Picturebook makers from all around the world submit their unpublished projects to be considered by a large jury of top international publishers. The jury publishers vote independently for their favourites, and the projects with the most votes go into a unique book fair showcase and are presented online to hundreds of publishers in the dPICTUS community. Picturebook projects from our previous showcases continue to be acquired by publishers around the world, and many of the artists have been approached by publishers and agents, interested in their work.
For the sixth edition of The Unpublished Picturebook Showcase in 2024, over 600 projects from 70 countries were submitted. The 88 projects below are the ones which received the most independent votes from the 54 international publishers on the jury. dPICTUS members can view these projects in full; non-members can see two images from each project.
Victor D. O. Santos & Anna Margrethe Kjærgaard
DENMARK
Claire Goble
UNITED KINGDOM
Carolina Búzio
PORTUGAL
For the fifth edition of The Unpublished Picturebook Showcase in 2023, over 500 projects from around 60 countries were submitted. The 78 projects below are the ones which received the most independent votes from the 45 international publishers on the jury. dPICTUS members can view these projects in full; non-members can see two images from each project.
Marina Philippart
BELGIUM
Deborah Senn & Samira Margni
SWITZERLAND
Catalina Kobelt & Pablo Gauthier
ARGENTINA
Cathy Benetti Maldonado
SWITZERLAND
For the fourth edition of The Unpublished Picturebook Showcase in 2022, 350 projects from over 50 countries were submitted. The 94 projects below are the ones which received the most independent votes from the 50 international publishers on the jury. dPICTUS members can view these projects in full; non-members can see two images from each project.
Marc Donat & Roser Cussó
SPAIN
Neal Hoskins & Anna Ring
ESTONIA
Lillias Kinsman-Chauvet
UNITED KINGDOM
Fanni Réka Sipos
HUNGARY
Amy Louise Evans and Zoe Arena
UNITED KINGDOM
Catherine McArdle
UNITED KINGDOM
Luca Di Battista
ITALY
Merlin Evans
UNITED KINGDOM
Almost 400 projects from 60 countries were submitted to the third edition of The Unpublished Picturebook Showcase in 2021. The 84 projects below are the ones which received the most independent votes from the 55 international publishers on the jury. dPICTUS members can view these projects in full; non-members can see two images from each project.
Andres Muñoz Claros
COLOMBIA
Constance Örbeck Nilsen & Akin Düzakin
NORWAY
Mariano Leguizamón
ARGENTINA
Agata Lučić
CROATIA
Clémence Godier
FRANCE
Javier García Sobrino
SPAIN
Heidi Olivia Cannon
UNITED KINGDOM
Of the 420 projects submitted to the second edition of The Unpublished Picturebook Showcase in 2020,
the 82 projects below are the ones which received the most independent votes from the 48 international
publishers on the jury. dPICTUS members can view these projects in full; non-members can see two images
from each project.
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Vera Eggermann
SWITZERLAND
Maeva Rubli
SWITZERLAND