This contest has expired. More information about the final results will be published when they become available.

Winners Announcement Expected: 27 April 2012

The Kharkov Association of Graphic Designers - The 4th Block, is accepting entries for its 8th International Triennial of Eco-Poster for a few more days. The Triennial is calling for poster designs on three different topics, all of which relate to ecology.

The competition accepts works from individual authors as well as from teams of artists and designers and participation is free of charge.

The VIII International Triennial of Eco-Poster - The 4th Block, is conducted under the aegis of the International Council of Graphic Design Association (ICOGRADA) and the International Biennales Coordinating Committee (IBCC).

The 4th Block is Accepting Ecology Related Poster Designs

The 4th Block is inviting you to submit posters - created between 2009-2012 - in any technique with a minimum size is 60x90 cm, on the following subjects/categories:

1. «26» — The world since Chernobyl and Fukushima
2. «Eco Poster»
   • global warming
   • Earth — our common body (man and Nature)
   • water pollution
   • air pollution
   • «living» planet
3. «Eco-Culture»
   • conscience, freedom and creativity
   • ethics and spirituality
   • preservation of the cultural environment
     (exhibition, museum, festival, theater posters)

The competition accepts works from the individual authors as well as from teams of artists and designers and participation is free of charge.

The Triennial will award the following prizes on the award ceremony - planned for 27 April 2012 - and will publish an illustrated catalog, after the exhibition.

• Grand Prix
• Diplomas and special awards in each nomination

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Open until 10 July 2012. Approximately 156 days remaining to attend. Read on to find out more details about how you can enter.

Organizer(s): Poster for Tomorrow.

You can enter or apply for free and without the need of paying an entry fee.

Winners Announcement Expected: 5 October 2012

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Posterfortomorrow.org is thrilled to disclose the brief for the new, 2012, edition of Poster for Tomorrow, the international poster design competition. As in previous years, all designers worldwide are invited to act creatively, by designing posters on a given subject.

Gender equality issues will be the main interest of Poster for Tomorrow 2012. Under the slogan "Gender Equality Now!", Posterfortomorrow.org with the help of designers worldwide, will bring the attention to these issues and hopefully, a better future for us all!

A short brief for the competition has been announced to get you prepared for 8 March, the International Women's Day and the day that Poster for Tomorrow 2012 will open up for submissions!

Fight Gender Equality Issues Through Poster Design!

The condition of women has undergone undeniable improvements during the last century. But these improvements haven’t happened everywhere and even where they have been the strongest, well, they are far from being strong enough. 
Gender inequality still lingers unchallenged: it’s one of those things that are hard to see precisely because they are right in front of our eyes.

That’s why Posterfortomorrow.org asks all of you to see beyond the status quo and imagine a different future.

As for the past, at closing of the call for entries, poster for tomorrow will entrust your artworks to a jury of renowned designers. The best 100 posters will be displayed in multiple locations worldwide opening 10 December, “A Day for Tomorrow”.

But there will soon be plenty of time to deal with the details and also with the novelties of this 2012 edition.

Now is the time for the really important stuff. We need gender equality now, because more opportunities for women are more opportunities for us all.

No Entry Fee!

It's free to enter.

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Open until 2 April 2012. Approximately 57 days remaining to attend. Read on to find out more details about how you can enter.

Organizer(s): Dieline Media, Inwork.

Winners Announcement Expected: April 2012

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The Dieline Package Design Awards presented by Inwork is a worldwide competition devoted exclusively to the art of brand packaging. Launched in 2009, The Dieline Package Design Awards quickly rose to be the nation's leading package design competition, with over 800 entries submitted from all over the world in its first year.

In the 2012 edition, 38 winners across 12 different categories will be awarded a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place Dieline Award, and one special winner will receive a one-of-a-kind Best of Show award.

The Dieline Package Design Awards is a worldwide competition with entries accepted internationally.

The Dieline Package Design Awards Celebrate the Art of Brand Packaging

The Dieline Package Design Awards are open for fresh packaging designs in the following 12 official categories. All submitted entries must have been created, produced, or launched between 1 Dec 2010 and 31 Dec 2011.

The Awards Categories:

1. Food A
2. Food B
3. Food C
4. Non-Alcoholic Beverage
5. Bath, Beauty, Health, Personal
6. Home, Garden & Pets
7. Books, Office & Art Supplies, Toys, Clothes, Accessories, Promotional
8. Electronics, Technology, Movies, CDs
9. Spirits
10. Beer, Malt Beverages, & Tobacco
11. Wine & Champagne
12. Student Category

Want to see the winners of the 2011 Awards? Visit: Entries in the Dieline Awards 2011

All winners in 2012 will receive a trophy, admission to the 2012 Dieline Package Design Awards, an in-depth feature on TheDieline.com and PackageDesignAwards.com and much more! The Dieline Package Design Awards are an excellent opportunity for promoting personal, agency or student work.

