Calls for entries: Upcoming graphic design competition and book submission deadlines

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:

American Inhouse Design Awards
(GDUSA - USA)
Deadline: 12 April 2013
Entry fees charged

American Web Design Awards
(GDUSA - USA)
Deadline: 12 April 2013
Entry fees charged

Design Annual 2014
(Graphis - USA)
Deadline Extended: 15 April, 2013
Entry fees charged

Creativity Awards | Media & Interactive
(Creativity International Awards - USA)
Deadline: 19 April 2013
Entry fees charged

One Show Entertainment
(One Club - USA)
Deadline Extended: 15 April 2013 (late fees apply)
Entry fees charged

1000 Dog Portraits
(Rockport Publishers - USA)
Deadline Extended: 15 April 2013
No entry fees charged

The Telly Awards
(The Telly Awards - USA)
Deadline Extended: 19 April 2013
Entry fees charged

CLASSIC® Folders Competition
(Neenah Paper - USA)
Deadline: 25 April 2013
No entry fees charged

Best in Typography Annual 2014
(Graphis - USA)
Deadline: 1 May 2013
Entry fees charged

Social/Political Posters
(Graphis - USA)
Deadline: 1 May 2013
Entry fees charged

In-HOWse Design Awards
(HOW - USA)
Deadline: 1 May 2013
Entry fees charged

FPO Awards
(UnderConsideration - USA)
Early-bird Deadline: 3 May 2013
Deadline: 31 May 2013
Entry fees charged

Communication Arts Design Competition
(Communication Arts - USA)
Deadline: 10 May 2013
Entry fees charged

Communication Arts Advertising Competition
(Communication Arts - USA)
Deadline: 10 May 2013
Entry fees charged

The (Re)design Awards
(AIGA - USA)
Deadline: 31 May 2013
Entry fees charged

Top New 100 Creatives #57
(CMYK Magazine - USA)
Deadline: 10 June 2013
Entry fees charged

Summit Marketing Effectiveness Awards
(Summit Awards - USA)
Deadline: 13 June 2013
Entry fees charged

HOW Logo Design Awards
(HOW - USA)
Deadline: 1 July 2013
Entry fees charged

HOW International Design Awards
(HOW - USA)
Deadline: 15 August 2013
Entry fees charged

I Heart Logos, Season 4
(iheartlogos.com - USA)
Deadline: 31 August 2013
Entry Fee Increase: 1 September 2013
Final Deadline: 15 September 2013
Entry fees charged

Summit Emerging Media Awards
(Summit Awards - USA)
Deadline: 20 September 2013
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 160 graphic design books. Many of those inclusions are the result of design competitions, or requests for submissions, like those listed above.

© 2013 Jeff Fisher LogoMotives

Calls for entries: Upcoming graphic design competition and book submission deadlines

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:

One Show Interactive
(One Club - USA)
Deadline Extended: 15 February 2013 (late fees apply)
Entry fees charged

One Show Design
(One Club - USA)
Deadline Extended: 15 February 2013 (late fees apply)
Entry fees charged

One Show Entertainment
(One Club - USA)
Deadline Extended: 15 February 2013 (late fees apply)
Entry fees charged

Design Week Awards
(DesignWeek - UK)
Deadline Extended: 21 February 2013
Entry fees charged

HOW Promotion & Marketing Design Awards
(HOW - USA)
Early Deadline: 22 February 2013
Final Deadline: 25 March 2013
Entry fees charged

Top New 100 Creatives #56
(CMYK Magazine - USA)
Deadline: 25 February 2013
Entry fees charged

SOTA Catalyst Award
(Society of Typographic Aficionados - USA)
Deadline: 1 March 2013
No entry fee charged

Print's Regional Design Annual 2013
(Print Magazine - USA)
Deadline: 1 March 2013
Entry fees charged

Brand New Awards
(UnderConsideration | Brand New - USA)
Deadline: 1 March 2013
Entry fees charged

The Telly Awards
(The Telly Awards - USA)
Deadline: 1 March 2013
Entry fees charged

Summit Creative Awards
(Summit Awards - USA)
Deadline Extended: 6 March 2013
Entry fees charged

Communciator Awards
(IAVA - USA)
Deadline Extended: 8 March 2013
Entry fees charged

Neenah UnShow Competition
(Neenah Paper | HOW | Print - USA)
Deadline: 12 March 2013
No entry fees charged

