No design is too small, no campaign is too big. No matter what you design, there’s a place for it in the PRINT Awards.
Enter your work to compete across 26 categories, from book covers to brand identities, invitations to illustrations, posters to photos and self-promos. A panel of 34 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.
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.
Editor’s Choice
Our favorite design, as selected by the internal PRINT team.
Citizen Design Award
(No fee to Enter)
Citizen Design is a special category open to designers who have created print and online campaigns designed to protect LGBTQIA+ Rights Learn more about this free-to-enter category here.
CATEGORIES TO CHOOSE FROM:
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 Package
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 and 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 - Free To Enter
This year’s Citizen Design category is open to designers who have created print and online campaigns designed to address and protect the lives and rights of the LGBTQIA+ community.
10. Concept Work (Professional Category Only)
Work that is conceptual in nature, experimental or speculative work--unproduced or unpublished.
11. Data Visualization & Information
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 and general design for periodicals.
14. Environmental Design
Wayfinding, interior design, architecture and other place-based work.
15. Hand-lettering & Type
Work featuring drawn letters in any style. Fixed systems of alphanumeric characters with specific characteristics to be used repetitively.
16. Illustration
Editorial illustration, standalone illustration design, comics.
17. In-House (Professional Category Only)
Communication materials created by an in-house team. This can include any project that can fall into another category as well.
21. Motion Graphics & Video
Design that moves—animated work, title graphics, commercials and advertisements, documentary work.
18. Invitations & Announcements
Design that informs or celebrates—custom wedding invitations, birth announcements, greeting cards and more.
22. Outdoor & Billboards
Outdoor communication that can include billboards, bus sides, shelters and mass transit.
19. IX/UX Design
Website and app design, UX design and digital design of all types.
23. Packaging
Product packaging, including paperboard, glass, plastic, metals, sustainable materials, fabric and other materials.
20. Logos
Wordmarks and logotypes for any type of client, created in-house or out-of-house.
24. Photography
Still-work: Editorial photography, Product photography, documentary photography, fine art photography.
25. Posters
Any and all sizes—digital and printed. Everything from one-sheet gig posters to PSAs.
26. Self-Promotions
Work that promotes your design business or company. Can include client gifts, brochures or seasonal work.