Enter the most prestigious competitions for creativity in graphic design and advertising, the
Communication Arts Design & Advertising Competitions, now in its 60th year.
Entries can be submitted in the following formats:
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Print Entries- must be sent by mail/courier. Do not tape series together. Send all multi-page projects in bound form. Any project over
18" x 24"must be submitted as digital images. If you enter a project in multiple categories and wish to submit printed samples, you must send an additional sample for each entry with the appropriate form attached. Trademarks must be centered on an
8-1/2" x 11"sheet. Place the company name and nature of the business under the mark.
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Digital Images- must be
RGBin
JPGformat with a maximum width of
1024pixels and a maximum height of
768pixels at 72 dpi. Digital images will be projected for the judges using an HD projector on a 6' x 4' screen.
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Audio/Visual Entries- all video entries must be sent on disk in
Quicktimeor
MPGformat, with a maximum screen size of
1024 wide x 768 high. Include 4 seconds of black, no slates or bars, at the beginning of the piece. Single entries must be on individual disks. Series should be edited together on one disk with 2 seconds of black between each entry. Tape an entry form, generated at the end of the registration process, to the outside of each disk case.
Entry fees start from 20 USD.
Please note, the initial deadline to register work is
May 3, 2019. Entries submitted after that date require a 10 USD per entry late fee. No entries will be accepted after
May 17, 2019.
Eligibility
Any design or advertising project printed, published or aired for the first time from
May 2018through
May 2019is eligible.
Prize
Selected by a jury of leading design professionals, the winning entries will be distributed worldwide in the
Communication Arts Design and Advertising Annuals, in print and on the
iPad, and on
commarts.com, assuring important exposure to the creators of this outstanding work.
Moreover, each winning entrant will receive a personalized
Award of Excellence, milled from solid aluminium, and award certificates issued for firms, individuals and clients.