Design Competitions
Communication Arts 2021 Illustration Competition
The Communication Arts' 2021 Competition is now open for submissions. Selected by a nationally representative jury of distinguished designers, art directors and illustrators, the winning entries will be distributed worldwide in the Communication Arts Illustration Annual, in print and digital editions.
eVolo 2021 Skyscraper Competition
eVolo Magazine is inviting architects, students, engineers, designers, and artists from around the globe to take part in the 2021 Skyscraper Competition.
American Architecture Awards 2021
The American Architecture Awards honor the best, new significant buildings and landscape and planning projects designed and/or built in the United States and abroad by the most important american architects and planners practicing nationally and internationally.
The Create Fund
Shutterstock has launched a $300,000 grant program that will provide financial and professional support for artists around the globe focusing on diversity, inclusion, social justice and environmental awareness through the content they create.
Global Design Awards 2021
The SEGD Global Design Awards honor design work that connects people to place by providing direction, storytelling, and compelling experiences in public spaces.
RTF Awards 2021
The Rethinking The Future Awards celebrates the world's best architecture, spaces & products and is designed specifically to engage the public with architecture.
World Illustration Awards 2021
The 2021 World Illustration Awards is now open for submissions. Organized by the Association of Illustrators (AOI), this competition aims to showcase the great work being made by illustrators all over the world.
Parliamentary Precinct Redevelopment in Ottawa
The goal of the competition is to provide a cohesive design solution and to redevelop the site into an efficient complex of buildings.
Red Dot Award: Product Design 2021
The Red Dot Award: Product Design, whose origins date back to 1955, appraises the best products created every year.
Design Ventura
Design Ventura is a design & enterprise challenge for secondary schools in the UK. The free competition invites schoolchildren aged 13-16 to design a product that improves everyday life by addressing social, educational or environmental issues.
AZ Awards 2021
The 11th edition of AZURE Magazine's international architecture and design competition, the AZ Awards, is now open for submissions.
Telly Awards 2021
The Telly Awards, the world's largest honor for video and television across all screens, has opened its 42nd annual call for entries with a host of new and expanded categories.
Type Directors Club 2021 Scholarships
The Type Directors Club is now calling for entries for its two annual scholarship programs that recognize excellence in female-identifying and BIPOC students.
New York Festivals 2021 Advertising Awards
The New York Festivals Advertising Awards competition receives entries from over 60 countries and are judged by 400+ members of NYF's Executive Jury and Grand Jury who collectively cast their votes to select the World's Best Advertising.
C-IDEA Design Award 2020
The C-IDEA Design Award is an annual juried design competition that aims to recognize and promote visionary talents in a wide array of categories ranging from communication design, industrial design, architecture, interior design, fashion design and new media.
A' Design Award 2021
The A' Design Award aims to create a global appreciation and awareness for good design by promoting the very best design work from all design disciplines and all countries.
Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition 2021
The 28th Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition is now open for submissions. This annual competition recognizes the exceptional work of North American architects and designers who feature Italian ceramic tiles in their institutional, residential or commercial spaces.
Penguin Student Design Award 2021
The Penguin Student Design Award, now in its 15th year, aims to discover and nurture the next generation of design and illustration talent.
KyronMAX Challenge
The Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials KyronMAX Challenge invites creatives to share designs that utilize KyronMAX's range of breakthrough, high strength carbon fiber-based composites to solve an engineering or manufacturing challenge.
D&AD Awards 2021
D&AD has opened entries for the 2021 Awards. Recognized globally as the ultimate creative accolade, the D&AD Awards have inspired the creative community since 1962 by celebrating and stimulating the finest in design and advertising.
Students Reinventing Cities
Students Reinventing Cities is a pioneering competition that will enable students and universities from across the globe to share their vision for green and thriving neighborhoods.
One Show 2021
The One Show is the world's most prestigious award show in advertising, design and digital marketing. For over 40 years, the Gold Pencil has been regarded as one of the top prizes in the creative industry. The One Show has had a rich legacy of honoring some of the most groundbreaking ideas, created by some of the most remarkable minds in creativity.
ADC 100th Annual Awards
The ADC Annual Awards is the world's longest continuously running awards program recognizing global excellence in craft and innovation in all forms of advertising and design. This year presents creatives from around the world with the once-a-century opportunity to be part of history by winning a coveted ADC Cube in the prestigious show's 100th awards season.
Design Reset: New Dreams for a New World
On the occasion of its 90th anniversary, Pininfarina has launched an international design competition that challenges students from all around the world to create something that expresses their dreams for the future.
Future Lions 2021
Future Lions, AKQA's annual global competition to unearth the next generation of creative talent, is now open for entries.
Architizer A+Awards 2021
The 9th Annual Architizer A+Awards is now open for submissions. The Awards program aims to honor the year's best buildings and spaces from around the globe.
Restaurant & Bar Design Awards 2021
Entries are now open for the 2021 Restaurant & Bar Design Awards, an international competition dedicated to excellence in hospitality design.
Biomimicry Global Design Challenge 2021
The 2021 Biomimicry Global Design Competition challenges participants to create a nature-inspired innovation (a product, service, or system) that aligns with one or more of the Sustainable Development Goals, while incorporating all three elements of biomimicry into their proposed solution.
World Design Impact Prize 2021
The World Design Impact Prize aims to recognize industrial design-driven projects that have a positive impact on our social, economic, cultural or environmental quality of life.
Pro Carton Young Designers Award 2021
The Pro Carton Young Designers Award is now open for submissions. The Award is free to enter and open to all students studying in Europe.