The MUSE Science & Technology Illustration Awards is an international competition category recognizing outstanding illustration created to communicate scientific, technical, medical, digital, engineering, research, and technological subjects.

Eligible scientific illustrators, technical illustrators, medical illustrators, freelance artists, science communicators, studios, agencies, publishers, institutions, technology organizations, students, emerging illustrators, and other qualifying entrants worldwide may participate through the appropriate Professional or Emerging division.

Eligible work may include scientific, medical, anatomical, biological, healthcare, technology, artificial intelligence, robotics, engineering, technical, space, astronomy, environmental science, research, educational, data-led, and other qualifying illustration.

No. Eligible work may be commissioned, published, educational, editorial, institutional, independent, conceptual, experimental, or self-initiated where it meets the official competition requirements.

Yes. Eligible medical, anatomical, biological, healthcare, procedural, and related illustration may be submitted.

Yes. Eligible illustration exploring artificial intelligence, robotics, computing, digital systems, cybersecurity, emerging technologies, and related subjects may be submitted.

Yes. Eligible work created to communicate machinery, structures, systems, infrastructure, processes, technical subjects, and engineering concepts may be submitted.

Yes. Eligible illustration exploring astronomy, planetary science, aerospace, space missions, exploration, and related scientific subjects may be submitted.

Yes. Eligible work that uses illustration to clarify information, systems, relationships, patterns, processes, or knowledge may be submitted.

Yes. A standalone eligible illustration may be submitted as one entry.

Yes. A cohesive body of work may be submitted as one entry where the illustrations share a clear subject, research area, publication, system, process, educational purpose, visual language, or creative relationship.

Yes, where relevant to the purpose of the work. Jurors may consider how effectively the illustration communicates its subject and whether the level of accuracy, clarity, and visual interpretation is appropriate to its intended audience and context.

Yes. Eligible unpublished, personal, conceptual, experimental, educational, and self-initiated work may be submitted where it meets the official competition requirements.

Yes. A work or cohesive project may be entered into multiple relevant categories. Each category submission is treated as a separate entry and requires the applicable entry fee or one eligible entry credit.

Yes. The MUSE Illustration Awards welcomes eligible entries from around the world.

The MUSE Illustration Awards recognizes illustration in which the entrant demonstrates meaningful creative authorship and artistic contribution. AI-assisted tools may be used where permitted, but entrants must disclose any material use of generative AI during the submission process.

Fully AI-generated work created primarily through prompting, without substantial human artistic development or transformation, is not eligible within the main illustration categories.

Entrants remain responsible for the originality, authorship, rights, permissions, and accuracy of all information associated with submitted work.

Entries are evaluated across Creativity & Originality, Concept & Visual Storytelling, Artistic Craft & Execution, Communication & Impact, and Context & Relevance, with consideration given to the work’s visual communication, artistic quality, clarity, audience, accuracy where relevant, and scientific or technological context.