It's quite surreal that I find myself writing that I've made it into the next round for Lilla Rogers Global Talent Search. I was up late last night and I couldn't resist peeking over at Lilla's blog, wondering whether the winners were posted yet. I wasn't thinking at all that my piece would be on there, and when I quickly scrolled through, I didn't see it. I took some breaths and felt sad a bit, but knew that it was OK and went to the top to look through the amazing illustrations more slowly.

Needless to say, I was shocked, humbled, and grateful that Lilla and her team saw something in my work they liked and chose to move me forward to the next round.

Enjoy looking at all the winners here and all of the beautiful submissions in the gallery here.