Best Competitions for Designers and Illustrators in 2010

January 7, 2010 - 2 minutes read

Jump start your brand in 2010 by entering and placing in any of these design competitions. The recognition you gain by being recognized in one of these design competitions will boost your career to the next level. Placing, “Winner of the 2010 Communication Arts Photography Competition” into your marketing material gives you instant credibility within the design community and with prospective clients.

Jot these into your calendar and start designing for them.

Communication Arts Illustration Competition (Communication Arts – USA)
Deadline: 11 January 2010
 Entry fees charged
The Big Book of Packaging (Crescent Hill Books – USA)
Deadline: 15 January 2010
 No entry fees charged
Top 100 New Creatives (CMYK Magazine – USA)
Deadline: 17 January 2010 
Entry fees charged
Summit Creative Award (Summit International Awards – USA)
Deadline: 25 January 2010
 Entry fees charged
D&AD Awards 2010 (D&AD – UK)
Deadline: 27 January 2010
 Entry fees charged
Wolda ‘09 (Eulda Books – Italy)
Deadline: 31 January 2010 (logos designed in 2009) 
Entry fees charged
LogoLounge 6 (LogoLounge – USA)
Deadline: 15 February 2010
 LogoLounge membership required
Green Graphics (Index Book – Spain)
Deadline: 15 February 2010 
No entry fees charged
HOW Promotion Design Awards (HOW Magazine – USA)
Deadline: 5 March 2010
Late Deadline: 22 March 2010 (with late fees) 
Entry fees charged
Communication Arts Photography Competition (Communication Arts – USA)
Deadline: 29 March 2010
 Entry fees charged
Mail Me Art 2 (Mail Me Art – UK)
Deadline: 31 March 2010
 No entry fees charged
HOW In-HOWse Design Awards (HOW Magazine – USA)
Deadline: 15 April 2010
Late Deadline: 10 May 2010 (with late fees)
 Entry fees charged
Golden Bee 9: Moscow International Biennale of Graphic Design (Golden Bee – Russia)
Deadline: 15 April 2010 
No entry fees charged

Communication Arts Design Competition (Communication Arts – USA)
Deadline: 14 May2010
 Entry fees charged
Communication Arts Advertising Competition (Communication Arts – USA)
Deadline: 14 May 2010
 Entry fees charged
Book of the Year, Volume 3 (Design & Design – France)
Deadline: 30 September 2010 
No entry fees charged
Communication Arts Interactive Competition (Communication Arts – USA)
Deadline: 8 October 2010
 Entry fees charged
Graphis Poster Annual 2011 (Graphis – USA)
Deadline: 30 November 2010
 Entry fees charged

Brett Gilmour

Brett Gilmour Photography

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