FIDA AWARDS - 5 WAYS TO WIN!

October 17, 2025

Five FIDA Award Categories. Five Chances to Win.

A global celebration of the BEST in Fashion Art & Illustration.

Discover the categories that best reflect your work — and embrace your chance to be seen, published, and celebrated.

1. Best Illustrated Faces & Beauty Award

We’re looking for work that captures character, emotion, and elegance.

Think expressive portraits, makeup artistry, and beauty storytelling — show us your unique style and how you see allure.

2. Best Live Event Illustrator Award

Bring fashion in motion to life — from runway moments and backstage energy to immersive live-fashion scenes.
We want to feel the buzz of the fashion world through your lines and colour.
Perfect for artists capturing — or aspiring to capture — the thrill of live events.

3. Best Illustrated Digital Fashion Design Award

Use digital technology to capture fashion moments or showcase your own designs.
From illustrated collections to virtual fashion worlds, show us bold, tech-driven creativity.
Innovative, futuristic, and imaginative — push the boundaries of digital fashion illustration.

4. Best Illustrated Fashion Editorial Award

Illustrations that tell a fashion story — rich in mood, style, and attitude. Work that feels at home in a beautifully curated editorial, lookbook, or campaign, where narrative, concept, and layout come together to create something timeless.

5. Best Emerging Talent Award

For rising creatives ready to shine - a category for students or those who have graduated in the last 5 years. Don’t worry if you’re early in your journey — show us originality, potential, and the beginnings of your distinctive artistic voice.

Who Can Enter & What’s Accepted

All levels welcome: seasoned pros, emerging artists, students.
Disciplines: fashion illustrators, artists, designers, stylists, graphic/digital artists, editorial & beauty illustrator, etc.
Mediums allowed: handmade, digital, or mixed-media. (Pen, ink, watercolour, collage, Procreate, Photoshop, etc.)
Digital submission, so you can apply from anywhere in the world.

Ready to enter?

Decide how many images you want to enter in the category that suits you, and select your best work to submit.

Whether you’re an experienced illustrator or starting out, this is your chance to gain visibility, connect with industry judges, and elevate your creative journey.