The 55th Illustrators Exhibition received submissions from 3,873 artists from 92 countries and territories (3,460 Fiction + 413 Non-Fiction entries).
The International Jury – made up of Barroux (France), Nana Furiya (Japan), Agata Loth-Ignaciuk (Poland), Irene Savino (Venezuela) and Valerio Vidali (Italy) – shortlisted 318 finalists. The jurors have just gathered in Bologna to review this year's entries for the Illustrators Exhibition, and select the winners. Stay tuned!
| Abdollahi | Mitra | IRAN |
| Aguirre | Aldy | PHILIPPINES |
| Aizawa | Fumi | JAPAN |
| Alaei | Amir | IRAN |
| Alcántara Pedraza | Mariana | MEXICO |
| Amman | Viola | ITALY |
| Amoli | Mona | IRAN |
| An | Hyelin | KOREA |
| Antinori | Andrea | ITALY |
| Aoki | Takako | JAPAN |
| Aparicio Català | Anna | SPAIN |
| Arellano | Luisa F. | MEXICO |
| Arroyo Corcobado | Teresa | SPAIN |
| Babakoohi | Mohammad | IRAN |
| Babilaite | Ieva | LITHUANIA |
| Bandiera | Beatrice | ITALY |
| Barberini | Alice | ITALY |
| Barengo | Monica | ITALY |
| Bass | Lizzie | UK |
| Ben Zaken | Lior | ISRAEL |
| Betti | Caterina | ITALY |
| Biedrzycka | Ala Flora | POLAND |
| Bittencourt Ducci | André | ITALY |
| Blankenaar | Dale | SOUTH AFRICA |
| Bogdanska | Kasia | POLAND |
| Borso | Beatrice | ITALY |
| Boyadjieva | Vyara | BULGARIA |
| Brunini | Nani | BRAZIL |
| Bruno | Natalia | ARGENTINA |
| Builes | Elizabeth | COLOMBIA |
| Bulay | Elena | RUSSIA |
| Burrows | Sophie | UK |
| Caironi | Sophie | BELGIUM |
| Camp | Joaquin | ARGENTINA |
| Carozzi | Nicolò | ITALY |
| Castignoli | Anabela | ARGENTINA |
| Catalina Ledesma | Raquel | SPAIN |
| Cerocchi | Beatrice | ITALY |
| Cha | eunsil | KOREA |
| Chen | Yi Ting | TAIWAN |
| Chen | Xin | CHINA |
| Chen | Treey | CHINA |
| Chen | Feifei | CHINA |
| Chen | YinJu | TAIWAN |
| Chen | Ying-Hsiu | TAIWAN |
| Cho | Pooh Reum | KOREA |
| Choi | Do eun | KOREA |
| Choi | Dani | KOREA |
| Coen | Francesca Elisabetta | ITALY |
| Corral Fuentes | Paloma | SPAIN |
| Cowles | Maggie | USA |
| Crahay | Anne | BELGIUM |
| Cyrén | Karin | SWEDEN |
| Czerniak-Chojnacka | Dominika | POLAND |
| Dai | Wei-Chun | TAIWAN |
| Dalvand | Reza | IRAN |
| Daquino | Andrea | USA |
| de Campora | Francesca | ITALY |
| De Kinder | Jan | BELGIUM |
| De Telleria | María José | ARGENTINA |
| Demianenko | Natalia | RUSSIA |
| Desnos | Anaïs | FRANCE |
| Di Lauro | Massimiliano | ITALY |
| Diaz | Alvaro | URUGUAY |
| Dipacho | | COLOMBIA |
| Dong | Jam | CHINA |
| Dong | Yang | CHINA |
| Doro | Kris | LATVIA |
| Doroshenko | Polina | UKRAINE |
| Drachkovska | Oksana | UKRAINE |
| Drangmeister | Nina Maria | GERMANY |
| Drobova | Yuliya | UZBEKISTAN |
| Duan | Kailin | CHINA |
| Dudek | Agata | POLAND |
| Egan | Malachy | USA |
| Emmen Riedel | Myra | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Epikhina | Olga | RUSSIA |
| Ericson | Elisabet | SWEDEN |
| Espinoza | Gerald | VENEZUELA |
| Ezaki | Haruka | JAPAN |
| Fadeeva | Olga | RUSSIA |
| Faverjon | Maud | FRANCE |
| Fonseca | Armando | MEXICO |
| Font | Anna | SPAIN |
| Frankel | Yael | ARGENTINA |
| Galí Sanarau | Mercè | SPAIN |
| Garayoa | Sandra | SPAIN |
| Gasparri | Maria Gabriella | ITALY |
| Gavilan | Florencia | ARGENTINA |
| Gledhill | Carly | UK |
| Go | Hey Jin | KOREA |
| Godina Ciria | Carolina T. | SPAIN |
| Goldouzian | Alireza | IRAN |