The Dieline Package Design Awards ceremony will take place in Boston, Massachusetts on 22 June 2012.

Entries are accepted online only. A completed entry form, including formatted images, and online payment are required for an entry to be accepted.

Entry Fee

• $95 from 2 Jan to 31 Jan 2012
• $115 from 1 Feb to 2 April 2012

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Winners Announcement Expected: Spring 2012

The 27th International Competition of Creative Quarterly Magazine is now open for entries! It’s time to get your entries ready for the next Creative Quarterly judging.

The competition is open to all art directors, graphic designers, photographers, illustrators and fine artists in all countries. There are separate categories for professional and student entries.

The best entries from this call will be published in the next, 27th, edition of Creative Quarterly, as well as in the magazine's online gallery.

Get Featured in the 27th Edition of Creative Quarterly Magazine!

All art directors, graphic designers, photographers, illustrators and fine artists are eligible to enter — professionals and students are judged separately.

Entries are being accepted in four separate categories:

• Graphic Design (GD),
• Illustration (IL),
• Photography (PH) and
• Fine Arts (FA)

All entries must have been completed during the last twelve months. Both commissioned and personal work are being accepted for judging.

Entries can be submitted online or by mail. The entry fee is $10 per entry. Entering a series? Each piece is $10.

Winners will appear in the next issue of Creative Quarterly as well as in an online Gallery. Runners-up will be featured only in the online Gallery.

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The Mars Society foundation has recently announced a poster design contest with the intention to select the official poster for the upcoming Mars Society Convention.

There are several themes that should be used while creating the designs, with the general intention to emphasize the critical importance of robotic research and exploration of the Red Planet as a key stepping stone to a humans-to-Mars mission within the decade

The winning design will be used as the primary graphic for promoting the 15th Annual International Mars Society Convention, to be held in Pasadena, California, 3-5 August, 2012.

Design the Official Poster for the 15th Annual International Mars Society Convention

When designing posters, you are asked to use the main themes of the 2012 convention: “Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover”, “robotic exploration” and “finding life on Mars”. The poster should seek to emphasize the critical importance of robotic research and exploration of the Red Planet as a key stepping stone to a humans-to-Mars mission within the decade.

With regard to technical requirements for the contest, the poster size should be 11" x 17" and there are no restrictions on color.

If your poster is chosen, in addition to the full color poster a gray-scale copy will also be needed. Posters can be submitted as a .pdf file, although it is preferred in the original format (i.e., Photoshop).

The winner will receive free admission to all sessions of the convention in Pasadena, which will include a ticket to the main convention banquet and (tentatively) the viewing of a live broadcast of the MSL landing on the Martian surface on the evening of 5 August. Unfortunately airfare and hotel accommodations are not included.

To submit your poster, please e-mail the sample to: postercontest [at] marssociety.org (please replace [at] with @). Please also use this e-mail address for any questions regarding the contest and/or the submission process.

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Open until 18 February 2012. Approximately 13 days remaining to attend. Read on to find out more details about how you can enter.

Organizer(s): :output Foundation.

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Students, the :output Foundation is inviting you to register your works for the 15th :output Award! The :output Award is the biggest international competition for students in design and architecture.

The best work is honoured with the :output Grand Prix which includes a scholarship of 3,000 Euros.

Every year more than 1,000 students from more than 40 different countries submit their best projects to the competition. An international jury makes the selection which will be presented in the :output yearbook.

Calling for Student Works in Design / Architecture!

Works, not older than one year, related to any area of design and architecture, such as: graphic design / architecture / product design / typography / photography / illustration / typeface design / multimedia, moving image and television graphics / experience design are eligible for submission.

A Chance to Win A €3,000 Scholarship + Get Featured in the :output Yearbook

All projects submitted to the :output competition will be eligible for the :output Grand Prix. An international jury will choose the Grand Prix winner who will receive a scholarship of 3,000 EUR. This scholarship is meant to support young talents in Design and Architecture and to present works from students to a broader design and architectural audience.

All works which have been submitted to the :output Award will be published on the open :output platform. The Grand Prix together with about 80 selected works will not only be published in the :output yearbook but also in the :output hall of fame on the portfolio-platform open:output.org

The :output Award is an Annual International Competition for Students

• Anyone who is currently studying communication design, product design, architecture, inter- action design or film at a university or a college is eligible to participate. Students who have graduated within the last 12 months may also submit final degree works.
• Any work, which has been produced as a student project, is eligible for submission.
• The work may not be older than one year.
• The project does not have to be published.

Register Online, then Send Your Works to the :output Foundation

Submissions should be sent to the :output Foundation, no later than 15 February 2012.

Please read the award's checklist & conditions for further details.