Core77 Design Awards
(Core77 - USA)
Deadline: 15 March 2013
Entry fees charged

Communication Arts Photography Competition
(Communication Arts - USA)
Deadline: 15 March 2013
Entry fees charged

The Dieline Package Design Awards
(The Dieline - USA)
Final Deadline: 15 March 2013
Entry fees charged

D&AD Student Awards
(D&AD - UK)
Deadline: 30 March 2013
Entry fees charged

Best in Typography Annual 2014
(Graphis - USA)
Deadline: 30 March 2013
Entry fees charged

Social/Political Posters
(Graphis - USA)
Deadline: 30 March 2013
Entry fees charged

In-HOWse Design Awards
(HOW - USA)
Deadline: 1 May 2013
Entry fees charged

Communication Arts Design Competition
(Communication Arts - USA)
Deadline: 10 May 2013
Entry fees charged

Communication Arts Advertising Competition
(Communication Arts - USA)
Deadline: 10 May 2013
Entry fees charged

Summit Marketing Effectiveness Awards
(Summit Awards - USA)
Deadline: 13 June 2013
Entry fees charged

I Heart Logos, Season 4
(iheartlogos.com - USA)
Deadline: 31 August 2013
Entry Fee Increase: 1 September 2013
Final Deadline: 15 September 2013
Entry fees charged

Summit Emerging Media Awards
(Summit Awards - USA)
Deadline: 20 September 2013
Entry fees charged

LogoLounge
(LogoLounge - USA)
Deadline: Ongoing
Annual membership fee 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 160 graphic design books. Many of those inclusions are the result of design competitions, or requests for submissions, like those listed above.

© 2012 Jeff Fisher LogoMotives

Calls for entries: Upcoming graphic design competition and book submission deadlines

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:

American Package Design Awards
(Graphic Design USA - USA)
Deadline Extended: 11 January 2013
Entry fees charged

2013 Photo & Illustration Awards
(Applied Arts -Canada)
Deadline: 11 January 2013
Entry fees charged

ADC Awards: Design
(Art Directors Club - USA)
Deadline: 11 January 2013
Entry fees charged

ADC Awards: Student
(Art Directors Club - USA)
Deadline: 11 January 2013
Entry fees charged

ADC Awards: Motion
(Art Directors Club - USA)
Deadline: 11 January 2013
Entry fees charged

ADC Awards: Photography
(Art Directors Club - USA)
Deadline: 11 January 2013
Entry fees charged

ADC Awards: Illustration
(Art Directors Club - USA)
Deadline: 11 January 2013
Entry fees charged

Design Week Awards
(DesignWeek - UK)
Earlybird Deadline: 18 January 2013
Deadline: 31 January 2013
Entry fees charged

Communication Arts Illustration Competition
(Communication Arts - USA)
Late Deadline: 18 January 2013 (late fees apply)
Entry fees charged

The O'toole Awards for Creative Excellence
(American Association of Advertising Agencies - USA)
Early Bird Deadline: 11 January 2013
Deadline: 25 January 2013
Entry fees charged

Best in Poster Annual 2014
(Graphis - USA)
Deadline: 14 January 2013
Entry fees charged

ADC Awards: Interactive
(Art Directors Club - USA)
Deadline: 18 January 2013
Entry fees charged

Communciator Awards
(IAVA - USA)
Final Deadline: 18 January 2013
Entry fees charged

Top New 100 Creatives #56
(CMYK Magazine - USA)
Deadline: 21 January 2013
Entry fees charged

ADC Awards: Advertising
(Art Directors Club - USA)
Deadline: 25 January 2013
Entry fees charged

D&AD Professional Awards
(D&AD - UK)
Deadline: 30 January 2013
Entry fees charged

Best in Typography Annual
(Graphis - USA)
Deadline: 30 January 2013
Entry fees charged

Social/Political Posters
(Graphis - USA)
Deadline: 30 January 2013
Entry fees charged

Logo Nest 03 | The Special B&W Edition
(Logo Nest)
Deadline Extended: 30 January 2013
Membership flat fee charged

Core77 Design Awards
(Core77 - USA)
Early Bird Deadline: 31 January 2013 (Discounted entry fees)
Deadline: 15 March 2013
Entry fees charged

International Design Awards
(IDA - USA)
Extended Deadline: 31 January 2013
Entry fees charged

The Dieline Package Design Awards
(The Dieline - USA)
Early Bird Deadline: 31 January 2013
Final Deadline: 15 March 2013
Entry fees charged

Print's Regional Design Annual 2013
(Print Magazine - USA)
Early Bird Deadline: 1 February 2013
Entry fees charged

