Communication Arts - Typography Competition 2025

Typography Competition Categories

These categories are judged by the Typography jury and will appear in the Typography Annual:

• Advertising: print/out-of-home advertising, advertising posters, direct mail, etc.
• Brochures: annual reports, brochures, catalogs, corporate literature, etc.
• Posters: concert, performance, exhibition, theater, gallery, etc.
• Ephemera: invitations, announcements, greeting cards, etc.
• Packaging: labels, shopping bags, audio/video/software packaging, etc.
• Books: covers and complete books.
• Periodicals: magazines, newspapers, newsletters, etc.
• Digital Media: websites, blogs, mobile applications, etc.
• Environmental: signage, environmental graphics, museum/tradeshow graphics, etc.
• Identity: logos/trademarks, business papers, collateral, etc.
• Motion: movie/network/program titles, television commercials, web videos, animations, etc.
• Typeface Design: commercially available typefaces and type families.
• Calligraphy/Hand Lettering: hand-drawn type for commercial purposes.
• Miscellaneous: apparel, products for sale, etc.
• Unpublished: experimental/personal work not published.
• Student Work: work created for school assignments.

How to Enter

All competition entries are processed through our online competition system.

Before you begin the process of entering a competition, please have the following information and materials ready. This will make the process go quickly.

• Your contact information for registration and notification.
• Title and basic credits for each project.
• Digital files of work you want to submit. See below for file specs.

Entries can be submitted in the following formats:

• Digital Images: Must be RGB in JPG or JPEG format with a maximum file size of 2MB.
• Video Entries: Must be in MOV, MP4, MPG or MPEG format, with a maximum file size of 500MB.
• PDF Entries: Must have a maximum file size of 50MB.

Typeface designs must show a complete character set and a sample setting. Type families must show a complete character set and a sample setting for each variant. Each variant must fit on a single image or page of a PDF.

All entrants grant Communication Arts the right to reproduce work selected in the Typography Competition on the Communication Arts website and in materials used to promote the magazine, the competition and/or future related promotions.

Forms and Entry Fees

Once you have completed the registration process, a PDF with a receipt or invoice will be generated. 

We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover and PayPal through our online competition system. Charges for your entry fees will appear on your statement as (“Commarts”). We also accept checks, international money orders and wire transfers. Make checks payable to Communication Arts. Non-United States contestants wishing to pay by check must send a check in U.S. funds drafted on a U.S. bank. Please include a copy of your invoice with the check or money order. Please note on wire transfers: We require an additional fee of $25 (U.S.) to cover fees charged by the banks to process the transfer. If you would like to pay via Wire Transfer, please contact us at competition@commarts.com  for bank information.

Refund Policy

All entry submissions are final and entry fees are nonrefundable.

Mail checks to:

Communication Arts Typography Competition
PO Box 889
Belmont, CA 94002
USA

(Via United States Mail, FedEx, UPS, etc. Entrants submitting from outside the U.S. please use an international courier.)

Notification of Acceptance

Only accepted entrants will be notified within two months after the final deadline date due to the number of entries we receive. Complete credits and any necessary material for the best possible reproduction in the Annual will be requested at that time.

Questions

If you have any other questions you can reach us by:

Email: competition@commarts.com 
Phone: (650) 326-6040