JOSEPH MORGAN HENNINGER AWARD - BEST IN SHOW This award is presented to the best of all the Gold Award Winners and is named for SILA's first President during our founding year in 1953. Paul Hoppe, Winner

PATRICK NAGEL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE This award is presented to the second best of all the Gold Award Winners and is named to honor a great illustrator, Patrick Nagel. Sophie Casson, Winner

ADVERTISING Commissioned & published work used for consumer/trade print ads, fashion, point-of-purchase, product, packaging, outdoor, Web sites and CD-ROMs. Chris Buzelli, Gold Award Winner

ENTERTAINMENT/VISUAL DEVELOPMENT Commissioned & published work for album/CD covers, motion picture, animation, television, video, video/computer games, dance, theater, Web sites and CD- ROMS. Francis Vallejo, Gold Award Winner

EDITORIAL Commissioned & published work for newspaper, magazine, courtroom sketches including spots and humorous works. Michael Glenwood, Gold Award Winner

BOOK Commissioned & published work for fiction/non, hard & soft cover books. Includes children's, juvenile, adult, cookbooks, comic books and graphic novels. Travis Lampe, Gold Award Winner

INSTITUTIONAL Commissioned & published work for annual reports, corporate projects, capability projects, in-house publications, illustrated company logos, calendars, menus, calligraphy, non self-promotional greeting cards, philatelic and collectibles. John Hyatt, Gold Award Winner

CHILDRENS' MARKET Any illustration for the youth market may be entered in this category instead of one of others. Adam Alaniz, Gold Award Winner

UNPUBLISHED / SELF PROMOTIONAL Any self-promotional work, whether commissioned or not commissioned. Sourcebook ads, mailers, gallery work, portfolio pieces, experimental, fine art. Includes all Artist's Rep or Gallery commissioned work. Jacob Thomas, Gold Award Winner

STUDENT Work created for classroom projects only. Kaeleen Wescoat-O'Neill, Gold Award Winner and the Phil Hays "I Love It, I Think It's Terrific" Scholarship Winner

GALLERY Any work produced for the purpose of showing at a gallery or museum. Owen Smith, Gold Award Winner

GRAPHIC NOVELS/COMIC BOOKS Commissioned and published work for fiction/non-fiction, comic books, and graphic novels. Including: character designs, layout, visual development, background paintings, pin-ups, and storyboards. Kevin McCarthy, Gold Award Winner

Special Thanks: Tony Bailey, baileycreative.com, thumbtackpress.com

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