Dots x Circles Illustration Awards 2025 Longlists

This is our very first time hosting an illustration competition. Thank you all for your enthusiastic participation! We received a total of 406 submissions from 25 countries for this competition.

Many of the submitted works are truly outstanding and offer great opportunities for mutual appreciation and learning.

Due to the fact that most participants in this illustration competition chose the Self-promotion category, the number of entries selected for the longlist in this category is higher than in the others, based on the quality of the work. Among the eight categories, Advertising & Promotion did not meet the required standards in terms of both submission volume and quality, so no entries were selected in this category.