The big news this year is author Neil Gaiman will be a guest judge at the Folio Book Illustration Awards, which will shortlist six new artists, with the winning entry receiving £2,000 and five runners-up being awarded £500. But the real gem of a prize is the winner will also be commissioned to illustrate the forthcoming limited edition of Gaiman's short stories.
At the Folio Book Illustration Awards announcement Neil Gaiman said: 'The Folio Society consistently makes some of the most beautiful books in the world. I'm thrilled that they will be making an original and unique collection of my stories, to sit on the shelves as an object of beauty or (I hope) taken off the shelves to be read and enjoyed.'
Neil Gaiman is one of five judges, with last year's Folio Book Illustration Awards winner, Cristina Bencina, now on the panel. Last year the awards had 750 entries from 58 countries, and Cristina Bencina won for her illustration of Ursula K. Le Guin's novel The Fliers of Gy. Other judges this year are Folio Art Directors Sheri Gee and Raquel Leis Allion as well as Folio Society publisher Tom Walker.
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