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The DIELINE Awards 2027 competition, organized by Dieline Media, invites packaging designers from around the world to enter its global award for consumer packaging and CPG design.
The call is open for entries through an entry window that is now active. Entries are accepted online only, and all communications between DIELINE and entrants are conducted in English.
The best works will be awarded with recognition rather than cash prizes: Best of Show, Editor’s Choice, Studio of the Year and Rebrand of the Year honors, plus place-and-merit awards at every level.
Winners receive a custom digital seal, free entry to the iF DESIGN AWARD 2027 with automatic advancement to its second jury round (a $1,000+ value), exhibition at the annual DIELINE Winner Showcase in New York, publication in the DIELINE Awards Annual distributed worldwide, and the option to purchase a hand-crafted trophy designed by Jones Knowles Ritchie.
The 2027 edition presents nineteen main categories plus special awards. Five new categories have been introduced for this cycle: Brand Worlds & Experiential Packaging, Functional Innovation & Accessibility, Retail, POS & Merchandising Systems, Connected Packaging & Digital Experience and a dedicated subcategory for Circular, Refill & Reuse Systems. Subcategory depth has been expanded across Beauty, Health, Food, Beverage and Home.
Every submission is reviewed by a global jury of packaging design experts, brand leaders, creative directors and CPG innovators. Entries are judged category by category against Creativity, Marketability, Innovation, Execution and On-Pack Branding, and no judge may vote on their own work.
Eligible work must be consumer packaging created, produced or launched between 1 January 2026 and 26 February 2027.
Commercially produced, published, launched or retail-available work may be entered in the professional categories; unproduced, speculative, prototype or student work is limited to the Concept and Student tracks. Students may enter only the Concept/Student category.
Beyond the jury outcome, every entry is reviewed by DIELINE’s editorial team for potential feature coverage on thedieline.com, reaching 6.9M annual readers regardless of the result. Winning work joins a permanent archive of more than 27,000 published projects and carries the award seal.
Please check the official website for further information.
DIELINE Awards 2027 – Entry Fees
All fees are in USD, charged per entry at the current window’s rate and locked for the rest of the season. Concept, Student and Design for Good entries are not eligible for bulk pricing.
- $445 — Professional (agencies, studios, in-house teams, CPG brands above five employees or $500K revenue). After the holiday window closes: $469.
- $335 — Independent (five or fewer people, or under $500K revenue). After the holiday window closes: $355.
- $175 — Concept · Student · Design for Good. After the holiday window closes: $185.
- Bulk discount of 10% on five or more entries, and 20% on ten or more, applied to every entry in a Professional or Independent purchase.
