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Illustration contests are contests in which entrants are invited to send in illustrations of requested Pokémon, and have them featured on a card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Shogakukan are the primary hosts of the contests in Japan, with the majority of them held through their CoroCoro publications. Wizards of the Coast and Pokémon USA have also held contests in the US. The following is a list of all contests from the beginning of the TCG.
CoroCoro Pokémon Illustration Contest
In late 1997, CoroCoro held an Illustration contest, in which the top illustrators had their artwork featured as one of the Vending Machine cards. These winners were not only awarded by having their art featured on real Pokémon cards, they also received the coveted Pokémon Illustrator card.
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CoroCoro Best Photo Contest
CoroCoro held another contest in May 1999 and invited readers to take interesting pictures of Pokémon from the recently released Pokémon Snap and submit them in the Best Photo Contest. The top five winning entries had their artwork featured on reprints from Expansion Pack. The exact number of these cards in existence is unknown.
64 Mario Stadium Best Photo Contest
Much like the CoroCoro contest, the TV Tokyo variety show 64 Mario Stadium also held a Best Photo Contest in May 1999. The top five winning entries had their Pokémon Snap photographs featured on reprints from Expansion Pack. The exact number of these cards in existence is unknown.
2002 Wizards Pokémon Illustration Contest
In mid 2002, Wizards of the Coast also ran an illustration competition for the English version of Keita Takahashi's CoroCoro contest illustration. The chosen image was that of Craig Turvey.
Poké Card Creator Contest
The Poké Card Creator Contest was a contest held by Kids' WB! in 2004. Applicants aged between five and fifteen were invited to create an image of one of five pre-selected Pokémon and submit it to Kids' WB! between February 16 and April 10, 2004. Pokémon USA designed five new cards using the winning illustrations. A total of 5250 Poké Card Creator Packs were distributed in July 2004; 50 packs to each of the five grand prize winners, and one pack to 5000 first prize winners. The grand prize winners also won a $500 Target gift card.
2009 Pokémon Card Design Contest
In 2009, Shogakukan held the Pokémon Card Design Contest through many of their publications. Entrants were invited to design the artwork for Spiky-eared Pichu 
and Arceus. Aside from two magazines that held contests for original drawings, each one provided an outline of the requested Pokémon drawn by professional illustrators (whose artwork were also featured on the cards in the Movie Commemoration Random Pack). This contest was restricted to residents of Japan and is so far the largest to be held in the history of the TCG.
Application periods varied on the publication:
- Kindergarten; Televi-Kun; Elementary School 1st Grade: February 28 - March 31, 2009
- Elementary School 2nd Grade - Elementary School 6th Grade: March 3 - April 2, 2009
- CoroCoro; Pucchigumi: March 14 - April 14, 2009
- Pokémon Fan: March 18 - April 20, 2009
- CoroCoro Ichiban!: March 25 - April 24, 2009
Cards were distributed in conjunction with theatrical release of Arceus: To a Conquering Spacetime on July 18, 2009.
A total of 552 winning entries were chosen across the twelve publications, broken down into four bands:
- Best award (1 winner; 12 total): 13 sets of the winning cards and a limited edition Daisuki Club Giratina Nintendo DS Lite.
- Excellence award (5 winners; 60 total): Jumbo copy of the entry along with a DX Monster Ball DP
- Special award (10 winners; 120 total): One copy of Pikachu's Ice Adventure DVD
- Lucky award (30 winners; 360 total): One Garchomp vs Charizard SP Deck Kit
It is unknown if there were 100 copies of the selected entries distributed to each of the winners due to the low numbers of complete sets that have surfaced within the collector community. It is speculated that there may only be twelve sets - one for each of the winners.
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Kindergarten winner
Illus. Shunsuke Takemori
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Elementary 1st Grade winner
Illus. Haruka Uekura
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Elementary 2nd Grade winner
Illus. Taisei Fujita
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Elementary 3rd Grade winner
Illus. Shoki Nakamura
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Elementary 4th Grade winner
Illus. Arisa Sugino
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Elementary 5th Grade winner
Illus. Meiko Akiba
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Elementary 6th Grade winner
Illus. Mikako Nishizaki
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Televi-Kun winner
Illus. Keita Mizuno
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CoroCoro Comic winner
Illus. Hikaru Okawa
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Pucchigumi winner
Illus. Mahiro Shinozaki
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Pokémon Fan winner
Illus. Shizuka Kusakabe
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CoroCoro Ichiban! winner
Illus. Ryoga Kawai
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Weekly Shonen Sunday winner
Illus. Gosho Aoyama
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Shonen Sunday winner
Illus. Natsumi Nishiyama
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2010 Pokémon Card Design Contest
In 2010, Shogakukan held another Pokémon Card Design Contest through many of their publications. Entrants were invited to design the artwork for Illusion's Zorua and Illusion's Zoroark, again using a pre-drawn template. This contest, much like the one held in 2009, was restricted to residents of Japan. The application period across all publications ran from February 20 to April 2, 2010. Winners were announced on July 27, 2010.
A total of 660 winning entries were chosen across the ten publications, broken down into four bands:
All selected entrants also received the regular prints of Illusion's Zorua and Illusion's Zoroark (660 total).
It is also unknown if there were 100 copies of the selected entries distributed to each of the winners. It is speculated that there may only be ten sets - one for each of the winners.
