All of the following competition or book submission deadlines present great opportunities to showcase your design efforts, market your work on an international scale through the published books, and "toot!" your own horn to clients, peers and the media:
Creativity + Commerce
(Print - USA)
Deadline: 15 September 2011
Entry fees charged
iheartlogos: season two
(iheartlogos.com - USA)
Deadline Extended: 15 September 2011 (late fees apply)
Entry fees charged
CMYK Pro-Only Showcase
(CMYK - USA)
Deadline Extended: 19 September 2011
Entry fees charged
Top 100 New Creatives #52
(CMYK - USA)
Deadline Extended: 19 September 2011
Entry fees charged
Summit Emerging Media Awards
(Summit International Awards - USA)
Deadline: 21 September 2011
Entry fees charged
HOW International Design Awards
(HOW Magazine - USA)
Deadline Extended: 22 September 2011
Entry fees charged
REBRAND 100® Global Awards
(REBRAND - USA)
Deadline: 21 September 2011
Late Deadline: 5 October 2011 (late fees apply)
Entry fees charged
Communication Arts Typography Competition
(Communication Arts - USA)
Final Deadline: 9 September 2011
Entry fees charged
Book of the Year, Volume 4
(Design & Design - France)
Deadline: 30 September 2011
No entry fees charged
Hand Drawn
(Print - USA)
Deadline Extended: 30 September 2011
Entry fees charged
Print in Motion
(Print - USA)
Deadline: 1 October 2011
Entry fees charged
I.D. Annual Design Review
(I.D. Magazine - USA)
Deadline: 1 October 2011
Late Deadline: 15 October 2011 (late fees apply)
Entry fees charged
Communication Arts Interactive Competition
(Communication Arts - USA)
Deadline: 7 October 2011
Entry fees charged
HKDA Global Design Awards
(Hong Kong Designers Association - Hong Kong)
Deadline: 17 October 2011
Entry fees charged
Bright Ideas in Brochures
(Bright Books - USA)
Deadline: 28 October 2011
No entry fees charged
Illustrators 54
(Society of Illustrators - USA)
Deadline: 28 October 2011
Entry fees charged
Color in Design Awards
(Print and HOW - USA)
Deadline: 1 November 2011
Entry fees charged
LogoNest 02
(LogoNest - Australia)
Deadline: 31 December 2011
Paid site membership required
Brands of the World Logo Awards
(Brands of the World - USA)
Deadline: 31 December 2011
Entry fees charged
Communication Arts Illustration Competition
(Communication Arts - USA)
Deadline: 6 January 2012
Entry fees charged
Bright Ideas in Use of Color
(Bright Books - USA)
Deadline: 6 January 2012
No entry fees charged
Summit Creative Awards
(Summit International Awards - USA)
Deadline: 13 February 2012
Entry fees charged
Bright Ideas in Logo Design 2
(Bright Books - USA)
Deadline: 2 March 2012
No entry fees charged
Communication Arts Photography Competition
(Communication Arts - USA)
Deadline: 16 March 2012
Entry fees charged
Communication Arts Design Competition
(Communication Arts - USA)
Deadline: 11 May 2012
Entry fees charged
Communication Arts Advertising Competition
(Communication Arts - USA)
Deadline: 11 May 2012
Entry fees charged
PAPERWORKS Letterhead Contest
(Neenah Paper - USA)
Deadline: Ongoing - judged quarterly
No entry fees charged
PAPERWORKS Text And Cover Contest
(Neenah Paper - USA)
Deadline: Ongoing - judged quarterly
No entry fees charged
(To make sure you are reading the latest bLog-oMotives design competition update click here.)
You may want to read my article about participating in design industry competitions and calls for book submissions: A collection of design competition - and book submission request - tips, tricks and observations.
A design competition calendar is also available at Icograda. Lürzer's ARCHIVE has an impressive online list of competitions sponsored by international magazines and organizations. Dexinger posts competitions of great value to industry professionals - however designers need to be aware that some of the listings are for "spec" work as a requirement for submission. Requests for new, or speculative, work as a condition of entering a "contest" are much different than legitimate design competition "calls for entries," in which previously created works are judged for possible awards, exhibition, or publication in an annual or other book.
My own work appears in over 140 graphic design books. Many of those inclusions are the result of design competitions, or requests for submissions, like those listed above.
© 2011 Jeff Fisher LogoMotives
Calls for entries: Upcoming graphic design competition and book submission deadlines
