The state of Nordrhein Westfalen has announced the 2 female illustrators who won the 2006 award for female artists in NRW.
This year the award was given to female artists in the field of illustration.
Katrin Funcke has won the main price with a trophy money about 5.000 Euro. Unfortunately there is less information about the second winner Claudia Pütz, who won the second price for the promotion of a young professional. But still there are also other illustrators who have been highly distinguished. The websites which I could find are also worth looking at. There is also some more information on the website of the Illustratoren Organisation e.V.
1. Frauke Berg
2. Christiane Fürtges 1 or 2
3. Sigrid Herff
4. Birgit Jansen or 2
5. Katrin Stangl or 2
6. Sabine Wiemers or 2