Competitions
How to enter Big Issue's Kids Cover Competition for 2026
How to enter Big Issue's Kids Cover Competition for 2026
Spring into action! Our popular Kids Cover Competition is back so get your entries in quick and your design could be on the cover of the Big Issue magazine
Big Issue's Kids Cover Competition is back for Earth Day – judged by the legendary Chris Packham
Big Issue's Kids Cover Competition is back for Earth Day – judged by the legendary Chris Packham
Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Nominate a group or person making the world a better place
Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Nominate a group or person making the world a better place
Illustrator Oliver Jeffers shares advice for Big Issue's Christmas Kids Cover Competition: 'We're all artists'
Illustrator Oliver Jeffers shares advice for Big Issue's Christmas Kids Cover Competition: 'We're all artists'
Big Issue's Changemakers of 2024: Nominate a group or person making the world a better place
Big Issue's Changemakers of 2024: Nominate a group or person making the world a better place
Big Issue's festive Christmas Kids Cover Competition is back for 2023
Big Issue's festive Christmas Kids Cover Competition is back for 2023
How to win free tickets to see Jess Phillips MP in conversation with Big Issue editor Paul McNamee
How to win free tickets to see Jess Phillips MP in conversation with Big Issue editor Paul McNamee
Enter now for a chance to win a spa voucher for the Corinthia hotel in London!
Enter now for a chance to win a spa voucher for the Corinthia hotel in London!
Get that festive feeling with The Big Issue's Christmas cover competition
Get that festive feeling with The Big Issue's Christmas cover competition
Nominate your hero to win a free subscription for kids' magazine Scoop!
Nominate your hero to win a free subscription for kids' magazine Scoop!
WIN: Chat with Louis Theroux or meet Joe Cornish in The Big Raffle!
WIN: Chat with Louis Theroux or meet Joe Cornish in The Big Raffle!
Five tips for would-be children's illustrators by Puffin Books' Dapo Adeola
Five tips for would-be children's illustrators by Puffin Books' Dapo Adeola
Puffin adds 80 children's books to the prize for our Spring Cover Competition
Puffin adds 80 children's books to the prize for our Spring Cover Competition
We want kids to get creative for our first ever Spring cover competition!
We want kids to get creative for our first ever Spring cover competition!
Win free tickets to see this hard-hitting film about life in London
Win free tickets to see this hard-hitting film about life in London
The Big Issue’s kids Christmas cover competition 2019
The Big Issue’s kids Christmas cover competition 2019
The one where you could win the Friends Blu-ray boxset!
The one where you could win the Friends Blu-ray boxset!
Exclusive for Big Issue readers: see Ken Loach's new film for free!
Exclusive for Big Issue readers: see Ken Loach's new film for free!
Ralph Steadman’s exclusive Big Issue cover shows “the state we’re in”
