Noma Concours for Picture Book Illustrations

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The Noma Concours for Picture Book Illustrations (Japanese: 野間国際絵本原画コンクール) was organised by Asia/Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU) supported by the Noma International Book Development Fund from 1978 to 2008. It was an annual competition, ending in 2008.^[1]

The prize was named after , the fourth president of the Japanese family-run publishing house Kodansha Ltd. At the 1963 Frankfurt Book Fair, he gave a speech entitled "Cultural Exchange in Publishing", in which he said “In order to advance and sustain world peace, it is most important to develop international mutual understanding by means of cross-cultural interchange through publishing.” In this spirit, several Noma Awards were set up: the Noma Award for Publishing in Africa, established in 1980; the Noma Literary Prize, also established in 1980; and the Noma Award for the Translation of Japanese Literature, established in 1980 to commemorate Kodansha’s 80th anniversary.^[2]

The aim of the competition was to discover up-and-coming illustrators, graphic designers and artists in Asia (except Japan), the Pacific, Africa, Arab States, and Latin America & the Caribbean, and to provide an opportunity at which they could present their works to offer incentives for their creative activities. Prizewinning works were displayed in exhibitions such as the International Library of Children's Literature^[3] in Ueno, Tokyo, and the Biennial of Illustration Bratislava in Slovakia.^[4]

The 16th Noma Concours (2008)[]

Grand Prize

• Nadi & Xiao Lan by (Costa Rica)

Second Prize

• The Princess by (Iran)
• An Hour that Is Neither Day nor Night by (Sudan)

Runners Up

• Puppet of Rag and Paper by (Chile)
• The Girl and the Jungle by (Indonesia)
• Yusuf and Zulaikha by (Iran)
• Boots by (Iran)
• The Spelled City by (Iran)
• Wolves and Humans by (Iran)
• Strange Interview by (Republic of Korea)
• The Wall by (Republic of Korea)
• Pumla and the Chickens by (South Africa)
• The Princess with the Binocular by (Vietnam)

Encouragement Prize

• Vovó by (Brazil)
• Many Indigenous Stories about the Origin of the Universe and Other *Things by (Brazil)
• The Great Deluge by (India)
• Zahhak by (Iran)
• The Singer Wolf by (Iran)
• The Princess who Liked to Eat Apples by (Iran)
• Sara, Apple Jam & River by (Iran)
• I Received Your Letter Right Now by (Iran)
• The Hero's Trick by (Iran)
• The Disloyal Friend by (Iran)
• Sansarinaga and the Beautiful Toy Buffalo by (Malaysia)
• The Alebrije Origin by (Mexico)
• The Shoes Story by (Mexico)
• Naku, Nakuu, Nakuuu! by (Philippines)
• Lost and Found by (Republic of Korea)
• The Baby Black Cloud by (Republic of Korea)
• My Grandpa Is a Taxi Driver Delivering Happiness by Kim Hyo-Jin (Republic of Korea)
• To Catch a Puhul Thief by (Sri Lanka)
• Descendants-Mahouts-Elephants: The Story of Thai Elephant Part 2 by (Thailand)
• Founding of Sfax by (Tunisia)

The 15th Noma Concours (2007)[]

Grand Prize

• How the Firefly Got Its Light by (India)

Second Prize

• The Princess Who Couldn't Laugh by (Iran)
• The Last Day I Lived in a Long House by (Malaysia)

Runners Up

• Tap, Tap, Tap by (Iran)
• The Fox by (Iran)
• Love Stories by (Iran)
• Lili Lili Hozak by (Iran)
• Land Below the Wind by (Malaysia)
• My Home Is My Pet by (Philippines)
• The Flying Birds by (Republic of Korea)
• A Book That Nobody Has Opened by (Republic of Korea)
• Strange Dream by (Sudan)
• The Story of the Thai Elephant by (Thailand)

