Results are in. 2026 Applied Arts Photography & Illustration Awards

The 2026 Applied Arts Photography & Illustration Awards are here. 

There’s no question—fresh creative energy is thriving. Our 15 Photography & Illustration Awards jurors were divided into panels, reviewing each entry digitally and independently. Every submission was scored on three criteria: creative merit, technical execution, and suitability for end use within its category.

The result? 156 winning entries spanning Photography & Illustration, including Motion and Young Blood categories.

And now, the work that stood above the rest:

2026 Photography & Illustration Winners List

⭐ Multiple Award-Winner

PHOTOGRAPHY WINNERS
Derry Ainsworth 
Chris Amat^⭐ 
Adrian Armstrong^⭐ 
Angry God^⭐
Jay Arsenault 
Richard Bernardin 
C&B Advertising^⭐
Maude Chauvin^⭐
Carmen Cheung^⭐
Nastia Cloutier-Ignatiev 
Adam Coish^⭐
Isabel Coxon 
Olivier Du Tre 
Jayme Dunn 
Véronique Duplain, CAPIC
Fela
Shaina Fishman 
Aaron McKenzie Fraser 
Virginie Gosselin 
Antoine Goulet 
Hillary Greene-Pae 
Noel Hendrickson,  CAPIC
Laura Horrocks-Denis 
Kate Ince 
Derrick Z. Jackson^⭐
Kelly Jacob 
Hubert Kang 
Jake Killorn^⭐ 
Kindred and Scout
Dominique Lafond 
Johnny C.Y. Lam^⭐
William Lapierre 
Andrew Latreille^{⭐,  CAPIC}
Ting-Yi Lee 
Hugo B. Lefort 
Pierre-Nic Lessard^⭐
Mathieu Lévesque 
LM Chabot
Sylvie Li 
Pierre Manning 
Julia Marois^⭐,  CAPIC
Steph Martyniuk 
Nik Mirus 
Rajat Mitra 
Michael Nalley 
Peter Olson 
Sasha Onyshchenko^⭐
Paul Parent  
Julien Payette-Tessier 
Andy Pereira 
Jodi Pudge 
Pure Perception
Radio-Canada^⭐
Range by Ensemble^⭐
Ray⭐
Philippe Richelet 
Nikki Ross^⭐
Jean-Francois Seguin 
Derek Shapton 
Shoot Studio^⭐
Audrey St-Laurent 
Studio Le Quartier^⭐
Ariel Tarr 
Christian Tisdale 
Vladim Vilain^⭐
Maya Visnyei^⭐
Andrea Wedig^⭐
Paula Wilson^⭐

Young Blood Photography
Wenting Yang
Bingyu Zhou^⭐
Ying Zhu

ILLUSTRATION AWARDS
A Geng
Banfield^⭐
Alla  Belova
Bifurk
Booksuit Circle Co., Ltd.
Andrea Cheung 
Allan Deas 
Stephane Defago 
Dogsled
Qiurui Du 
Martin Dupuis^⭐
Elina Ellis  
Mek Frinchaboy 
Chia-Yen Ho 
Danzhu Hu 
Sophia Ji 
Nie Jun 
Daria Lada⭐  
Ray Lam
Peilin Li^⭐
Javier Medellin Puyou 
Delphine Meier 
Michelle Pang 
Shilandu
Mireille St-Pierre
Hannah Sun 
TBWA Canada^⭐
Chairman Ting^⭐
Lingqi Xu^⭐
Tian Yu^⭐
Jesseter Wang  
Carl Wiens
ZHURZH

Young Blood Illustration
Isabel Coxon
Laura Horrocks-Denis
Ting-Yi Lee
Wenting Yang
Bingyu Zhou^⭐
Ying Zhu

Attention: If you have received a winner’s notification email and your name is not on the list, please email awards@appliedartsmag.com, and we will edit the list to recognize the winning work.

The 2026 winners will be unveiled in the Summer issue, alongside the Design Awards winners. The work will also appear online in the Winners’ Gallery launching in April. 

Don’t miss out—get the winners in your hands! Subscribe to Applied Arts for just $4 CAD* per month (including two Awards Annuals), or pre-order a single copy to have it delivered straight to your door. The Summer issue will also be available at select newsstands this August.

Thank you to our award sponsors, VISTEK; association partners CAPIC, Design Professionals of Canada (DesCan), The Association of Registered Graphic Designers (RGD) and our print and paper partner Mi5 Print & Digital Communications for their generosity and support!

And most importantly, thank you to all our winners and entrants—your creativity continues to inspire us.

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