Submission Criteria

• All entered work must have been produced between Jan. 1, 2011 and Dec. 31, 2011 and must have been produced in Canada.
• All entry forms are completed and submitted online.
• Submit actual hard-copy versions of work for the following categories: Identity Applications, Advertising Design: Print, Print Editorial, Print Design, Packaging, Typography, Miscellaneous, and those same elements within the larger category of Campaigns.
• Submit digital photographs of work for the following categories: Logos, Advertising Design: Outdoor, Environmental Design, as well as oversized posters entered in the Miscellaneous category, those same elements within the larger category of Campaigns, and for work which hard-copy originals cannot be provided. Photographs should be saved as RGB (not CMYK) JPG format (max. 1024 pixels x 768 pixels at 300 DPI).
• Submit a URL link for work in the category of Web Design and a URL link with back-end promo code for work in the category of Mobile Design.
• All mailed-in pieces should be accompanied with a print out of the corresponding entry form.
• Entries and submissions cannot be returned once entered.
• Any entries in languages other than French or English must include a brief English translation.
• By submitting entries, you permit Design Edge Canada to publish your entered work in print and online for related promotional purposes.
• Judges may disqualify an entry or change the category or region of an entry after deliberation; entrants will be notified of any changes.
• All judges’ decisions are final.

Mail Entries to:
Regional Design Awards
8-1606 Sedlescomb Drive
Mississauga ON L4X 1M6

Category Requirements

1. NEW! Campaigns: Includes print and online collateral, packaging, stationery, print brochures and advertising, outdoor advertising, websites, posters, mobile apps, etc… created as part of a branding, identity, promotional, event or advertising campaign. A minimum of four to a maximum of eight elements may be submitted and counted as one entry. Submit outdoor advertising elements as digital photographs, RGB JPG format (max. 1024 pixels x 768 pixels at 300 DPI). Submit website elements as URL links. Submit mobile app elements as URL links with promo code. Mail all other elements.

2. Logos: Logos must be submitted online (NEW!). Please submit an image in RGB JPG format (max. 1024 pixels x 768 pixels at 300 DPI).

3. Identity applications: Includes print collateral, stationery, apparel, tchotchkes, and other applications of the logo. Up to five pieces may be submitted and counted as one entry. For example, a single entry can include one each of letterhead, business card, and an envelope. Pieces should be unmounted.

4. Advertising design, print: Includes direct mail, magazine single, magazine spread, newspaper single, newspaper spread. Submit trimmed tearsheets or proofs up to maximum size of 18” x 24”. For print pieces larger than 18” x 24”, please submit a JPG file with resolution of 1024 pixels x 768 pixels at 300dpi.

5. Advertising design, outdoor: Includes out-of-home, point-of-purchase, transit ads, billboards, vehicle wraps. Pieces may be entered individually or as a series. Up to 5 digital photographs of the outdoor advertising series may be submitted as a single entry. Photographs should be saved as RGB (not CMYK) JPG format (max. 1024 pixels x 768 pixels at 300 DPI). Themed environments, animated billboards, and other environmental projects that contain moving parts may be submitted as QuickTime video. Please provide URL link to view.

6. Editorial: Includes magazine or newspaper single, spread, section, cover, entire issue. Magazine and newspaper singles or spreads should be submitted as a complete set of tearsheets or proofs, up to a maximum size of 18” x 24”. If you are submitting a complete issue, please submit it in a bound form. Do not separate it into tear sheets.

7. Print design: Includes books, brochures, catalogues, annual reports, reports, and other bound print projects. Submit a complete issue in bound form. Do not separate into tear sheets.

8. Web design: Includes websites. Submit a URL link.