges were impressed by the quality of entries. Below is a list of our winners, all of which will be displayed in this year's 3x3 Illustration Annual No. 6 due out later this year.

This year's judges included illustrators/educators Alexandra Kardinar, Germany; Gary Embury, United Kingdom; Clemente Botelho, Canada and Martha Rich, John Hendrix, Nora Krug of the US. Rounding out the judges is artist rep Pat Lindgren, Lindgren & Smith.

Each entry was judged on a scale of 0 to 4, 4 being the best. To be included in the show an entry must be given either 3 or 4 points by a majority of the judges. To win a Gold, Silver or Bronze medal a majority of the judge's must give the piece a score of 4 points. To receive a Best of Show more than a majority of judges must give the piece a score of no less than 4 points.

Click here to see the complete list of student winners.

All winners in our shows receive a free annual (all you pay is for shipping) which is scheduled to be out in December 2009.

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