For the second year at Just Write For Kids Australia, we offered an opportunity for author-illustrators of children’s books to submit a piece to our Picture It! Anthology Call-Out. The theme for this year was ‘LOST’, where artists were to interpret the metaphor in their own imagining, and incorporate our two new loveable characters, Walter and Scout. The brief was to create a combined illustration and text component that portrayed emotion, surprise and art elements in their chosen scene. And no surprise, the submissions have been so wonderfully imaginative!
In our deliberations, the judging panel carefully considered each piece for its artistic techniques, interesting use of perspective and composition, storytelling ability and how all the pages will work as a collaboration. We thank everyone for their patience throughout this long process, and we congratulate all the artists for their amazing efforts – ALL of the entries were absolutely remarkable!
As a community, we are proud to continue to raise donations for The Indigenous Literacy Foundation, as we did last year. Donated funds and a percentage of sale proceeds from book sales will be forwarded to this national charity – helping to support literacy and language resources for remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
HUGE thanks once again to our expert team for your meticulous work in helping to put this gorgeous creation together:
Jennifer Sharp of Daisy Lane Publishing,
Mary Anastasiou, and
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Well done to everyone who entered, and to our successful contributors – CONGRATULATIONS!
The following artists will be featured in our upcoming illustrated anthology (title TBA)…
Front Cover Contributor
Carla Hoffenberg – Lost Sockville
All Contributors
Michèle Dodd – Magical Rockery
Hannah Friend – Froggy Footprints
Daniela Glyntzos – Something Special
Carla Hoffenberg – Lost Sockville
Jennifer Horn – Scout’s Storm of Growing Worries
Lellie Lopter – Lost in the Desert
Lorraine & Jessica Miller – Lost at Sea
Mietta Postlethwaite – Hop Skip Zoom
Rachael Robertson – Lost in the Jungle
Nandina Vines – The Most Fantastical Place on Earth
PLUS! Jade Goodwin – Opening pages
Acknowledgements
We’d also like to acknowledge our other entrants for their outstanding work:
Vercess Caina – Lost in the Clouds
Emma Damon – Lost in the Moonlight
Naomi Eccles-Smith – Comic-Strip Escapade
Marg Gibbs – Space Travellers
Jacqui Hewlett – Lost in Space
Mietta Postlethwaite – A Lunchtime Swim
Thank you to all the entrants and everyone involved in helping to make our second Picture It! Anthology a success.
Please note: Our online gallery will be open soon!
Exciting news! Our PRE-ORDER sales and rewards are NOW OPEN to the public!
Help us bring Walter and Scout to life in printed form, as well as celebrating the art and talents of our Australian children’s creators, while raising funds for those in need.
Have you ever thought about all the possibilities out there when it comes to getting ‘lost’? What if you were WHOOSHED away into different realms of the imagination, and suddenly found yourself lost in space… the jungle… the desert… lost in socks, or even your own worries. Join pals, Walter and Scout on an adventurous, fast-paced, highly emotive and surprising journey where being lost becomes more of a discovery, with a plethora of interactive and immersive scenes to explore.
From a collaborative team of local children’s creators comes this playfully written and illustrated tale with carefully chosen language, literacy and artistic elements in mind to suit young explorers from age four onwards.
We would be so grateful for your support to achieve our goals to produce, print and distribute a quality book and to help raise donations for the ILF. Please visit the following link to find out more about our wonderful ‘Lost’ anthology and the special rewards on offer!
Image by Carla Hoffenberg
Book specifications
A 24 page hard cover, perfect bound children’s book
Mixed media illustrations throughout by various artists
The book will be printed and produced in Australia in early-mid 2025
Published by Daisy Lane Publishing and Just Write For Kids Australia
Finished size is A4 Portrait
X Romi and the Picture It! Team
Contact: justwriteforkidsblogATgmailDOTcom for enquiries.
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