Looking at the Puffin Awards and Books

These are the previous winners of the Puffin Children's Award:

2012: Grimm Fairytales

1st Place: Tim Parker - Cambridge School of Art at Anglia Ruskin University

 2nd Place: Lorna Scobie - Kingston University

 3rd Place: Alex Walker - Nottingham Trent University

 2011: James and the Giant Peach
1st Place: Niklas Sagebiel - University of Fine Arts, Hamburg

 2nd Place: Liva Cabule - University of Bedfordshire

 3rd Place: Josephine Kibuka - Buckinghamshire New University

 2010: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1st Place: Jurate Laugalyte - Anglia Ruskin University

 2nd Place: Becca Allen - University of Falmouth

3rd Place: Sarah Dollman - East Surrey College

Something I've noticed with all the previous winners is the majority of them have produced covers that join together to create a whole image spreading across the cover. I'm wondering if this is something they favour?

1st Prize: The winner of the Puffin Children's Prize will be invited to spend four weeks at puffin in the design studio on a work placement, working with Puffin Art Director Anna Billson on live briefs. The winner will also receive a cash prize of £1,000.

2nd Prize: Will receive a £350 cash prize.

3rd Prize: Will receive a £250 cash prize.

In 2010 Puffin were 70 years old, and are always on the lookout for the next big idea. Penguin Books was a big idea from the mind of a man called Allen Lane, who in 1935 invented the quality paperback and changed the world. And from great Penguins, great Puffins grew, changing the face of children's books forever.

Puffin was hatched in 1939 and the first Puffin story book featured a man with broomstick arms called Worzel Gummidge. In 1967 Kaye Webb, Puffin editor, started the Puffin club, promising Allen Lane that it will make children into book readers. 

Puffin have many authors and illustrators:

http://www.puffin.co.uk/static/authorsillustrators/