Entry Fee

The entry fee is 30 Euros per work.

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Open until 14 February 2012. Approximately 9 days remaining to attend. Read on to find out more details about how you can enter.

Organizer(s): Society for Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD).

Winners Announcement Expected: June 2012

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The 2012 SEGD Global Design Awards are now open for entries from environmental designers, architects, students and clients. Exceptional environmental graphic design is recognized in the annual SEGD Global Design Awards Program, illustrating the pandisciplinary nature of visual communications in the built environment.

Winning projects have included complex wayfinding systems, branding and identity work, retail and interior projects, exhibition design, and public art installations.

Winners will be announced at the 2012 SEGD Conference, 8-9 June 2012 in Manhattan and Brooklyn and winning projects will be featured in the award-winning segdDESIGN magazine!

Submit Your Best Environmental Graphic Design Works

The Society for Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD) invites you to submit your best work in:

• Dynamic Environments: media facades, interactive architecture, media-based exhibitions, digital billboards, electronic public art
• Office/Workplace Environments: office buildings, business parks, mixed-use centers, industrial and manufacturing buildings, convention and conference centers
• Leisure/Entertainment Environments: walking and hiking trails, recreation centers, theme parks, arenas, stadiums, theaters, concert halls, cinemas, hotels, resorts, restaurants, spas, fitness centers, parks, gardens, cruise ships, marinas, golf courses
• Educational/Institutional Environments: healthcare facilities, libraries, schools, campuses, government facilities
• Transportation Environments: airports, ports, bus, rail, roadways, parking facilities
• Retail/Commercial Environments: service businesses, malls, storefronts, interiors, food courts, showrooms, outdoor advertising
• Residential Environments: apartments, condominiums, developments, retirement centers, dormitories
• Urban Projects: cities, mixed-use complexes, downtowns, neighborhoods, wayfinding systems, streetscapes
• Exhibitions: museums, zoos, interpretive exhibits
• Trade Shows/Temporary Events: expositions, pavilions, athletic events, festivals
• Master Plans/Planning/Research: conceptual ideas, research, recommendation studies, sign/identity/branding standards, programs
• Miscellaneous: signage, architectural graphics, placemaking, identity programs, public art, donor recognition programs, maps, symbol/pictogram systems, sign codes, gateways, landmarks

The SEGD Global Design Awards Program is open to:

• Environmental graphic designers
• Graphic designers
• Exhibit designers
• Landscape designers
• Interior designers
• Industrial designers
• Graphic artists
• Public artists
• Architects
• Fabricators
• Students
• Clients

Get Featured in the Award-Winning SegdDESIGN Magazine!

Winners will be announced at at the 2012 SEGD Conference, 8-9 June 2012 in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Winning projects will be featured in the award-winning segdDESIGN magazine and on www.segd.org.

The SEGD Design Awards are Open Globally

• Projects entered must demonstrate the use of graphic design elements (including but not limited to typography, symbols, pictograms, diagrams, color-coding, etc.) in the design solution and must focus on the communication of information, identity, or image in the built environment.
• Projects entered must have been completed between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2011.
• This program is open to both members and non-members of SEGD, but members pay reduced entry fees.
• Projects entered in previous years may be entered again if they did not win an award.
• There is no limit on the number of projects that can be entered by an individual or firm.
• Student work is defined as work done in 2010 or 2011 by full-time students enrolled in a recognized design program.
• Jurors and their firms are not eligible to enter.

Entries are Accepted Online

Entries are accepted online via omniCONTESTS. Of course, a registration is required to submit.

Entry Fees Start from $50 for Student Entries

• 1-3 projects:
  • SEGD Members: $120/project
  • SEGD Non-members: $240/project
• 4+ projects:
  • SEGD Members: $100/project
  • SEGD Non-members: $200/project
• Student work:
  • SEGD Members: $35/project
  • SEGD Non-members: $50/project
• Late Entry Fee: $50/project

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Open until 15 February 2012, 23:59 GMT+01. Approximately 11 days remaining to attend. Read on to find out more details about how you can enter.

Organizer(s): PLUG.

You can enter or apply for free and without the need of paying an entry fee.

Winners Announcement Expected: February 2012

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It's time for another edition of the international social communication poster design contest - Posterheroes! The second edition of Posterheroes focuses on the issue of consumption, underlining the user’s role as an important actor in the consumption or savings.

You're now officially invited to create poster designs on the given topic and state your comment(s) about consumption. This is a contest open to anyone!

Open new horizons, suggest and promote new perspectives, enhance debate, exchange, awareness and participation, and give voice to the individuals' and consumers' social value, through poster design.

Express Your Opinion About Consumerism with A 50×70 Poster

Posterheroes is the creative showcase of the proactive debate about consumption’s present and future, and of the energetic and material resources' aware fruition.

