Illustration prize for books for children and young people

The illustration prize for books for children and young people has been awarded every two years by the joint venture of Protestant journalism since 1992. The prize is endowed with 5,000 euros.

The award is given to publications from German-speaking countries with excellent illustrations in terms of both art and content. "They should stimulate the imagination, evoke inner images, give shape to visible or invisible reality and vividly support a Christian understanding of the world in the sense of justice, peace and the preservation of creation." The illustration prize is one of the numerous media prizes of the EKD .

Award winners

• 1992 Wolf Erlbruch , Leonard ; Max Velthuijs , what is that? Asks the frog
• 1994 Annegert Fuchshuber
• 1996 Harrie Geelen , Hermann the child and things
• 1998 Michèle Lemieux , thunderstorm night
• 2000 Wiebke Oeser , His first fish (Text: Hermann Schulz )
• 2002 Lisbeth Zwerger , The Bible
• 2004 Ole Könnecke , How I took away dad's fear of strangers (Text: Rafik Schami )
• 2006 Roberto Innocenti , Pinocchio (Text: Carlo Collodi , translated by Hubert Bausch)
• 2008 Norman Junge , Children's Confusion Book (Text: Joachim Ringelnatz )
• 2010 Blexbolex , Seasons
• 2012 Øyvind Torseter , Papa's arms are a boat (Text: Stein Erik Lunde )
• 2014 Shaun Tan , The Rules of Summer
• 2016 Stian Hole , Morkel's Alphabet