| Gorelik | Katerina | RUSSIA |
| Grankova | Varvara | RUSSIA |
| Guardiola | Marcos | SPAIN |
| Guarducci | Ilaria | ITALY |
| Gude | Janina | GERMANY |
| Guschina | Ekaterina | RUSSIA |
| Gzhelskaya | Julia | RUSSIA |
| Habibi Rad | Sana | IRAN |
| Hajduk-Kawalec | Malwina | POLAND |
| Harper | Becki | UK |
| Hei | Mi | CHINA |
| Hernández | Mar | SPAIN |
| Hirou | Paola | FRANCE |
| Hochleitner | Verena | AUSTRIA |
| Hocking | Deborah | USA |
| Holden | Olivia | UK |
| Hoshino | Ayuko | JAPAN |
| House | Lera | RUSSIA |
| Hristova | Ina | BULGARIA |
| I-Hsien | Chou | TAIWAN |
| Ivanenko | Hanna | UKRAINE |
| Iwasaki | Chisa | JAPAN |
| Jheng | Chen-Ying | TAIWAN |
| Ji | Hyerim | KOREA |
| Jihyoung | Kim | KOREA |
| Josso | Emilie | FRANCE |
| Jourdan | Mickaël | FRANCE |
| Kananaitiene | Agne | LITHUANIA |
| Karchun | Tanya | RUSSIA |
| kazerooni | pedram | IRAN |
| Kendel | Anna and Varvara | RUSSIA |
| Kettunen | Satu | FINLAND |
| Khomonova | Sayana | MONGOLIA |
| Kim | Sunjin | COREASUD |
| Kim | Hyeeun | KOREA |
| Kim | Kyoungshin | KOREA |
| kim | jiyoung kim | KOREA |
| Kim | Youngin | KOREA |
| Kim | Meehwa | KOREA |
| Kim | Jaehee | KOREA |
| Kitamura | Maiko | JAPAN |
| Kiudulaite | Ausra | LITHUANIA |
| Kleiss | Anne Roos | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Klimova | Katya | RUSSIA |
| Koh | Jooyeon | KOREA |
| Kubota | Hiroko | JAPAN |
| Kwak | Soojin | KOREA |
| Lavender | Eleanor | UK |
| Lee | Hyun | KOREA |
| Lee | Qingyue | CHINA |
| Lee | Soyung | KOREA |
| Lemaire | Charlotte | FRANCE |
| Letria | André | PORTUGAL |
| Lewandowska | Monika | POLAND |
| Li | Taoyu | CHINA |
| Li | Han | CHINA |
| Lin | Lian-En | TAIWAN |
| Liu | Chang | CHINA |
| Liu | Jiatong | CHINA |
| Liu | Longsha | CHINA |
| Liu | Ying | CHINA |
| Liu | Feng | CHINA |
| Liu | Joanne | HONGKONG/CHINA |
| London | Lena | UKRAINE |
| Lopez | Andres | MEXICO |
| Losapio | Giuseppe | ITALY |
| Lu | Thea | CHINA |
| Machado | Inês | PORTUGAL |
| Maier | Josefine | GERMANY |
| Mariann | Máray | HUNGARY |
| Marín Pérez | Carlotta | GERMANY |
| Marton | Eleonora | ITALY |
| Mato | Jorge | URUGUAY |
| Matoso | Madalena | PORTUGAL |
| Matsumoto | Saki | JAPAN |
| Matsusaki | Ana | BRAZIL |
| Matzak | Phoolan | GERMANY |
| Mazzenga | Naida | ITALY |
| Mena | Pato | CHILE |
| Metola Bouzo | Patricia | SPAIN |
| Meza | Esteli | MEXICO |
| Mijangos | Amanda | MEXICO |
| Miroslavova | Mira | BULGARIA |
| Mirzoyan | Natalia | RUSSIA |
| Mohammaddi | Narges | IRAN |
| Montoya Escobar | Manuela | COLOMBIA |
| Moon | Sohyun | KOREA |
| Mora | Joanna | CHILE |
| Moroz | Darya | KAZAKISTAN |
| Mrzljak | Lucija | CROATIA |
| Muller | Georgia | FRANCE |
| Munoz Claros | Andres | COLOMBIA |
| Murias | Gisele | ITALY |
| Mutuberria | Maite | SPAIN |
| Myungae | Lee | KOREA |
| Na | Eunkyung | KOREA |
| Na | Il Sung | KOREA |
| Najafi | Fereshteh | IRAN |
| Narea Knipping | Camilla | GERMANY |
| Neacsu | Veronica | ROMANIA |
| Negosanti | Sabina | SWITZERLAND |
| Negrescolor | Joan | SPAIN |
| Nesterenko | Maria | RUSSIA |
| Nishioka | Hideki | JAPAN |
| Nouws | Inge | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Novoselova | Elena | RUSSIA |
| Oh | Sena | KOREA |
| Oliveira | Inês | PORTUGAL |
| Ordinola Guerra | Fátima | PERU |
| Ourghanlian | Alice | FRANCE |
