The Awards
The Keith Wingrove Memorial Trust conducts The Australian Bookplate Design Award, among Australian artists, graphic designers and students in the production of Ex Libris Bookplates.
The purpose of the competition is to increase interest in and to attract publicity to the artistic value of bookplates. Although the competition is referred to as “Australian”, the 2013 Design Awards included a prize category for International artists for the first time.
The trustees have chosen the following themes
for the Keith Wingrove Memorial Design Award:
AUSTRALIAN BOOKPLATE DESIGN
Prize $10,000 plus medallion
INTERNATIONAL BOOKPLATE DESIGN
Prize $3,000 plus medallion
Australian etched bookplate
Prize $1,500 plus medallion
Australian relief bookplate
Prize $1,500 plus medallion
AUSTRALIAN TERTIARY STUDENT DESIGN
Prize $2,000 plus medallion
AUSTRALIAN SECONDARY STUDENT DESIGN
Prize Medallion for the student plus the student’s school will receive art materials valued at $1,000
AUSTRALIAN PRIMARY STUDENT DESIGN
Prize Medallion for the student plus the student’s school will receive art materials valued at $1,000