GRADE 5: Call for Entries

AIGA GRADE 2009 awards acceptance of entries:

January 26–30, 2009

Click here for a printable version of these details.

Click here to meet the GRADE5 judges.

Deadline/Delivery

If mailed, entries must be received no later than January 30, 2009. Your entries may be dropped off from 9 am – 5 pm the week of January 26 – 30, 2009, at, or mailed to:

BW Wilson Paper Company, Inc
ATTN: GRADE 5
2501 Brittons Hill Road
Richmond, VA 23230
800.868.2868 or 804.358.6715

Entry Categories*

1. Advertising (television, print, outdoor and web)
2. Collateral Materials (annual reports, brochures, booklets, catalogs, flyers and newsletters)
3. Corporate Identity Programs/Client Image (larger packages)
4. Logos, Icons and Stationery (smaller packages: logos by themselves, a business card with logo, letterhead, etc.)
5. Direct Mail, Direct Response and Sales Promotion (2D and 3D, POP)
6. Editorial/Publication Design (publication covers, spreads and overall design)
7. Environmental/Exhibit Design (displays, signs, trade shows, installations)
8. Interactive Media (CD-Roms, kiosks, websites, DVDs)
9. Miscellaneous (shirts, hats, buttons, cards, calendars, invites, announcements, postcards)
10. Self-promotion (any items created to promote your own business or for artistic purposes)
11. Posters
12. Packaging (CDs and consumer goods, etc.)
13. Photography
14. Illustration
15. Student Design
16. Student Illustration
17. Student Interactive

All award-winning work will be exhibited on the March 20, 2009. Awards will be given to Best of Show, Best in Category, Judge’s Choice (each judge will select a single entrant for special recognition) and Awards of Merit. Student work is not eligible for Best in Show.

* AIGA Richmond reserves the right to recategorize the entries, to create new categories and to eliminate categories if appropriate.

Eligibility

All work must have been concepted and created in the state of Virginia and either printed, published, aired or broadcasted live online for the first time between January 22, 2007, and January 30, 2009. Student work must have been created during this time frame.

“Publication” denotes any piece presented in a form of mass media exposed to a substantial audience. All entries become the property of AIGA Richmond and will not be returned. Submission of entries acknowledges the right of AIGA Richmond to copy or display the entries for the purposes of judging, exhibition and promotion of GRADE. No repeat entries from previous GRADE competitions are allowed.

Preparation of Entries

• Each submission package must include a completed Master Entry Form and payment together in an envelope clearly labeled “Entry Fees.” An Individual Entry Form must be attached to each single entry or campaign within the submission package. No substitute forms will be accepted (see Entry Forms below). Be certain to credit all persons involved in the creation of the piece. AIGA Richmond will not be responsible for incorrect/incomplete credit information. You will be contacted via email to confirm that we have received your entries.
• Each entry is to be left unmounted, unless the project was created in that manner.
• Photographs of any 3-dimensional entries, such as packaging, exhibit design, etc., are acceptable but must not exceed 16" x 20".
• For interactive work, include a printout of home page with URL.
• Additionally, a JPEG of each entry is required. Image size should be 72 dpi, with the longest side being 1024 pixels. JPEGS may be place on the same CD and labeled with agency/firm information.

Award of Excellence trophies and certificates will be awarded at the GRADE exhibition and ceremony on March 20, 2009, at the Virginia Historical Society. Award winners and honorees will not be notified prior to event.

Entry Forms

Download PDFs of both the Master and Individual Entry Forms.

Both forms can be viewed, completed, saved and printed using the free software, Acrobat Reader. For best results, download forms to desktop and open in Acrobat or Acrobat Reader. Interactive fields may not work in your internet browser.

Entry Fees

* A campaign consists of three or more pieces in a single project.

SPECIAL: Receive one free ticket to the awards ceremony for each group of 5 entries you submit! (A campaign counts as one entry.) Click here for award ceremony ticket information.

Payment Info

Payment may be made by check, cash or credit card. Make checks payable to AIGA Richmond. If you would like confirmation of receipt, include your email address. For questions, concerns, or special accommodations, send an email to grade5@richmond.aiga.org.