| Paiano | Igea | ITALY |
| Pan | Hsinping | TAIWAN |
| París | Ramón | VENEZUELA |
| Park | Hyunmin | KOREA |
| Park | Haerang | KOREA |
| Parreno Sempere | Francisco | SPAIN |
| Pascual de la Torre | María | SPAIN |
| Pasques | Violette | FRANCE |
| Pastorino | Giulia | ITALY |
| Pavan | Federica | ITALY |
| Pedler | Caroline | UK |
| Pere | Ginard | SPAIN |
| Peregrín | Andrea | SPAIN |
| Pez | Ana | SPAIN |
| Ping | An | TAIWAN |
| Plats | Marja-Liisa | ESTONIA |
| Primavera | Eleonora | ITALY |
| Ptashnik | Olga | RUSSIA |
| Pudalov | Natalie | ISRAEL |
| Quadri | Marco | ITALY |
| Remedio | Maria | PORTUGAL |
| Rilova | Sandra | SPAIN |
| Rio | Mariana | PORTUGAL |
| Ro | Hyeyeong | KOREA |
| Rodin | Al | UK |
| Rollhauser | Romina | ARGENTINA |
| Romero Marchesini | Nadia Soledad | ARGENTINA |
| Rosas Moncada | Gina | COLOMBIA |
| Rose | Tilda | USA |
| Rosenberg | Natascha | SPAIN |
| Rotondo | | ITALY |
| Ruotolo | Flavia | ITALY |
| Rusan | Klara | CROATIA |
| Saberi Foumani | Narjes Khatoun (Sara) | IRAN |
| Sabu | Sachie | GIAPPONE |
| Sadeghian | Noushin | IRAN |
| Safakhoo | Nooshin | IRAN |
| Sala | Felicita | ITALY |
| Samel | Pamela | ESTONIA |
| Santos | Estefania | ECUADOR |
| Santos | Bruno | PORTUGAL |
| Sarabia | Lucia | MEXICO |
| Savich | Andrei | BIELORUSSIA |
| Schulman | Moa | SWEDEN |
| Schvartz | Claire | FRANCE |
| Sciarra | Edoardo | ITALY |
| Semykina | Victoria | RUSSIA |
| Serra | Adolfo | SPAIN |
| Serrano Moreno | Eva | SPAIN |
| Shaloshvili | Natalia | UKRAINE |
| Shen | Sammi | CHINA |
| Shulzhenko | Aglaya | RUSSIA |
| Sidorova | Valeriia | RUSSIA |
| Simonati | Laura | ITALY |
| Sitja Rubio | Cristina | VENEZUELA |
| Smith | Rosalie | UK |
| Sodano | Ludovica | ITALY |
| Soon Ok | Lee | KOREA |
| Spellucci | Simone | ITALY |
| Stangl | Katrin | GERMANY |
| Suh | Sunjung | KOREA |
| Sun | Jun | CHINA |
| Sun | DanQi | CHINA |
| Sztyma | Marianna | POLAND |
| Takahashi | Yuji | JAPAN |
| Tengiz | Dide | UK |
| Tentler-Krylov | Victoria | USA |
| Terézia | Fillová | SLOVAKIA |
| Tioh | Yen Ling | MALESIA |
| Torp | Signe | NORWAY |
| Torralba | Enrique | MEXICO |
| Torrent | Daniel | SPAIN |
| Torres | Quim | SPAIN |
| Tsou | Page | TAIWAN |
| Vaicenaviciene | Monika | LITHUANIA |
| Val | Elena | SPAIN |
| Valasse | Bruno | FRANCE |
| Varela | Cecilia | ARGENTINA |
| Varela | Alicia | SPAIN |
| Ventura | Ana | PORTUGAL |
| Vergez | Suzy | FRANCE |
| Verlinden | Adèle | FRANCE |
| Vidal Pazos | Álvaro | SPAIN |
| Vieira | Eva | PORTUGAL |
| Virardi | Liuna | ITALY |
| Visca | Rodrigo | BRAZIL |
| Vola | Noemi | ITALY |
| Voronina | Katerina | RUSSIA |
| Vrca | Hana | CROATIA |
| Wang | Xiaoxiao | CHINA |
| Watanabe | Michio | JAPAN |
| Waters | Beth | UK |
| Watson | Judy | AUSTRALIA |
| Wu | Peng | CHINA |
| Wu | Wanxin | CHINA |
| Xinyuan | Zhan | CHINA |
| Yakunova | Tania | UKRAINE |
| Yang | Yufei | CHINA |
| Yang | Bo | CHINA |
| Yim | Hyo young | KOREA |
| Yi-wen | Huang | TAIWAN |
| Yoon | Kangmi | KOREA |
| Yoon | Joungmi | KOREA |
| Yu | Yin | CHINA |
| Yu | Chih-Chun | TAIWAN |
| Yujie | Wu | TAIWAN |
| Yulia | Sidneva | RUSSIA |
| Zakharova | Ekaterina | UK |
| Zavadlav | Ana | SLOVENIA |
| Zhan | Lin | CHINA |
| Zhang | Chao | CHINA |
| Zhao | Niaoer | CHINA |
| ZHOU | SHIRUI | CHINA |
| Zhu | Lin | CHINA |
| 채 | 승연 | KOREA |