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Enter your work in the HOW International Design Awards. Winning entries will be featured in the 2012 HOW Design Annual, showcased in our online competition gallery archive and displayed in the Gallery of Stars at HOW Design Live.

Plus, One Best of Show winner will win free registration, airfare and hotel accommodations for the 2012 HOW Design Live conference – the biggest design event ever and an award to be presented at the conference. All other winners will get a $100 discount to the 2012 HOW Design Conference.

Judges
Steve Gordon, Jr.
Principal of RDQLUS Creative
Omaha, NE
www.rdqlus.com

Mary Zalla
Managing Director at Landor
Cincinnati
www.landor.com

Ann Willoughby
President & Chief Creative Officer of Willoughby Design
Kansas City, MO
www.willoughbydesign.com

How to enter US International Design Awards

1. You can register your entry online or download a printable entry form. Be sure to enter all of the relevant information online or type/print the Entry Form completely. This information will be reproduced in the magazine exactly as submitted if you are selected as a winner.
2. Send 2 well-protected and unmounted samples. No slides or digital images on disk please.
3. Credit all persons involved in the creation of the piece. HOW isn’t responsible for incorrect, illegible or incomplete credit information.
4. Describe the objective and the results of your entry in 100 words or less and include the description online or with the Entry Form (optional but strongly suggested).
5. Securely attach a copy of the Entry Form to the back of each sample of your entry.
6. If you registered your entry online and chose to pay by check, please include the check with your entries. If you are using the printable entry form, please include 2 copies of the Payment Form section.

The Categories of US International Design Awards
Designs may be entered in more than one category. Submit a separate entry and payment for each category.

* annual reports
* brochures/catalogs/flyers
* covers/jackets (magazines, books, etc.)
* editorial (magazines and book spreads or total format)
* environmental graphics
* illustration/photography
* invitations/announcements/greeting cards
* letterhead/identity
* logos
* miscellaneous (style guides, menus, complex promos, etc.)
* packaging (consumer goods, CDs, etc.)
* posters
* print advertising
* student work
* 3D objects (gifts, wearables, calendars, 3D promos, etc.)

The US International Design Awards Deadline
Work must have been created between Sept. 2, 2010 and Sept.1, 2011. We do not accept videos, CD-ROMs, DVDs, websites or other interactive work, or digital images or slides of print work. All digital work is eligible in our Interactive Design Awards.

* Single entry—$65 (stationery systems are counted as single entries)
* Campaign/Series—$90 (three or more pieces from a single system)
* Student Single Entry—$35
* Student Campaign/Series—$55 (three or more pieces from a single system)

*A campaign is a single project involving multiple components that are all developed and designed at the same time as part of a cohesive set.

Examples include:

* A set of posters and brochure that promote an entire theater season
* A group of related product packages that includes different flavor variations OR a packaging system that includes multiple formats like cans, bottles and boxes
* An identity for a retail store that includes business cards, hang tags and shopping bags

All entries must be registered online or postmarked no later than August 15, 2011. Online entries must be completed before 11:59 p.m. EST or late fees will apply. Entries registered online or postmarked after August 15 will be charged a late fee of $35 per entry. Entries registered online or postmarked after September 1, 2011, will not be accepted.

Payment Information
Makes checks payable (in U.S. funds drawn on a U.S. bank) to F+W Media, Inc.. Payment must accompany entries. Entries received without payment will be disqualified. Entry fees are non-refundable. One check may be used to cover multiple entries if all entries are submitted in the same package. Credit card charges will appear on your statement as “F+W Contest” within 90 days of the contest deadline.

Mail to:
HOW International Design Awards
4700 East Galbraith Road
Cincinnati, OH 45236 USA

website: http://www.howdesign.com/design-competitions/international-design-awards/