Encouragement Prize

• The Red Cricket by (Colombia)
• Don Cat by (Ecuador)
• Think Twice by (Guinea-Bissau)
• The Old Man Who Could Make Trees Flourishing with Flowers by (Indonesia)
• The Land of Water-lilies by (Iran)
• The Love Journey of the Pilgrim by (Iran)
• The Angel and the Moon by (Iran)
• Queen of Ants and Her Princesses by (Iran)
• Mitra by (Iran)
• Whose House Is This? by (Iran)
• The Red Ladybird by (Iran)
• Our Earth, Our Heart by (Iran)
• The Trip of a Butterfly by (Iran)
• Forest Dream by (Iran)
• The Road by (Iran)
• The Owl and the Jaybird by (Iran)
• The Dancing Technique by (Kenya)
• Animal Farm by (Republic of Korea)
• The Vatu Bird by (Sri Lanka)
• This Is God's Creation by (Syria)

The 14th Noma Concours (2006)[]

Grand Prize

• My Home by

Second Prize

• God of Thunder by
• The Race by

The 13th Noma Concours (2002)[]

Grand Prize

• I Have a House by

Second Prize

• The Son Who Caught the Tiger by
• Sun Canary, Moon Canary! by

The 12th Noma Concours (2000)[]

Grand Prize

• The Girl of the Wish Garden by

Second Prize

• The Wonder Sparrow by
• Mrs. Colour by

The 11th Noma Concours (1998)[]

Grand Prize

• Majed and His Friends by (Sudan)

Second Prize

• The Elephant in a Dark Room by Feeroozeh Golmohammadi (Iran)
• Thin Soldier by (Philippines)

The 10th Noma Concours (1996)[]

Grand Prize

• The Real Elephant by (Malaysia)

Second Prize

• Here I Am! by (South Africa)
• The Owner of the Light by (Venezuela)

The 9th Noma Concours (1994)[]

Grand Prize

• How the Creatures Chose the Colours by (Sudan)

Second Prize

• How Shimba and His Herd Rescued the Forest by (Cuba)
• The Crescent Moon, Poems by Rabindranath Tagore by (Iran)

The 8th Noma Concours (1992)[]

Grand Prize

• The Ugly Ducking by (Republic of Korea)

Second Prize

• The Strife over the Magic Snail by (Mexico)
• The Guessing Boys by (Mongolia)

The 7th Noma Concours (1990)[]

Grand Prize

• Animals Have Many Faces by (Cuba)

Second Prize

• Cindelaras by (Indonesia)
• The Song of the Trees by (Sudan)

The 6th Noma Concours (1988)[]

Grand Prize

• When Nazha Created a Tremendous Uproar in the Sea by (China)

Second Prize

• The Tortoise and the Elephant by (Nigeria)
• Thai Sweets by (Thailand)

The 5th Noma Concours (1986)[]

Grand Prize

• The Dinosaur of the Desert by (Republic of Korea)

Second Prize

• The Amazed City by Eduardo Muñoz Bachs (Cuba)
• The Flower Fairy by (China)

The 4th Noma Concours (1984)[]

Grand Prize

• Mr. Fox by Gavin Bishop (New Zealand)

Second Prize

• Games by (Sudan)
• Chitku by (India)

The 3rd Noma Concours (1982)[]

Grand Prize

• A Plane and A Viola by (Brazil)

Second Prize

• The Nine-Coloured Deer by (China)
• The Dream of Being Great by (Cuba)

The 2nd Noma Concours (1980)[]

Grand Prize

• Ancient Chinese Fables by (China)

Second Prize

• One Day by Jagdish Joshi (India)
• Momo by (Brazil)

The 1st Noma Concours (1978)[]

Grand Prize

• If the Animals Had Coloured Faces by (Iran)
• The Hero of Champions by (Iran)

Second Prize

• Chen Sheng and Wu Kuang by (China)
• Uniforms by Mickey Patel (India)
• The Land of Ramol by A. Ramachandran (India)
• What Did the Bird Say? by (Iran)
• Children of the Forest by (Sudan)

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