Illustration by Bar Persi winner of the 2025 Bal Harbour Shops Creative Challenge
Illustration by Bar Persi, winner of the 2025 Bal Harbour Shops Creative Challenge

ENTER TO WIN

The 7th annual Bal Harbour Shops Creative Challenge is officially underway! In partnership with international fashion-illustration platform Fida Worldwide, we’re inviting illustrators from around the world to celebrate our legacy of luxury, fashion, dining, beauty, and art through original works that beg the question: What does your Bal Harbour Shops dream look like? Through this Creative Challenge, each illustration becomes a unique dreamscape, celebrating the people, passions, and experiences that make Bal Harbour Shops extraordinary.

Along with our editorial team, Fida Worldwide founder Patrick Morgan will lead a distinguished panel of guest judges drawn from the worlds of fashion, art, and design to select the winners—and offer entrants a unique opportunity for industry recognition. One grand prize winner will receive $3,500 and see their work published in the Winter 2026 issue of Bal Harbour magazine as well as across our digital platforms. Three additional finalists will each receive $750, and have their illustrations published across our digital channels.

So, what does your Bal Harbour Shops dream look like? Here are some ideas to spark your imagination:

  • Dream-inspired, cinematic, and surreal visual storytelling
  • The intersection of reality and imagination
  • A dream world shaped by individual passions and aspirations
  • A luxurious interpretation of fashion, dining, nature, art, and culture
  • Bal Harbour Shops reimagined as a place where the impossible feels beautifully possible

For further inspiration, explore our Instagram @balharbourshops and let your mind run wild with whimsy.


Illustration by Cornelia Li, winner of the 2024 Bal Harbour Shops Creative Challenge

PRIZES

Grand Prize Winner

  • $3,500 cash award
  • Winning artwork published in the Winter 2026 issue of
    Bal Harbour magazine
  • Artist will be commissioned for an upcoming editorial project in Bal Harbour magazine
  • Artist will be featured across Bal Harbour Shops’ digital and social media channels

Three Finalists

  • $750 cash award
  • Artists will be featured across Bal Harbour Shops’ digital and social media channels

Illustration by Sebastian Marc Graham, winner of 2023 Bal Harbour Shops Creative Challenge

GUIDELINES

Use the portal below to submit one original high-res jpeg entry that depicts what a dream at Bal Harbour Shops might look like, where reality is suspended and replaced with a surrealist, imaginative, fanciful dreamscape where the world of Bal Harbour Shops holds endless possibilities. Illustrations should celebrate the people, passions, and experiences that make Bal Harbour Shops extraordinary! This is your invitation to explore what your greatest Bal Harbour Shops fantasy might look like, blending fashion, dining, nature, art, and culture.

Entries must be received by 11:59 pm EST on October 16, 2026, and must be shared on Instagram with the tag, #BHSCreativeDream. The winner and runners up will be announced via @balharbourshops on November 6, 2026. Please do not reach out for individual status updates.

Please note that the finalists and winner will be required to share sketches and/or process imagery of the submission in progress. Please document your process as these materials will also serve to validate your work as an original submission, in order to be in compliance with our Terms & Conditions, below.

Terms & Conditions

MEET THE JUDGES

Patrick Morgan

London-based Patrick Morgan is an artist and illustrator who’s worked with Tom Ford, YSL, and Raf Simons, among other luxury fashion clientele. He’s also the founder of the Fashion Illustration Drawing Awards (FIDA), which helps creatives and fashion artists learn how to gain better opportunities as working artists, including through its partnership with the Bal Harbour Shops Creative Challenge this year.
@pmorganart

Karolina Bergin is an award-winning visual artist and fashion illustrator from Poland who won the Fida Award for Best Illustrated Faces and Beauty.
@karolinabergin.art

Anouck Gilly is a Paris-based fashion illustrator who regularly collaborates with leading luxury houses. In 2024, she was selected among the Top 100 Fashion Illustrators worldwide.
@anouck.gilly

Margot Van Huijkelom is a Dutch-born, France-based artist, illustrator, and painter who has collaborated with Taschen, Vogue Japan, Harrods Magazine, and Le Monde.
@margot_van_huijkelom

Harry Jones is a full-time London-based illustrator at Vivienne Westwood primarily drawing bridal, couture, and celebrity VIP projects.
@harryjones_art

Anja Karboul is a Berlin-based fashion and live illustrator who has collaborated with Bottega Veneta, Louis Vuitton, and Dior.
@anjakarboul

Sylwia Lewandowska is a Polish fashion designer, lecturer, illustrator and live event artist, specializing in fashion illustration and portraiture.
@sylwia_lewandowska_art

Lindsay Luv is an LA-based DJ, commissioner of live illustration events and founder of Lindsay Luv Creative. Her clients include Chanel, Bentley, Rachel Zoe, and a host of others in the luxury sector.
@lindsayluv

Magdalena Pankiewicz is a leading editorial fashion illustrator whose clients include Estée Lauder, Wired, Vogue, Triumph, and Adidas. 
@pankiewicz_illustration

Isidora Tomic is a Serbian editorial illustrator who takes great inspiration from the fashion runways. She was named one of the Top 100 illustrators at International Fashion Illustration Week in 2024.
@d0radraws

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Illustration by Victoria Tentler-Krylov, winner of the 2022 Bal Harbour Shops Creative Challenge

CHAMPIONING FASHION ILLUSTRATION

Since its inception, Bal Harbour Shops has called on fashion illustration as a communication tool. From early advertising campaigns to commissioning artists for Bal Harbour magazine, and ongoing marketing initiatives, illustration has long been entwined in our DNA. That dedication to the art form is what led us to debut the Creative Challenge, now in its seventh year. We look forward to having you take part in the latest extension of our artistic journey.


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Calling all artists: What does your Bal Harbour Shops dream look like?

The 7th annual Bal Harbour Shops Creative Challenge is officially underway. This year, we invite illustrators from around the world to explore The Art of Dreaming—reimagining Bal Harbour Shops as a place where fashion, dining, nature, art and culture collide, and the impossible feels beautifully possible.

In partnership with Fida Worldwide, one Grand Prize winner will receive $3,500, have their work published in the Winter 2026 issue of Bal Harbour Magazine, and be commissioned for an upcoming editorial illustration project. Three finalists will each receive $750 and be featured across our digital channels. 

Ready to dream? Submit your original work by October 16 [link in bio] and share it on Instagram using #BHSCreativeDream.
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