The

Society of Publication Designers

has announced the call for entries for its

51st Annual Competition

. The

SPD

awards recognize and promote the best in editorial design, photography and illustration in print and digital mediums.

Entries are welcome from a diverse range of consumer print publications, independent magazines (

circulation under 20,000

), custom-published magazines, trade and educational magazines; as well as their app, mobile and web platforms.

All entries submitted in the competition must be published and dated

2015

; this includes magazines with a split date

2015/2016

(

please note: 2014/2015 issues are not eligible

).

SPD

invites leading design professionals to judge the work of their peers. During three days of judging, top art directors, designers, photo editors, and editors view and discuss over 6,000 entries in over 100 separate categories. This rigorous process produces a show composed of less than ten percent of the entries, representing a unique yearly overview of the quality and direction of editorial design.

Entry fees: 45 USD (

for SPD Members

) / 90 USD (

for Non Members

) per entry. Late fee of additional 10 USD applies after

18 January 2016

.

Eligibility

Open worldwide to editorial publications of any genre, including all newsstand publications, newspaper magazines, trade, custom publishing, educational/ institutional, special interest publications, and Independent/ self-published magazines with a circulation under 20,000.

Prize

There are two rounds of judging over a period of three days. All pieces selected by the jury during the second round of judging are either

Merit

or

Medal Award

winners, and included in the

PUB 51 Annual

.

During the second round, judges vote on the

Gold Awards for Excellence

, the

Silver Awards for Distinctive Achievement

, and the finalists for

Brand of the Year

and

Magazine of the Year

.

The

Silver

and

Gold Medals

, along with the

Brand of the Year

and

Magazine of the Year Award

winners, will be presented at the

SPD Awards Gala

on

May 6, 2016

.