Deadline: Ongoing
CTI asks creatives, “What saved your creativity?” for their competition in conjunction with their new whimsical promotional piece, Our deepest sympathies for the death of your creativity. You are invited to tell your own unique tale of stubborn clients, unreasonable budgets and tapped-out creativity that led to your creative death and resurrection.
For more information and registration for the competition, go to www.thepapermill.com/death.
Deadline: Quarterly
Neenah knows you’ve done the work and now they want to reward designers, printer representatives and their paper distributors in their PAPERWORKS Letterhead and Text and Cover Contests. Added July 1, 2009, there’s a new category for digitally printed work – a national winner will be selected from the year’s entries who receives $1000. For more information and registration forms for both competitions, go to www.neenahpaper.com/contestforms/.
2009 Quarterly Deadlines: March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31
This prestigious design competition is for letterheads and identity systems produced on Strathmore’s premium writing grades. Entries may be submitted by designers, printers, merchants and Mohawk representatives on behalf of their customers. Each quarter, the first 25 designers who enter the letterhead contest receive a special gift.
Deadline: February 12, 2010
Sappi’s Printers of the Year awards are regarded as the world’s most respected accolade of excellence in printed communications. Gold winners in each category – the best of the best – will receive up to $20,000 in design support of the printer’s marketing and brand initiatives. Get full details at Sappi Fine Papers North America.
Deadline: March 1, 2010
Show Canada what you’re made of and see how your work stacks up against other work in this premiere design competition. They’ve divided the country into eight regions, and you compete within your own geographic area. Top designers from outside your region will judge your work, while the judge from your region will critique work from the other zones. Then, the best-of-the-best will be highlighted with special recognition.
Deadline: March 1, 2010
This design annual is the most comprehensive survey of graphic design in the United States – and one of the biggest issues to hit the graphic design industry each year. Winning entries will be featured in the December 2010 issue of PRINT. Any printed communication that appeared or was published in the U.S. between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009 is eligible.
Deadline: March 5, 2010
HOW spotlights the best work developed to promote design and creative services firms, freelancers—or their clients. Winners will be featured in the October 2010 issue of HOW magazine, and one Best of Show winner will receive a trip to the 2011 HOW Design Conference. Full contest rules, prizes and entry forms can be found at www.howdesign.com/competitions.
Deadline: March 1, 2010
This design annual is the most comprehensive survey of graphic design in the United States – and one of the biggest issues to hit the graphic design industry each year. Winning entries will be featured in the December 2010 issue of PRINT. Any printed communication that appeared or was published in the U.S. between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009 is eligible.
Deadline: March 5, 2010AIGA’s 50/50 Competition (50 Books/50 Covers) opens for entries December 15, 2009. This time-honored competition aims to identify the 50 best-designed books and book covers that have been designed, produced and used in the marketplace between January 1 and December 31, 2009, as chosen by distinguished jurors. See the AIGA Web site for complete details.
Deadline: March 5, 2010
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Deadline: March 15, 2010
All submissions for this Graphic Arts Association competition must have been produced between February 1, 2009 and January 31st 2010. The judging guidelines separate criteria for each of the three award levels. The winning companies will be celebrated during the award exhibition, ceremony and dinner on Thursday, May 6, 2010 at the Union League, Philadelphia, PA.
Deadline: March 26, 2010
The Binding Industries Association (BIA) announced its call for entries to the nation’s only binding and custom loose-leaf competition. All winners will be listed in a special section of The Binding Edge, which has a distribution of over 12,000 readers. For complete details, please visit www.bindingawards.com.
Deadline: March 26, 2010
Deadline: Monthly until March 31, 2010
Make a sidesplitting video with ColorMunki as a prominent “character” and submit it on the X-Rite YouTube channel. Every month, prizes will be awarded to videos with the most views: $50 (to buy your Munki a drink or two), $150 (to take your favorite Munki to dinner), and $500 (to take your Munki away for the weekend). All monthly winners are eligible for the grand prize of $2,500 awarded at the end of the contest in March.
Deadline: April 15, 2010
Enter your best corporate work in the third annual In-HOWse Design Awards. If you win, they’ll highlight your work and your name in the February 2011 issue of HOW magazine. Plus, you’ll get three HOW 2011 Design Conference registrations, $500 HOW Books gift certificate to be redeemed at the 2011 conference bookstore, and more.
Deadline: May 31, 2010
Mohawk Fine Papers, Inc. has released the Mohawk Show 11 call for entries in the form of an oversized collectable poster. Posters can be ordered online. Every year, the company receives hundreds of submissions from all over the world. Four Best of Show winners and one special category winner will each take home $5,000.
Deadline: June 4, 2010
The Adobe Design Achievement Awards, which showcases individual and group projects created with industry-leading Adobe creative software, honors the most talented and promising student graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, animators, digital filmmakers, developers and computer artists from the world’s top institutions of higher education.