After the contest's 1st edition, which was centered on the energies' production, the second edition proposes the issue of consumption, underlining the user's role as an important actor in the consumption/saving global equilibriums, and not merely as a spectator of broader mechanisms.

• Which kind of consumption model do you propose?
• Which kind of scenario do you imagine for an aware fruition of the energetic and material resources?

This contest is a way for young people and for the creative community to express their opinion about the resources' fruition for a sustainable future.

Become Part of Posterheroes' Traveling Exhibitions

Posterheroes doesn’t award prizes. The best works selected by the jury will be published in the initiative's catalog and will become part of the traveling exhibitions and of the eventual events that Posterheroes will organize when the contest will be concluded.

Posterheroes #2 is A Global Challenge

• There are no age, nationality or professional restrictions, the contest is open to anyone, except for the Posterheroes organizers, the Plug associates, the jury and their families.
• The designs need to be original and previously not published.
• A maximum of two works (poster designs) will be accepted per contestant.
• Single and group entries are accepted.

Submit Your Designs Online on Posterheroes' Website

To enter the second edition of the Posterheroes social communication contest, visit the official website and submit your entries through the online entry form.

No Entry Fee!

It's free to enter.

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Winners Announcement Expected: December 2011

There's a special contest currently going on, on the Shicon platform with some awesome iPrizes! Shicon challenges you to create graphic designs for printing on t-shirts on a very contemporary theme: the World Wide Web. Shicon calls these special designs "tees".

So, design a tee able to express the digital world and its effects in your lifestyle. Let the online go offline and depict the outcome on a tee.

The creator of the best design will win a brand new iPhone 4S with 16GB + promotion through Shicon’s Best Of feature.

Create your Themed Graphics and Display it on a Classic T-shirt

Shicon challenges you in the creation of special graphic designs, meant to be printed on t-shirts and focused on a the contest theme: the World Wide Web. Think about the World Wide Web, about its deepest meaning and its contemporary implications.

The main theme of the contest can be epitomized by the sentence “the Online goes Offline”.

Three iPrizes Available: iPhone 4S, iPad2, iPod Touch

Shicon will select the 3 best themed graphics, that will get:

1. Prize: one iPhone 4S 16GB + presence on Shicon’s Best Of
2. Prize: one iPad2 Wi-Fi 16GB + presence on Shicon’s Best Of
3. Prize: one iPod Touch 8GB + presence on Shicon’s Best Of

"The Web in a Tee" Contest is Open Internationally

• It's not allowed to use any official logos.
• You may submit as many entries as you like. The number of entries is not limited.
• Your graphics must display original contents.

Become a Shicon Member and Submit Your Tees

To enter this contest, you need a membership on Shicon, which is free of cost. Once registered you will be able to submit your designs directly on the Shicon platform.

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Open until 24 February 2012. Approximately 19 days remaining to attend. Read on to find out more details about how you can enter.

Organizer(s): DuPont.

You can enter or apply for free and without the need of paying an entry fee.

Winners Announcement Expected: May 2012

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The call for entries for the 2012 DuPont Packaging Awards is now open! The DuPont Packaging Awards is the industry’s longest running, independently judged global packaging awards program honoring packaging materials, processes, technology and service innovations.

The Awards are open to brand owners, packaging designers, converters and manufacturers around the world.

The DuPont Packaging Awards are seeking for excellence in innovation, sustainability and waste/cost reduction.

The awards can be entered free of charge.

Seeking Breakthroughs in Innovation, Sustainability and Waste/Cost Reduction

Founded in 1802, DuPont puts science to work by creating sustainable solutions essential to a better, safer, healthier life for people everywhere. DuPont invites packaging designers, converters, consumer goods producers, retailers and equipment manufacturers from around the world to enter their new packaging developments.

The judging will be based on a set of criteria:

• Excellence in Innovation
• Excellence in Sustainability
• Excellence in Waste/Cost Reduction

Diamond and Gold Awards for the Winners

As in previous years, DuPont will be awarding several Diamond and Gold awards to entries that get selected as winning.

Winners will be announced in May, 2012 during the DuPont Packaging Exchange, a free, global online event that offers participants the opportunity to interact with key leaders of the packaging industry.

The DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation are Open Worldwide

• The DuPont Packaging Awards are open to brand owners, packaging designers, converters and manufacturers around the world.
• Entrants do not need to use DuPont materials in their products, processes or programs.
• Only commercial products, technologies and processes are eligible.
• Products must be commercially available in the market and launched no earlier than 1 January 2010. Commercially available is defined as being sold in the marketplace (not just launched at a trade show or other event).

Start the Entry Process by Registering Online

To enter, you first need to register on the official website. Once you submit your registration, you'll have a chance to download the entry forms for the Awards.

No Entry Fee!

It's free to enter.

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