The deadline for entries to this year’s Print, Design & Marketing Awards has been extended until 22 May, with the entry requirements also streamlined. 

The awards are a celebration of the very best those working in print, design and marketing can offer. Taking place in an unrivalled location, the Silver Sturgeon, and are open to great work from printers of all disciplines, regardless of size, wealth or reputation.

The winners will be announced at a gala lunch event and cruise on the River Thames aboard the Silver Sturgeon in London on 9 July, 2020. 

All the entries will be assessed by an independent panel of industry experts who will make their judgements based on production quality, creativity and innovation in the following categories:

  • Best multi-channel campaign
  • Books and booklets
  • Creative use of substrates
  • Direct mail
  • Finishing
  • Graphic design
  • Green company of the year
  • Hardback books incorporating photobooks
  • Innovation in labels
  • Magazines and catalogues
  • Report and accounts
  • Special effects
  • Wide and super-wide format

Entries into the ‘Innovation in labels’ category are sought that are examples of novel design, exceptional print quality and/or innovation in finishing that add value, appeal and impact to labels.

The closing date for entries this year was initially 1 May,  but in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, this has been extended until 22 May, 2020. Find out more and submit your entries here. Download the entry form here.

To enter, all that is needed is a completed (as much as possible) online entry form, and samples with any other supporting information able to be provided later.

The location entries should be sent to has also changed. Please contact Chloe Ward (chloe.w@whitmar.co.uk) for full details.

Read more about finishing and embellishment in the March/April issue of Digital Labels & Packaging; register here to receive the magazine