The Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Competition (童书展和金风车国际青年插画大赛) was held for the first time at the China Children's Book Fair (CCBF), in Shanghai, in 2015, and, like the CCBF, is set to become an annual event, the aim being to identify talented young illustrators from around the world. It was sponsored by Kodak. In 2015, almost a thousand works were submitted by 253 competitors from 15 countries and regions.
The jury members for the 2016 prize were Benjamin Chaud (France), William Grill (UK), Sun Shiqian (China), Lin Hua (China), Ishikawa Ikuko (Japan), Miao Wei (China) and Zhao Xiaoyin (China). There were 338 submissions, and 53 illustrators were shortlisted.
Winners: Picture Book Category
Grand Prix (China) -- Ms Ye Luying (China)
Grand Prix (International) -- Ms Fatemah Nakhaei (Iran)
Silver Award -- Ms Sally Anne Walker (UK)
Bronze Award -- Ms Zhu Lin (China)
Awards of Excellence -- Ms Fu Wenzheng (China), Ms Li Qiaoqiao (China), Ms Banafsheh Erfanian (Iran), Mr Ali Ghorbanimoghaddam (Iran), Ms Loes Riphagen (Netherlands)
Publishers' Choice Award -- Ms Mahshid Raghemi (Iran)
Shaker Creator Award -- Mr Olga De Dios (Spain)
People's Choice Award -- Ms Chen Yucong (China)
Winners -- Comic/Manga/Graphic Novel Category
Urban China Award -- Mr Xiao Xuepeng (China)
Reed Pop China Comic Con Award -- Mr Zhao Ze (China)
Gold Prize (Grand Prix) Winners
International: Michal Suska (Poland)
China: Zhou Jieyuan 周劼媛
Silver Award Winners
Shou Tao 兽桃
Wang Xiaoxiao 王笑笑
Bronze Award Winners
Han Han (illustrator) 含含
Wang Jue (illustrator) 王珏
Ye Luying 叶露盈
Excellence Award Winners
Zhang Yu 张钰 and Gong Yifei 巩艺飞
Picture Book Creation Studio, Central Academy of Fine Arts 央美绘本创作工作室
Liu Chao 刘超
Meng Ziru 孟子茹
Wang Lala 王拉拉
Wen Xin 温馨
Xu Qingfeng 许青峰
Yan Xueqing 颜雪晴
Yang Zhujun 杨筑珺
Zhao Yufei 赵喻非
