I love connecting with the kidlit community through interviews, panels, workshops, critique, and creative projects.

Media and Collaborations

An illustration of a girl wearing a long sleeve white shirt, lying on the ground, drawing clouds on paper.She is holding a pencil. Illustrated by picture book illustrator, Elizabeth Misek.

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Highlights

‍ ‍2026 Judging panel, Children’s Publishing Academy / EK Books Your Marvellous Mind children’s book pitching competition.

2026 Publication contribution: endpaper artwork for Hipkiss Publishing House’s Moby Dick Limited Edition

2025 Featured interview, Kids Book Review: Meet the Illustrator
2025 Facilitator, Kids Lit Maitland picture book critique group (Hunter Writers Centre)
2024 Exhibitor, Elemental Lighthouse Gallery Exhibition
2023 NSW Parliament Community Recognition Statement
2023 Winner, New England Illustration Prize for Children’s Picture Book Publishing
2022 Shortlisted, Design Canberra Journaling Challenge

Media, Panels & Interviews

Children's Publishing Academy Pitching Competition poster featuring two kids smiling and holding a large stack of books, surrounded by flowers, with event details and website link.

Children’s Publishing Academy / EK Books, Your Marvellous Mind Pitching Competition (2026)
I was delighted to contribute as part of the wider judging panel for this children’s book pitching competition, which invited story ideas exploring neurodiversity, difference, and emotional experience. I reviewed a selection of entries and shared feedback, with a focus on authentic representation, emotional truth, and the power of picture books to help children feel seen, supported, and understood.

Read more: Competition details and shortlist announcement

Graphic featuring the text 'Kids Book Review' with an illustration of a koala reading a book. Website URL www.kids-bookreview.com and tagline promoting reviewed books with insight and charm by Jackie French.

Kids Book Review, Meet the Illustrator (May 2025)
A behind-the-scenes chat about my process, materials, and studio space.
Article: http://www.kids-bookreview.com/2025/05/meet-illustrator-elizabeth-misek.html

An illustrated young girl with brown hair sitting cross-legged and waving. She is beside a speech bubble that reads 'Kids Lit' and additional text about a kids' writing group, with colorful accents and a background featuring pages, writing utensils, and the Hunter Writers Centre logo.

Kids Lit Maitland, Hunter Writers Centre (2025)
I facilitated a monthly picture book critique group for writers and illustrators, focused on supportive, practical feedback and craft growth. This chapter has now wrapped up, and I’m proud of what we built together.

Poster for an art exhibit titled 'Elemental', running from March 9 to April 28, 2024, featuring a dot painting with black birds flying over a stylized landscape with circular patterns and warm earth tones.

Elemental, Lighthouse Gallery Exhibition (2024)
Selected work exhibited as part of Elemental, celebrating imagination, community, and storytelling through art.

Watercolour painting two children fly up into the sky. One child is holding an umbrella.Tan clouds surround the illustration.Illustrated by picture book illustrator, Elizabeth Misek.
Logo with the text "NEW" and a black pen graphic, featuring the words "New England Writers' Centre" written along the pen.

Winner, 2023 New England Illustration Prize for Children’s Picture Book Publishing
Awarded First Prize for my illustration created for the theme Dreaming is a Super Power.

Article:https://www.newc.org.au/2023-illustration-prize-for-childrens-picture-book-publishing.html

Watercolour illustration of a ballet dancer in a pose with one leg extended behind her and arms reaching upward, wearing a beige tutu and blue ballet slippers.Illustrated by picture book illustrator, Elizabeth Misek.
A certificate from the Parliament of New South Wales with a gold ornate border, the parliament's emblem at the top, and a detailed sketched illustration of a historic building at the bottom. The text recognizes Elizabeth Misek for her achievement in a children's book illustration contest.

NSW Parliament Community Recognition Statement (29 November 2023)
A special recognition celebrating my New England Illustration Prize win and the work behind it.

Logo with the words 'Craft + Design Canberra' in bold black text on a white background.

Shortlisted, 2022 Design Canberra Journaling Challenge
A joyful creative challenge that became an important turning point in my illustration journey.

Selected Publications & Collaborations

Hipkiss Publishing House, Moby Dick Limited Edition
I created the endpaper artwork for Hipkiss Publishing House’s limited-edition hardcover of Moby Dick by Herman Melville, illustrated by Emma Stuart. With only 750 copies available, this special edition brings together classic storytelling, illustration, map artwork, chapter headers, and a dust jacket for collectors and book lovers.

The limited-edition hardcover is available directly through Hipkiss Publishing House

View the limited edition Here