The Applied Arts Awards programs are an invaluable opportunity to promote your work to an audience of the best and brightest of our industry, as well as potential clients. With our two decades of awards experience, the Applied Arts Awards are one of the industry's most prestigious recognitions of creative excellence.

Click to see the 2009 Illustration Winners.

Winners and their winning work receive extensive media exposure:

• In the highly-anticipated annual Photography & Illustration Awards issue, complete with full credits, publishing June 2010. This gorgeous reference is kept and read by the Applied Arts readership of 46,000.
• On the very popular Illustration Winners gallery, which attracts more than 120,000 visitors annually.
• At the well-attended Winners' Exhibit in Toronto, with an exclusive invitation-only opening reception for senior design and advertising creatives, as well as your fellow winners.
• Lastly, all winners will receive a suitable-for-framing Applied Arts Winners Certificate, an enduring testament to your accomplishment.

The Judging Process:

Each entry is judged by an international panel of highly regarded industry professionals and experts, based on creative merit, technical excellence and suitability for end use. Discussion is not permitted and judges cannot vote on their own work. 

Past judges of the Photography & Illustration Awards have included Phil Copithorne (creative director at KARO), Reanna Evoy (art director of enRoute Magazine), Nellie Kim (associate creative director at john st.) and Martin Beauvais (Creative Director at Zig).

Entry Fees:

Entry fees range from $50 to $75 (fees vary depending on Single or Series and the category entered). To receive more information on our 2011 Photography & Illustration Awards as it becomes available, visit our Info Request page. Full details and pricing will also be available on the contest microsite when the 2011 Photography & Illustration Awards are launched.

Categories include: Advertising Illustration, Architectural Illustration, Cartoon/Comic Illustration, CD/DVD Illustration, Complete Book, Complete Calendar, Conceptual Illustration, Corporate Illustration, Cover (magazine, book, newspaper), Editorial Section (magazine, newspaper), Fashion & Beauty, Graphic Novel, Limited Edition/Gallery Prints, Miscellaneous Illustration, Motion/Animation, Packaging Illustration, Photo Illustration, Portrait Illustration, Poster Illustration, Retail Applications, Self-Promotion, Unpublished/Personal