Review the rules and guidelines for entry submission below. Then when you're ready, register online here. Good luck!
How to enter
For printed work, please submit one copy of the finished piece, unmounted but well protected.
For three-dimensional work that measures less than 48" combined length, width and depth please submit one copy, unmounted but well protected. For larger three-dimensional work, see the oversized section.
For photography work or high res prints submit one copy, mounted or unmounted, but well protected.
For oversized (larger than 36" x 48"), environmental designs or large three-dimensional work submit once copy of a high-resolution photo or print (mounted or unmounted) of your piece, well protected.
Website entries MUST be submitted by entering a URL through our online registration system. Work submitted without a functioning URL for review will not be judged.
For interactive and motion graphic entries, a functioning url is preferred. However, we will accept entries on portable media such as a flash drive or dvd.
For mobile apps and games, please submit with an emulator on either a web page or on a drive, or through a submitted video of the app or game being used.
Variations of one entry (e.g., packaging for different flavors or sizes of the same product, the different components of a stationery system) are considered a single entry. Please limit to five components.
Series entries comprise systems of three or more applications (e.g., identity, annual report, signage, television advertisement and website) for the same client and project, to be judged collectively as one entry in the same category. Please limit to five components.
Categories
It is recommend that each entry be entered into the one category that you think your entry fits most accurately in terms of its purpose. You may choose to enter the same piece in more than one category. Please be aware that you'll be required to pay a separate fee for submitting to each category, even if the entry is the same. Ultimately, the entry is eligible to win an award in only one category. Judges retain the right to reclassify entries from one category to another or to select only components of the submission for honors.
All work created while attending school must be submitted in this category. Work created while at professional internships must be entered into the professional categories.
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Announcements + Cards Branding + Identity Corporate Communications Editorial Design Environmental Design & Signage Experimental Interactive Illustration Information Graphics Micro Sites Mobile Games & Applications Motion Graphics Personal & Non-Commercial |
Online Campaigns, Ads & Promotions Package Design Photography Promotional + Advertising Public Service + Pro-Bono Social Media Student Sustainable Design Typeface Design Websites: Business & Corporate Websites: Consumer |
Entry Fees
AIGA Members:
Single Entries: $35 per entry
Series Entries*: $45 per series
Late Fee**: $15 per entry
Exhibition & Printing Fee***: $30 per selected entry
Non-Members::
Single Entries: $50 per entry
Series Entries*: $60 per series
Late Fee**: $15 per entry
Exhibition & Printing Fee***: $50 per selected entry
Student Members:
Single Entries: $15 per entry
Series Entries*: $20 per series
Late Fee**: $10 per entry
Exhibition & Printing Fee***: $15 flat fee
Students must be members to enter work into A7. All work created while attending school must be submitted in this category. Work created while at professional internships must be entered into the professional categories.
*Series Entry: Any one project with more than three individual components that collectively comprise one entry in any one category. This does not include business correspondence and identity systems.
**Late Entry: Entries submitted after April 11 and before the extended deadline of April 18.
***Exhibition & Printing Fees: Payable after notification of selection. This fee offsets part of AIGA KC's production costs for inclusion of your work in the the A7 Design Book, to exhibit at the Awards Gala and to post on our online gallery.
Physical Submissions
Upon registration and online payment, please print out two copies of the entry form (keeping one for your records, and including one with your physical entry). Also print out the entry coupons (with unique project code). An entry coupon must be taped to each piece of an entry. This allows entries to be tracked throughout the judging and maintain anonymity. Include the contact registration form with your entries.
Payment
Entries may only be paid by credit card through the online registration system. No checks will be accepted. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Please make one payment for all entries. We are unable to return entry submissions for any category.
Delivery Address
Please mail or deliver all entries to:
AIGA A7 Awards
AIGA Kansas City | AIA Office
1801 McGee, Suite 100
Kansas City, MO 64108
Note: All entry packages must be clearly marked AIGA A7 Awards or they will be disqualified.
Deadlines
Deadline: 04.11.2011, no later than 5 p.m.
Late Entry Deadline: 04.18.2011, no later than 5 p.m. (Late fees apply)
The AIGA office is generally open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
People's Choice Award
For the second year running, after the judges make their picks, we turn it over to you and the entire KC creative community to select their favorites through online voting. Participation in the PCA is entirely optional but highly rewarding. Just submit a single digital image of your project during the online entry process to become eligible.
Just submit a single digital image of your professional project during the online entry process to become eligible. For website, interactive, motion and mobile app pieces–we recommend submitting one image that shows multiple frames or pages of the piece. Student entries are eligible for the People’s Choice Award but will compete with all entries, including professional entries.
Winners will be announced at the A7 Gala. Good luck, and may the people be with you!
Notification
Notification letters will be sent in the summer of 2011. The list of the jury's selections will be posted on the AIGA KC website after our awards gala in the Fall of 2011. If you are notified that the jurors have selected your entry, we may require additional copies of it for photographing and exhibition. We regret that additional copies of the entries cannot be returned. Please refrain from submitting an entry if you will be unable to send us one additional copy of it if selected.
Reproduction Permission
Entrants submitting work to the AIGA Kansas City A7 Design Competition and Exhibition acknowledge the right of AIGA Kansas City to use accepted work for reproduction on our website, on printed materials relating to the awards and for AIGA Kansas City educational and promotional purposes. Entrants also acknowledge AIGA Kansas City's right to display their work in exhibitions. Further, People's Choice Award entrants acknowledge AIGA Kansas City's right to conduct online voting, to publish voting results and images, and the right to use it for any non-commercial purpose and with appropriate attribution as to its creator and/or source.
Winning Entries
Winning entries will receive local and national exposure through the AIGA KC online awards gallery, the A7 Design Annual, and will be honored at the A7 awards gala and exhibition in the Fall of 2011. Winners may be asked to provide additional copies or high-resolution digital files of their winning entry for use in the exhibition. An exhibition fee per winning entry will be applied to help cover exhibition costs.
Eligibility
All entries must have been published/produced after April 2010.
Questions
For further information, please contact : kcdesignawards@kansascity.aiga.org
About AIGA
AIGA, the professional association for design, is committed to furthering excellence in design as a broadly defined discipline, strategic tool for business and a vital cultural force. AIGA is the place design professionals turn to first to exchange ideas and information, participate in critical analysis and research, and advance education and ethical practice.
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