Inkspire.gallery’s 2026 Spring Illustration Contest invites emerging artists to create illustrations for The Mystery of the Morel, the first title in a new STEM chap-book series for curious young readers.

This ongoing series celebrates the wonder of the natural world—an exploration of growth and discovery of the world around us.

Contest opens January 1, 2026. Sign up here to receive contest rules, prompts and all updates.

Illustration credit: Elsie M. Wakefield, Morchella esculenta (the edible morel). Watercolor on paper. Held in the collections of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.