Top Three Winners Crowned for 2024’s Pokemon TCG Illustration Contest, Runner-Ups Announced!

The top three winners of the 2024 Pokemon TCG Illustration Contest have been announced at Japan’s Champions League! Each of them was crowned on stage.

The $5,000 “Grand Prize Winner” is Kazumi Minami from Japan. The $3,000 “Best Standard Card Illustration” winner is “Acorviart” from the United States. And the $3,000 “Best ex Card Illustration” winner is “Anderson” from Japan.

Their artwork will be turned into real promo cards. In the coming months they should be distributed at Pokemon Centers both in Japan and internationally. More details will follow soon.

Each of the winners was also presented with special trophies featuring Charizard.

The six first place runner-ups were announced and will each receive $1,000:

Fifteen “Judge Awards” were also announced and will each be awarded $500:

The theme of this year’s contest was to draw artwork capturing “Magical Pokemon Moments.” The contest was open to Japan, the United States, the U.K., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

You can see the top 100 illustrations here and the top 300 here. Six entries were also disqualified for breaking the rules.