Commercial Proposals
New Project Proposals & Commissions
If you have a new assignment or collaboration to propose, please visit our CONTACT US page.
To help us evaluate your request efficiently, please write to our Shannon Associates Team via email info@shannonassociates.com (Phone: +1 212.333.2551) with everything we should know about the project, including:
• The Timeline & Schedule
• The Budget & Usage
• The Style & Aesthetic Direction
• The Number of Images & Subject Matter
• The Project's Objectives & Goals
Our team will review your proposal and provide you with all the necessary information quickly. Many thanks for your help!
Direct Contacts & Credits
Special Projects & Fine Press
For limited editions, private commissions, or special artistic collaborations, you can reach our studio directly.
Please visit our CONTACT US page and fill out our contact form. Your request will reach us immediately. We welcome proposals for:
• Gallery exhibitions, art shows, and museum invitations
• Stock Image Licensing (to use our existing images, please visit our STOCK LICENSING page)
• Interviews and press/blog features
• International competition jury invitations
• Talks, lectures, and panel proposals (please note: we do not conduct workshops)
• Non-profit initiatives and special events
Communication Arts Magazine Awards
Celebrating 32 CA's Awards of Excellence and a Historic Decade-Spanning Presence.
Welcome to our Communication Arts awards chronicle. Our studio is deeply honored to have won 32 CA's Awards of Excellence since 2007. Our contemporary artworks have been consistently selected and published year after year across the prestigious Communication Arts Illustration Annual issues, from no. 48 (2007) to our latest recognition in no. 67 (2026).
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Award Timeline
- 2026 Graciela in the Abyss (children's book series) – CA Illustration Annual No. 67
- 2025 Epson Calendar Spectacular 2024 – CA Illustration Annual No. 66
- 2023 Sisters in Science (picture book), Random House – CA Illustration Annual No. 64
- 2023 Me+Tree (picture book), Creative Editions – CA Illustration Annual No. 64
- 2023 Casanova, The New Yorker Magazine – CA Illustration Annual No. 64
- 2022 The Great Gatsby (Series 1), Beehive Books – CA Illustration Annual No. 63
- 2022 The Great Gatsby (Series 2), Beehive Books – CA Illustration Annual No. 63
- 2021 Wrap Cover for Cinders and Sparrows, HarperCollins – CA Illustration Annual No. 62
- 2021 Combating Coronavirus (editorial series), UCSF Magazine – CA Illustration Annual No. 62
- 2021 Frontline Doctor (advertising category), Instagram – CA Illustration Annual No. 62
- 2020 The Good Hawk (books category), Walker Books USA – CA Illustration Annual No. 61
- 2020 #MeToo (editorial series), 1843 The Economist Magazine, UK – CA Illustration Annual No. 61
- 2019 Atlas Shrugged (Series 1) by Ayn Rand (illustrated books), The Folio Society – CA Illustration Annual No. 60
- 2019 Atlas Shrugged (Series 1) by Ayn Rand (illustrated books), The Folio Society – CA Illustration Annual No. 60
- 2019 Merrion Hotel Portraits Series (5 images) – CA Illustration Annual No. 60
- 2018 Six Tudor Queens Portraits Series (cover artworks), Headline Publishing, UK – CA Illustration Annual No. 59
- 2017 Twelfth Night by W. Shakespeare, The Folio Society – CA Illustration Annual No. 58
- 2016 House on Fire, Reader's Digest Magazine – CA Illustration Annual No. 57
- 2015 The Canterbury Tales (illustrated book), Black Cat Publishing – CA Illustration Annual No. 56
- 2014 Autoimmune Disease, The New Yorker Magazine – CA Illustration Annual No. 55
- 2014 Pride and Prejudice (illustrated book), The Folio Society – CA Illustration Annual No. 55
- 2013 Blue Girl, The New York Times Book Review – CA Illustration Annual No. 54
- 2013 Men Who Wish to Drown, Tor Books – CA Illustration Annual No. 54
- 2013 Eugene Onegin (illustrated book), The Folio Society – CA Illustration Annual No. 54
- 2012 The Handmaid’s Tale (illustrated book), The Folio Society – CA Illustration Annual No. 53
- 2012 First Love (illustrated book), The Folio Society – CA Illustration Annual No. 53
- 2011 Northanger Abbey (cover), Black Cat Publishing – CA Illustration Annual No. 52
- 2010 Jane Eyre (illustrated book), Black Cat Publishing – CA Illustration Annual No. 51
- 2009 Leather Shoe Charlie (illustrated book), Yeowon Media – CA Illustration Annual No. 50
- 2009 Indira Gandhi (illustrated book), ELi Edizioni – CA Illustration Annual No. 50
- 2008 Les Cygnes Sauvages (illustrated book), Gallimard Jeunesse – CA Illustration Annual No. 49
- 2007 Horoscope (5 images), Madame Figaro Magazine – CA Illustration Annual No. 48