Open to professionals internationally,
Applied Arts Awardsare Canada's largest multi-disciplinary competitions. Launched in
1992, the Applied Arts Awards are the only competition in Canada that recognize the creative work of professionals across the visual communications sector, from image makers to advertising executives to designers.
Applied Artsmagazine is Canada's leading voice for visual communicators, so being published as a winner is your best opportunity to promote your work across Canada and beyond.
For the
2020 Photography Awards, entries can be submitted in four main categories:
•
Photography•
Motion•
Young Blood•
CommunityCommunity Awardscategories are only open to work done by and for Canadians.
Young Bloodcategories are only open to works produced by entrants who have been out of school up to three years.
Each competition is judged by a different and independent jury of award-winning creative professionals. Winning entries are not ranked and there is no pre-determined quota of winners. So if the jury votes you in, it means your work will be published in one of the Awards Annuals.
Early Bird:
December 20, 2019.
Final deadline:
January 10, 2020.
Entry fees start at 50 USD.
Eligibility
Open worldwide to all forms of commissioned, published, unpublished and personal work from professionals and enthusiasts created between
January 2019and
January 2020. Only digital entries are accepted for this competition.
Prize
Winners receive:
• Their work published in print in the
Spring 2020issue
• A complimentary copy of the
Spring 2020issue
• Their work published online in the
Winners’ Gallery• Digital tear sheets of their work
• A personalized, awards certificate for every winning entry signed by the founder of Applied Arts
• Their work displayed at related
Applied Artsevents
All entrants will be notified in
February 2020via email. At that time, those selected as winning entrants will be required to submit high-res digital files for reproduction in the Photography & Photography annual. Winners’ certificates will be mailed separately, after the Photography & Photography annual is published.