The PRINT Awards honors every step in the creative journey. We savor the bloom of bold ideas. No matter what you design, there’s a place for it in the PRINT Awards.
Enter your work to compete across 28 categories, from book covers to brand identities, invitations to illustrations, posters to photos and self-promos. A panel of esteemed industry judges with subject matter expertise in each category will select the winners, who will be featured on PRINT, broadcast to our network of more than 1 million, receive a trophy and a custom certificate.
Best of Show
The highest-rated project in the entire competition.
Editor’s Choice
Our favorite design, as selected by the internal PRINT team.
Agency of the Year
The highest-rated agency, studio or in-house brand in the entire competition. This is determined by the largest amount of total wins across various categories.
Citizen Design Award
(No fee to Enter)
Citizen Design is a special category open to designers who have created print, online or community campaigns focused on Social Justice. Learn more about this free-to-enter category here.
Categories
1. Advertising
Design that helps sell or promote goods, services, entities or messages. Can be a single entity or a campaign.
2. Annual Reports
Annual reports designed in-house or out-of-house for clients of any kind, from corporate to nonprofit.
3. Books — Covers / Jackets
Jackets and covers for trade books, academic presses, independently published books and more.
4. Books — Entire Object
The entire design experience of a book, from cover to interior and any other elements.
5. Branding — Campaigns
Full campaigns with multimedia deliverables that can include, print, environmental, packaging, web.
6. Branding — Collaborations
Campaigns that join brands with other brands, artists, organizations or influencers where collaboration partners can add artistic value to a product, expand access to diverse audiences, push industry boundaries, or address social issues.
7. Branding — Identities & Identity Systems
Identity systems for multiple applications such as environmental, wearables, accessories, packaging.
8. Brochures & Catalogs
Everything from branded product catalogs to academic recruitment materials and informative nonprofit brochures.
9. Citizen Design Award
Print, online, social media or community campaigns focused on Social Justice.
10. Concept Work
Work that is conceptual in nature, experimental or speculative work--unproduced or unpublished.
11. Data Visualization & Information Design
Infographics, printed materials, websites, apps and other design work that brings data to visual life.
12. Design for Social Impact
Campaigns for nonprofit organizations or other associations that speak to the social good and have a call to action. Designs can include all elements of a campaign including advertising, reports, brochures, posters, signs, and art installations.
13. Editorial
Magazine covers and spreads, newspaper layouts, zines and general design for periodicals.
14. Environmental Design
Wayfinding, interior design, architecture and other place-based work.
15. Graphic Novels
Design and illustration for a book-length work of fiction or nonfiction that combines narrative storytelling with sequential art.
16. Handlettering &
Type Design
Work featuring drawn letters. Fixed systems of alphanumeric characters with specific characteristics to be used repetitively.
17. Illustration
Editorial illustration, standalone illustration design, and invitations.
18. In-House
Communication materials created by an in-house team for their employer. This can include any project that can fall into another category as well.
19. Invitations / Announcements
Design that informs or celebrates—custom wedding invitations, birth announcements, and greeting cards.
20. Logos
Wordmarks and logotypes for any type of client, created in-house or out-of-house.
21. Motion Design & Video
Design that moves—animated work, commercials and advertisements, documentary, and reels.
22. Outdoor & Billboards
Outdoor communication that can include billboards, bus sides, shelters and mass transit.
23. Packaging
Product packaging, including paperboard, glass, plastic, metals, sustainable materials, fabric and other materials.
24. Posters
Any and all sizes—digital and printed. Everything from one-sheet gig posters to PSAs.
25. Self-Promotions
Work that promotes your design business or company. Can include client gifts, brochures or seasonal work.
26. Social Media Content Design
Design utilized for social channels with visually engaging, purposeful graphics, images, videos, and other multimedia content tailored specifically for social media platforms. Content that is up to 30seconds.
27. Title Sequence Design
Opening visuals that introduce a film, TV show, video game, or any media production, setting the tone and style for what follows--blending graphic design, animation, typography, cinematography, and sound to create a brief but impactful narrative or visual theme that conveys essential information.
28. Website + App Design
Website and app design, UX design and digital design of all types.