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Kindergarten winner
Illus. Megu Taniguchi
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Elementary 1st Grade winner
Illus. Mayumi Fujimura
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Elementary 2nd Grade winner
Illus. Kousuke Mori
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Elementary 3rd Grade winner
Illus. Ryusuke Mori
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Elementary 4th Grade winner
Illus. Kozue Omi
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Televi-Kun winner
Illus. Yuta Koike
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CoroCoro winner
Illus. Kouhei Yoshihisa
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Pucchigumi winner
Illus. Miho Sugano
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Pokémon Fan winner
Illus. Izumi Sakaga
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CoroCoro Ichiban! winner
Illus. Kazuki Yamane
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Showcase
Unlike the contest ran in 2009, all 660 chosen entrants were showcased on the Japanese Pokémon movie website. Below are the top six entries for each publication, including some additional entries from the Pokémon Fan magazine.
| Kindergarten winning entries
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Excellence award
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1 - 谷口芽玖
Megu Taniguchi
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2 - 丸山美音
Mioto Maruyama
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3 - 神谷汐音
Shione Kamiya
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4 - 山岡たつや
Tatsuya Yamaoka
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5 - 島津尚矢
Naoya Shimazu
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6 - 大嶺れな
Rena Omine
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| Elementary School 1st Grade winning entries
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| Best award
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Excellence award
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1 - 藤村真弓
Mayumi Fujimura
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2 - 根本光騎
Kouki Nemoto
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3 - 穂崎隆広
Takahiro Hozaki
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4 - 渡邊茉耶
Maya Watanabe
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5 - 冨野美幸
Miyuki Tomino
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6 - 宮地香穂
Kaho Miyaji
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| Elementary School 2nd Grade winning entries
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| Best award
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Excellence award
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1 - 森康介
Kousuke Mori
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2 - 佐藤あやか
Ayaka Sato
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3 - 大川すずか
Suzuka Okawa
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4 - 葛窪悠也
Yuuya Kuzukubo
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5 - 船場光顕
Mitsuaki Senba
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6 - 平川知奈
Tomona Hirakawa
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| Elementary School 3rd Grade winning entries
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| Best award
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Excellence award
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1 - 森龍介
Ryuusuke Mori
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2 - 山本葉月
Hazuki Yamamoto
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3 - 山本樹冬
Huyuki Yamamoto
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4 - 木村珠稚
Tamawaka Kimura
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5 - 立吹優晴
Masaharu Tachisui
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6 - 綾部慎一郎
Shin'ichirou Ayabe
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| Elementary School 4th Grade winning entries
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| Best award
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Excellence award
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1 - 尾身こずえ
Kozue Omi
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2 - 原口こころ
Kokoro Haraguchi
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3 - 高橋直暉
Tadateru Takahashi
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4 - 平岡侑真
Yuuma Hiraoka
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5 - 陶山咲希
Saki Suyama
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6 - 市村綾香
Ayaka Ichimura
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| Televi-Kun winning entries
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| Best award
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Excellence award
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1 - 小池祐太
Yuta Koike
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2 - 伊藤穂来人
Hinakuruto Itou
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3 - 青木新樹
Shinki Aoki
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4 - 良峯有梨沙
Arisa Yoshimine
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5 - 大西一聖
Issei Oonishi
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6 - 永尾優磨
Yuuma Nagao
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| CoroCoro winning entries
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| Best award
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Excellence award
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1 - 吉久航平
Kouhei Yoshihisa
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2 - 藤崎太郎
Tarou Fujisaki
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3 - 秋葉昌利
Masatoshi Akiba
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4 - 市川大輔
Daisuke Ichikawa
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5 - 平塚瑞紀
Tamaki Hiratsuka
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6 - 大橋優一
Yuichi Oohashi
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| Pucchigumi winning entries
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| Best award
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Excellence award
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1 - 菅野美穂
Miho Kanno
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2 - 桝田琴音
Kotone Masuda
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3 - 道場美夏野
Minatsuno Doujou
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4 - 野主葉月
Hazuki Nonushi
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5 - 千且侑生
Yuuki Chikatsu
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6 - 後藤菜月
Natsu Gotou
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| Pokémon Fan winning entries
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| Best award
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Excellence award
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1 - 坂賀泉美
Izumi Sakaga
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2 - 野田苑恵
Sonoe Noda
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3 - 櫛引健希
Genki Kushibiki
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4 - 名倉由理江
Yurie Nakura
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5 - 三木知也
Chiya Miki
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6 - 高浜ゆか子
Yukako Takahama
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Lucky award
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9 - 萩谷公美
Kumi Hagiya
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10 - 中村有里
Yuri Nakamura
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12 - 宿さつき
Satsuki Yado
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14 - 城越ももこ
Momoko Shirokoshi
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15 - 日下部静香
Shizuka Kusabe
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31 - 川村瑠奈
Runa Kawamura
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| CoroCoro Ichiban! winning entries
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| Best award
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Excellence award
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1 - 山根一貴
Kazuki Yamane
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2 - 佐々木啓翔
Keisyo Sasaki
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3 - 仙田虎太郎
Toratarou Senda
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4 - 八木誠司
Seiji Yagi
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5 - 福田海豊
Umiyutaka Fukuda
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6 - 所村龍成
Ryuusei Shomura
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and Arceus. Aside from two magazines that held contests for original drawings, each one provided an outline of the requested Pokémon drawn by professional illustrators (whose artwork were also featured on the cards in the Movie Commemoration Random Pack). This contest was restricted to residents of Japan and is so far the largest to be held in the history of the TCG.
