There’s Still Time To Enter The 2024 Pokémon Illustration Contest!

Welcome to the table,

Collectible card games have always gone hand in hand with art in my world. I remember trying to draw all the Pokémon my friends had on their cards. As a child, I could not figure out how the artists on the Magic: The Gathering cards and Pokémon cards got the art so small but I tried and tried again to get microscopic details. It wouldn’t be until my late teens that I figured out it was part of a larger printing process, but man, wanting to draw those cards was something that fascinated me.

For those of you who still have dreams of drawing on these cards, The Pokémon Company is giving you a chance… but you have to act quickly.

The Pokémon trading card game is celebrating 27 years this year, alongside the 27th anniversary of the Pokémon brand, and is hosting another fun illustration contest. This year’s contest has “Magical Pokémon Moments” as its theme, and the Pokémon team is accepting submissions from Japan, US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. You can read all the official rules and enter at this link.

The prizes are featured below…

Grand Prize
One (1) Grand Prize Winner will receive a cash value of $5,000.
AND the winner’s illustration will be made into a promo card.

Best Standard Card Illustration / Best ex Card Illustration
One (1) Best Standard Card Illustration Winner
One (1) Best ex Card Illustration Winner
will receive a cash value of $3,000.
AND the winner’s illustration will be made into a promo card.

First Runner-Up
Six (6) First Runners-Up will receive a cash value of $1,000.

Judges’ Award
Fifteen (15) Judges’ Award Winners will receive a cash value of $500.

Until next time, see you in the tall grass, and good luck!