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Onto the winner of our People's Choice Award! We received a record breaking 5,279 votes this year from members of the public. Thank you all so much for taking part! The People's Choice Award for #BICAwards2019 goes to: Lulu Chen @salululuart! Congratulations Lulu! And now to find our the overall winner, whose illustrations will be published... #foliosociety #bic2019 #bookillustrationcompetition #bookillustration #illustrationcompetition #illustratedbook #houseofillustration #luluchen

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Kateřina Čupová didn't win and the People's Choice: Lulu Chen didn't win and I don't like the illustrator chosen:

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So who has won #BICAwards2019 and will illustrate the new Folio edition of Diana Wynne Jones's Howl's Moving Castle? Our winner is... Marie-Alice Harel @maharelillo! Many congratulations Marie-Alice! Folio's Art Director Sheri Gee says: 'Narrowing it down to five runners-up and a winner was no easy task but we couldn't ignore the beauty and skill in @maharelillo's fairy-tale inspired illustrations. I'm looking forward to working with her on the rest of the commission.' That's it for #BICAwards2019! The next Book Illustration Competition will be announced and open in the Autumn later this year. If you'd like to enter, follow us and @illustrationhq for the first news on it! Congratulations and thank you again to all of the artists that entered this year. #foliosociety #bookillustrationcompetition #bic2019 #bookillustration #illustration #illustratedbooks #illustrationcompetition #houseofillustration #mariealiceharel

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I'm super bummed.
I will not be adding this to my collection.
What was the point of us voting, Folio Society?