The 21st edition of the Junceda Awards, the awards organised by the Associació Professional d'Il-lustradors de Catalunya (APIC), has as finalists former students and teachers linked to EINA's illustration programmes: Postgraduate Diploma in Creative Illustration and Visual Communication Techniques and Postgraduate Diploma in Narrative Illustration for Children's and Teenagers' Publications.
The awards ceremony will take place on Wednesday 18 October at 19h at the Círculo de Gracia (Calle de Santa Magdalena, 12). Admission is free, but seating is limited. You can also follow the ceremony online through this link.
The list of finalists for this edition is as follows:
Children's book fiction category
Luciano Lozano, for 'Temps de haikus', AKIARA books
Adult and children's non-fiction book category
Aina Bestard, for 'Paisatges desconeguts del sistema solar', Zahorí Books
Andrea de Castro, for 'The history of Lleida explained to the scoundrels', Viena editors
Gusti, for 'Nenes i nens feministes', NubeOcho
Elefanta Prize Category
Bernat Solsona, for 'Turtle Town'.
Valentina Silva Irarrazaval, for 'Retratos fantasmas', Valentina Silva Irarrazaval, for 'Retratos fantasmas'
Press and magazines category
Cristina Spanò, for 'Secrets', The New York Times Kids
Daniela Carvalho, for 'What do you think about when you masturbate', El Correo
Advertising Category
Adrià F Marquès, for 'Carnaval de Barcelona 2022', Barcelona City Council
Miguel Bustos, for 'Rostres', Centre d'art LO PATI
The Junceda Awards are the most important awards in the sector in Catalonia and Spain, and a recognition and tribute to illustrators for their work in this discipline.