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:

Bright Ideas in Brochures
(Bright Books - USA)
Deadline: 28 October 2011
No entry fees charged

Toyko TDC Annual Awards
(Tokyo Type Directors Club - Japan)
Deadline: 28 October 2011
No fees charged for overseas entries

Illustrators 54
(Society of Illustrators - USA)
Deadline: 28 October 2011
Entry fees charged

Web Font Awards
(Monotype Imaging - USA and Carsonified )
Deadline: 28 October 2011
Entry fees charged

CMYK Pro-Only Showcase
(CMYK - USA)
Deadline Extended: 30 October 2011
Entry fees charged

Color in Design Awards
(Print and HOW - USA)
Deadline: 1 November 2011
Late Deadline: 18 November 2011
Entry fees charged

I.D. Annual Design Review
(I.D. Magazine - USA)
Deadline: 1 November 2011
Entry fees charged

Creativity + Commerce
(Print - USA)
Deadline Extended: 1 November 2011
Entry fees charged

Branding 6
(Graphis - USA)
Deadline: 14 November 2011
Entry fees charged

Communicator Awards
(IAVA - USA)
Deadline: 18 November 2011
Entry fees charged

Your Best Work Design Awards
(HOW - USA)
Deadline: 1 December 2011
Entry fees charged

American Package Design Awards
(GDUSA - USA)
Deadline: 9 December 2011
Entry fees charged

Creative Review Annual 2012
(Creative Review - UK)
Deadline: 12 December 2011
Entry fees charged

TDC Type Communication
(Type Directors Club - USA)
Deadline: 16 December 2011
Entry fees charged

TDC Typeface Design
(Type Directors Club - USA)
Deadline: 16 December 2011
Entry fees charged

TDC Title Design
(Type Directors Club - USA)
Deadline: 16 December 2011
Entry fees charged

Hiiibrand Logo Design Awards 2011
(New Graphic - China)
Deadline: 31 December 2011
Entry fees charged - payment though coins purchased on site

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

LogoBook
(Index Book - Spain)
Deadline: 15 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