Brand New Awards
(UnderConsideration | Brand New - USA)
Early Bird Deadline: 1 February 2013 (Discounted entry fees)
Deadline: 1 March 2013
Entry fees charged

Summit Creative Awards
(Summit Awards - USA)
Deadline: 11 February 2013
Entry fees charged

HOW Promotion & Marketing Design Awards
(HOW - USA)
Early Deadline: 22 February 2013
Final Deadline: 25 March 2013
Entry fees charged

SOTA Catalyst Award
(Society of Typographic Aficionados - USA)
Deadline: 1 March 2013
No entry fee charged

The Telly Awards
(The Telly Awards - USA)
Deadline: 1 March 2013
Entry fees charged

Neenah UnShow Competition
(Neenah Paper | HOW | Print - USA)
Deadline: 12 March 2013
No entry fees charged

Communication Arts Photography Competition
(Communication Arts - USA)
Deadline: 15 March 2013
Entry fees charged

D&AD Student Awards
(D&AD - UK)
Deadline: 30 March 2013
Entry fees charged

In-HOWse Design Awards
(HOW - USA)
Deadline: 1 May 2013
Entry fees charged

Communication Arts Design Competition
(Communication Arts - USA)
Deadline: 10 May 2013
Entry fees charged

Communication Arts Advertising Competition
(Communication Arts - USA)
Deadline: 10 May 2013
Entry fees charged

Summit Marketing Effectiveness Awards
(Summit Awards - USA)
Deadline: 13 June 2013
Entry fees charged

I Heart Logos, Season 4
(iheartlogos.com - USA)
Deadline: 31 August 2013
Entry Fee Increase: 1 September 2013
Final Deadline: 15 September 2013
Entry fees charged

Summit Emerging Media Awards
(Summit Awards - USA)
Deadline: 20 September 2013
Entry fees charged

LogoLounge
(LogoLounge - USA)
Deadline: Ongoing
Annual membership fee 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 160 graphic design books. Many of those inclusions are the result of design competitions, or requests for submissions, like those listed above.

© 2012 Jeff Fisher LogoMotives

Two new logo sites provide competition, inspiration and opportunities for designers to be published

Logo designers from around the world currently have the ability to post their design efforts on a wide variety of portfolio and gallery sites. Some simply provide opportunities to share identity designs as inspiration. Others offer a format allowing site visitors to vote on and critique uploaded logos. A site such as the successful membership-based LogoLounge provides interviews, news, articles and results in "winning" designs being published in books.

With new year comes the introduction of two new logos sites offering competition, inspiration and opportunities to possibly be published:

• Logo Nest

According to the site:

Logo Nest is a place dedicated to creative designers, both professionals and amateurs, where you can share and compare your creative work. Publishing on this web site is free, and it includes no payment of any kind. Every day, every month and every year, we declare the best logo design, and all logos published on this site will be published in a book Logo Nest 01 at the end of the 2010!

Obviously, one of the advantages for any designer is the fact no submission fees are charged for this Australia-based site. There is no indication of the identity of the competition's "professional and competent judges," who are making initial selections and naming monthly winners. However, in early 2011, designers and site visitors do get the final say in voting for the annual design winner. The site also offers a blog of logo-related entries - and the latest news can be learned by following Logo Nest on Twitter.

• iheartlogos

The iheartlogos home page states:

This is a design competition – the only one of its kind. You are the judge here. So is everyone else. When you submit a logo, you let the entire design community decide its fate. In return, you get the right to judge everyone else’s work.

That means when the ever-so-coveted book of winners is published, the winning logos will have been selected by the entire design world. Not some "famous" judge. The award for winning this logo design competition is paid in the highest form of currency – respect.

Site registration is required to view and vote on logo designs at iheartlogos.com. There is a $10 fee for each logo submission. A blog of logo design articles, and other features to come, rounds out the site. Twitter is also being used to share information from @iheartlologs. (In the interest of full disclosure, I should mention that I did participate in the beta testing for iheartlogos.com)

Design competitions can be great ego and career boosters. The international presence of online galleries, being published in design books, and the publicity opportunities from winning results are great additions to a designer's marketing and promotion efforts. My own use of competitions, and the author/publisher relationships established in the process, has resulted in my work being featured in over 130 books. Logo Nest and iheartlogos are both included in the list of design competitions and book submission requests posted regularly on bLog-oMotives.

© 2010 Jeff Fisher LogoMotives