Illustrators of the Future 4th Quarter Winners Announced for Volume 43
And the winners are:
Shashwat Kumar from India
Shuoxin Wang from China
Bingyu Zhou from China
Finalists:
Kathryn Arbegast from New York
Brandon Barnes from Great Britain
Josh Hicks from Washington
Angel Madu from Great Britain
Dorian Pesut from Croatia
Semi-Finalists:
Micah Alpern from Florida
Aicha Benali from Texas
Millie Benson from South Carolina
Gail Blake from South Carolina
Robert Blaylock from Virginia
Stephen Burks from Virginia
Haisel Chase from Texas
Amanda Daumiller from Montana
Nico Gomez Fisher from Minnesota
Oruc Guner from Turkey
Kaylia Jones from Maryland
Mya Morehouse from Mississippi
Christopher Moreno from Texas
Ian Nickols from Oregon
Lauryn Palmer from Georgia
Moxie Partin from Indiana
Savannah Plumley from Georgia
Amina Rogers from Virginia
Lily Rosenblatt from California
Yudun Su from Taiwan
Matthew Taylor from Arizona
Luke Weaver from Georgia
Abigail Whittington from Maryland
Honorable Mentions:
Samandar Abdumominov from Uzbekistan
Ivan Alexiev from Bulgaria
Autumn Allen from Georgia
Jenna Anderson from California
Elijah Andoh from Virginia
Ai Aoki from Japan
Benjamin Arbegast from New York
Setayesh Azadidana from Great Britain
Sophia Battle from California
Vassilious Bayiokos from New Jersey
Alan Bean from California
Rachel Beck from Florida
Sinchana Bhat from Maryland
Abigail Bonilla from Texas
Andrea Busi from Italy
Conor Byrne from New York
Hana Byrt from Florida
Daniella Camarena from California
Ryleigh Campbell from North Carolina
Jenna Castilleja from Texas
Josseline Cepeda from Texas
Ruby Chen from Indiana
Zoe Cheng from New York
Minji Cho from South Korea
Mark Cho from Georgia
Nasir Clemons from Nebraska
Alina Cole from Virginia
Caa’si Coleman from Florida
Venessa Cordova from Florida
Teresa Daigle from Colorado
Nevaeh Dalton from Minnesota
Corina Davidhizar from Indiana
Jhenyfer Caroliny de Almeida from Brazil
Micayla De Leon from Texas
Nolan Dixon from North Carolina
Colton Dixon from North Carolina
Simone Doerner from North Carolina
John Dubil from Colorado
Amela Dzelilovic from New Hampshire
Ava Eads from Ohio
Hana Eldeeb from Egypt
Helena Favorito from Brazil
Kaleigh Fisher from Missouri
Kelly Flores from Texas
Payton Franzen from Vermont
Morgan Fuson from Montana
Boris Fuzaylov from Florida
Kevin Garcia from Illinois
Jose Aaron Garcia Lopez from Mexcio
Jesus Gomez from Spain
Thomas Ha from Florida
Aspen Hansen from Nebraska
Amaya Hawthorne from Louisiana
Lorna Herron from Utah
Jakari Hooks from Texas
Edoardo Iodice from Italy
Farzaneh Irannejad from Iran
Savannah Jia from California
Dionna Johnson from Oklahoma
Robert Jones from Florida
Frances Jones from California
YoungJin Kim from South Korea
Atiya Kingsland from Maryland
Selas-Semira Kokayi from Minnesota
Sophia Lagos from Texas
Owen Larsen from Idaho
Giuseppe Laselva from Italy
Nicholas Laver from California
Teshawn Lincoln from Florida
Elahe Mahani from Great Britain
Lehansa Marambage from New Jersey
Lianna Martinez from Pennsylvania
Mayah Masud from New York
Sarah Mezher from California
Misty Mogene from Kansas
Justin Mollett from New Jersey
Emilio Jesus Morales from Mexcio
Siyona Nagane from Kentuky
Emily Olsen from Minnesota
Vassa Parfiryeva from Russia
Anaiah Park from Canada
Pragya Patel from India
Meona Powell from Mississippi
Haylee Powell from Texas
Yangwenzhuo Qin from China
Aaron Radney from Missouri
Amirthaselvan Renujan from Sri Lanka
Igor Repulenko from Ukraine
Ryan Schuette from Texas
Ingrid Sepella from Pennsylvania
Niall Shepherd from Great Britain
Layla Sherman from New Jersey
Guzal Shishmanugh from Uzbekistan
Sambulo Shongwe from Eswatini
Muhle Simelane from Eswatini
Alexandra Strong from New Jersey
Michelle E. Swift from Florida
Kaitlyn Thackeray from Texas
Morgen Tharp from Iowa
Isaiah Thomas from Colorado
Antonia Tillett from California
Ianzhina Tsyrendorzhieva from New York
Fotini Tzavellas from Virginia
Nadja Umali from Washington
Chisom Unamka from Massachusetts
Adali Valles from Texas
Wen Weihai from China
Mekenzy Wright from Maryland
Fatoa Yalazan from Turkey
Teresa Yan from New York
Hana Zemlicka from New Jersey




I got a email saying I had HM, but couldn’t find my name on list.
You are HM…as a writer, not illustrator. Here is the blog: https://writersofthefuture.com/writers-of-the-future-4th-quarter-winners-announced-for-volume-43/
Thank John. My mistake. It’s been a long week.
No worries. Congrats on your HM!