Multidisciplinary Artist wins 2024 PBBY-Alcala Grand Prize

The Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY) awards the 2024 PBBY-Alcala Grand Prize to Marcushiro Nada, an illustrator, designer, author, visual artist, and an educator. Nada’s illustrations are based on this year’s PBBY-Salanga Grand Prize winner, Monina’s Many Moles by Eric R. Roxas.

Nada holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Advertising from the University of Santo Tomas. He has been illustrating books for more than twenty years and has been teaching at the College of Saint Benilde School of Design and Arts since 2011. In 2006, he co-founded the creative studio Electrolychee. He is also a recipient of the 2001 Gawad CCP Award for the collaborative 35mm animated short film Movements and a long-standing member of Ang Ilustrador ng Kabataan (Ang INK).

PBBY also recognized two Honorable Mention winners: illustrators Gervin Angelo A. Andres from Caloocan City and Elisha Marcela L. Felix from Antipolo City, Rizal. In addition to illustrating, Andres is also a graphic designer, while Felix has a background in stop-motion and experimental animation.

The winners will be awarded at the 41st National Children’s Book Day ceremonies on July 16, 2024.

For inquiries about the contest, contact the PBBY Secretariat at secretariat@pbby.org.ph.