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The ASA Style File is a curated portfolio site for showcasing the very best Australian illustrators.
Originally launched in 2003, the ASA Style File has become a respected source of high quality illustrators for the publishing community, launching the careers of many well-known Australian illustrators. In 2024, 76% of illustrators featured on the ASA Style File have received a professional work opportunity directly through the platform.
The ASA Style File service includes:
- 9-image SEO-enhanced portfolios featured on asastylefile.com, which is regularly promoted to the ASA’s network and wider industry network.
- Priority access to the ASA’s Virtual Literary Speed Dating: Picture Book events, to allow illustrators to pitch their portfolios and illustration projects to publishers and agents.
- Access to exclusive illustrator mentoring services and resources through ASA membership.
Submission Information:
Key Dates
Open for submissions 26 February 2025, 9am AEDT.
Submissions Close 21 April 2025, 5pm AEST.
Results announced the week starting 26 May 2025.
Key Information
In order to ensure that ASA Style File promotes portfolios of a professional standard, illustrators wishing to be included must submit their work for approval by an expert panel. Applications must meet the Terms and Conditions and be submitted via the online form.
There is a $20 (inc GST) administration fee to submit an application to ASA Style File. You do not need to be an ASA member to submit, but if your submission is successful you will have to join the ASA and pay an annual Style File subscription fee of $96 (inc GST).
Submission requirements
You must submit 9 images from your portfolio, and select the specialties and mediums most appropriate to your submitted images. These categories will determine how the illustrations can be searched on the portfolio website.
The full list of categories can be found in the Terms and Conditions.
The images will be need to be submitted as JPEG or PNG files and have square dimensions with a minimum width and height of 1920 pixels (i.e. 1920 x 1920 pixels). We recommend keeping the images at 72 dpi where possible.
You will also be asked to provide a 150-word max. bio and contact information for your portfolio.
How do I submit?
Pay your application fee and submit your portfolio via the ASA website below:
If you have any questions about applying to ASA Style File, please email stylefile@asauthors.org or call 02 9211 1004.
We understand applicants might be hesitant to share work online in this current AI climate. Please see this article by Jacky Winter to understand how AI image models are trained, and what you can do to protect your work from being used to train them. Illustrators are welcome to submit glazed, watermarked, or other protected image files to the ASA Style File.