Graphic Design Contests from leading paper mills

Graphic Design & Print Contests

from the leading Paper Mills & Graphics Magazines

Stand tall and be proud. When you're proud of your work you should let the world know. These graphics arts contests provide winners with cash prizes and national recognition. Your customers will be happy to learn they are working with award winning companies.

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CTI Paper USA graphic design contest

The Pearl Award
CTI Paper USA recognizes that it’s designers’ passion that brings our beautiful papers to life. We would like to honor the designers who use their passion and talent to cultivate a design concept into print perfection. A thing of beauty. A pearl. Winners will be awarded for their design brilliance with a cash prize and custom award:

Gold = $500

Silver = $250

Bronze = $100

Select winners will also be featured in CTI’s online design gallery.

See previous winner's work

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Graphic DEsign USA design contests

Graphic Design USA

AMERICAN PACKAGE DESIGN AWARDS

Marketers and retailers are challenged as never before to convey their message and promote their brand. Package design — along with instore graphics and point-of-sale — is increasingly the difference maker in the consumer’s purchasing decision. This annual competition celebrates well-designed graphics, of course, but more importantly the power of design to advance the brand promise and to forge an emotional link with the buyer at the moment of truth.

Winners receive an embossed Certificate of Excellence for each piece selected and are eligible for possible reproduction in the Awards Annual, which will be seen by an estimated 100,000 at ad agencies, graphic design firms and more during the course of the year.

Call For Entries -- November 1, 2009
(Entry form to be posted soon)

Entry Deadline -- December 15, 2009

American Package Design Awards Annual (in print and online) -- April 1, 2010 (GDUSA's March edition)

AMERICAN INHOUSE DESIGN AWARDS

The American Inhouse Design Awards has emerged as the premier showcase for outstanding work by inhouse designers. It is a unique opportunity for inhouse design, marketing and communications departments within corporations, publishing houses, non-profits, universities and government agencies to be recognized for their creativity, for the special challenges they face and for their contributions to their businesses and institutions.

Winners will receive a Letter of Congratulations and an embossed Certificate of Excellence for each piece selected. A copy of the congratulatory letter will also be sent to each winner's corporate management. In addition, winning entries will be eligible for publication in the 300-page Inhouse Design Awards Annual, which is sent to Graphic Design USA's national readership and will be seen by an estimated 100,000 creatives, colleagues and clients.

Call For Entries -- February 1, 2010
(Entry form to be posted soon)

Entry Deadline -- March 31, 2010

American Inhouse Design Awards Annual (in print and online) -- August 1, 2010 (GDUSA's July/August edition)

AMERICAN GRAPHIC DESIGN AWARDS

The American Graphic Design Awards is our four decade old flagship competition, and is open to everyone in the graphic arts community — graphic design firms, advertising agencies, inhouse corporate and institutional designers, publishers and other media. It honors outstanding new work of all kinds in 23 categories from print and packaging to internet and interactive design.

Winners receive an embossed Certificate of Excellence, and are eligible for publication in the 350-page Design Annual and on our 100,000 visitor-a-month website.

Call For Entries -- May 1, 2010
(Entry form to be posted soon)

Entry Deadline -- June 30 2010

American Graphic Design Awards Annual (in print and online) -- December 1, 2010 (GDUSA's Nov/Dec edition)

HOW magazine graphic design and print contests

HOW Interactive Design Awards

The best web sites, games dvds and more featured in HOW. All winning work will be featured in HOW’s April 2010 Design Annual. One Best of Show winner will be prominently featured in the April 2010 Design Annual and will be HOW’s guest at the 2010 HOW Conference (round-trip airfare within the U.S., hotel and registration paid by HOW) .

Entry deadline: July 31, 2009 (late deadline)
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HOW International Design Awards
The HOW International Design Awards is now open. This is your chance to show that you create some of the tastiest design in the world. Winners will appear in HOW's best-selling International Design Annual, the April 2010 issue.

Entry Deadline: September 1, 2009

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Mohawk Fine Paper graphic design contests

The Strathmore Show
Celebrate the art of writing, inviting, and delighting on paper. Mohawk Fine Papers invites you to show the best of your work on Strathmore papers. Entries will be judged on creative design, production excellence, and appropriate paper choice. Submission is limited to business or social stationery, and invitations. Winners are chosen quarterly with cash prizes:

Gold = $500

Silver = $300

Bronze = $150

See previous winner's work

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The Mohawk Show 10
The Mohawk Show is a celebration of higher thinking in graphic design, developed for individuals who aspire to create communications that combine brilliant design, intelligent paper selection and superior production. Mohawk’s goal is to challenge conventional wisdom and create a paper mill competition that is both rigorous and inclusive — fostering a sense of community and celebrating the roots of design and print and craftsmanship. You can enter as many pieces as you like, and there are no entry fees.

Designers of the winning pieces win $5,000.

See previous winner's work

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i-Tonies
The Mohawk i-Tonie Awards competition is open to projects printed on any one of Mohawk’s i-Tone® or Kromekote Digital* paper grades on an HP Indigo press. Work produced between January and December 2009 is eligible including, but not limited to, direct mail pieces, books, letterhead, brochures, etc. A distinguished jury will convene to review entries. Judges will look for projects that exhibit intelligence, virtuosity, maximization of HP Indigo capabilities, and excellence in production. A Best of Show winner will be chosen from all the entries, and the jury will acknowledge distinctive work with an Honorable Mention.

The Best of Show winner will receive $1,000

Honorable Mentions will receive $250 each

See previous winner's work

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* Kromekote INfusion or treated papers only

Neenah Paper Company graphic design contests

Paperworks
The Neenah PAPERWORKS Contest was created more than 30 years ago to reward merchants, designers and/or printers for recognizing the value of paper alongside quality imagery in the print communications process. People receive this award for their ability to creatively combine paper, design and printing into a cohesive unit.

LETTERHEAD CATEGORY :: Quarterly Awards
Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards for each of four (4) regions.
Gold = $500 and Plaque
Silver = $300 and Plaque
Bronze = $150 and Plaque

LETTERHEAD CATEGORY :: Letterhead of the Year
A national winner selected from the year’s Gold Winners from all
four (4) regions.
Gold = $1000

TEXT & COVER CATEGORY :: Quarterly Awards
Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards for each of four (4) regions.
Gold = $500 and Plaque
Silver = $300 and Plaque
Bronze = $150 and Plaque

TEXT & COVER CATEGORY :: Text and Cover of the Year
A national winner selected from the year’s Gold Winners from all
four (4) regions.
Gold = $1000

Download Entry Form