AIGA Alaska Annual Statewide Design Awards

Entry Guidelines and Submission Info

ALL ENTRIES MUST HAVE BEEN:

Designed by firms or individuals whose primary business is located in the state of Alaska, including corporate in-house designers and design teams. Entries may be for clients in any market.
Originally published, printed, or circulated between September 1, 2023 and August 31, 2024.

This competition is limited to commercially-produced, printed, interactive, or other media, and considers the design of complete units only. AIGA Alaska will not assume any responsibility or liabilities associated with any content used to display, promote, and/or represent submitted works for The BIG One.

With the exceptions of public service, self promotion, or student pieces, work entered must have been the result of paid creative services in the normal course of business.

Public service work donated to recognized organizations and social causes will be accepted.
Corporate or freelance self-promotional pieces are considered commercial work and eligible for entry if they were published during this year's eligible timeframe.
Student work may only be entered by its respective author who is currently enrolled or was enrolled in an accredited educational institution no more than two (2) years prior to this year's submission period. Student work is limited to creative works done in a classroom environment or otherwise for academic purposes. Students may either be Alaska residents enrolled in institutions within or outside of the state of Alaska or nonresidents enrolled in an Alaskan Educational Institution.

ONLINE ENTRY SUBMISSIONS:

Entries and judging for The BIG One are completed 100% online through a third-party submission portal. We have worked tirelessly to find a vendor each year that offers a streamlined user experience all-around. After entries close, submissions are vetted by the AIGA Board and the judging rounds begin. The first judging round is private, completed by our volunteer judges. The second judging round is the people's choice voting, open to the public, with all votes having to be qualified via Facebook profile or Google login.

For registration on Judgify:

We require your name, phone number, email address, and mailing address—information will only be used for communications regarding The BIG One
Fill in the business name for which you are submitting awards—alternatively you may repeat your name as you would like it to appear if submitting as an individual
If you are submitting on behalf of an agency and then also yourself for freelance work or otherwise, please create unique registration accounts for either submissions or details on the presentations and your awards will be mixed
If you are an active AIGA member, select the option for your discount

For all entries, be prepared to include:

Project name, creative brief (kept within 500 characters), client name, and publication date
Credits for the entire creative team
Be sure to spell check names and titles as this information will appear on the award certificate, the awards presentation, and in the winners gallery online
JPG cover image that is 3000x3000 pixels, preferably 10"x10" at 300dpi
Note: the cover image will be the only image viewable for people's choice voting and will be used for additional presentations as necessary
Up to 4 supplemental attachments encouraged; JPG, PNG, PDF, MP4, and MOV files accepted
If you are uploading a multiple page item (like a book) we suggest you pull select pages out and upload them as JPGs for easy viewing
Videos/interactive pieces may be hosted on an external site with public URL shared in form
If necessary, provide links to publicly accessible campaigns or landing page of live websites and include any applicable usernames and passwords in the ‘Extra’ box so judges can access the entry
Please do not upload any further written material as that component of your entry should be explained in the design brief—or you may opt to include a link to an external portfolio page

NOTES: AVOID COMPLICATED PUNCTUATION! Ampersands, em-dashes, accents, umlauts, etc... rarely translate across the different applications properly. Please stick to periods, commas, quote marks, colons, and semicolons. Aside from the technical difficulties, our jurors will appreciate the simple and clean dialogue. PLEASE, NO HARD RETURNS as they also cause problems with submission information downstream.

ENTRY FEES AND DISCOUNTS:

All payments are processed online through secure, third-party systems.

Standard Entry Fees: Early Bird Rate $40/each, Regular Rate $50/each
Student Work: $15/each, may only be entered by its respective author
Early bird discount applies to all submissions that are paid in full by September 15 - you will be able to edit all entries up until the final deadline of September 30
$10/entry discount for AIGA members

REFUND POLICY:

You must contact event administrators AND withdraw any desired submissions before the submission closing deadline to guarantee a refund. If applicable, you are responsible for transaction fees incurred by third-party processors. If refunds are not automatically granted by the online submission platform, AIGA Alaska will issue the funds manually after the event closes and $5 per entry will be deducted from the refund amount for transaction fees.