For over 35 years, Applied Arts Media has been the go-to destination for creative advice, insight and inspiration. The Applied Arts Awards celebrate innovative creativity, and capture the current visual arts landscape in Canada and beyond.
It's time to be recognized for your hard work
The Applied Arts Awards competition is an international recognition of creative excellence for professional, personal/unpublished and student work. Applied Arts is Canada's leading voice for visual communicators, so being published as a winner is your best opportunity to promote your work across Canada and beyond.
For 30 years the Applied Arts Awards competition have recognized the creative work and set the bar for creative excellence in visual arts, including creative advertising, design photography, illustration, and interactive.
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2023 Call for Entry Launch: November 14, 2022
Deadline: February 3, 2023
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2023 Call for Entry Launch: November 14, 2022
Deadline: February 3, 2023
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2023 Call for Entry Launch: November 14, 2022
Deadline: March 10, 2023
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2023 Call for Entry Launch: November 14, 2022
Deadline: May 5, 2023
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2022 Call for Entry OPEN
New Deadline: September 12, 2022
News
Reduced to a number? Nuh-uh!
September 23, 2022
Daughter Creative, a Calgary based advertising agency, launched their first campaign for connectFirst, a locally owned and operated credit union with 42 locations across Southern Alberta. The launch began with a TV spot on September 12, 2022, with Ci ...
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Communing with 2022 Design Awards Community Winners
September 16, 2022
Jon Allison, RGD resides in Kingston, Ont. is an-award winning creative director and founder of Backcountry Branding, where he helps brands stand out through strategic positioning and memorable identity systems. While Jon has many awards under his be ...
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Introducing a marketplace for video footage and photography
September 12, 2022
Sponsored by Northern Canada covers nearly 50% of Canada's total land area, but only accounts for less than 1% of Canada's population. The new photo and video footage platform Arcticstock is a unique resource offering photos and videos from ...
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Taking the pulse with 2022 Young Bloods Sophia Wilby and Nate Houseley
September 7, 2022
We reached out to the creative duo Sophia Wilby and Nate Houseley 2021 Applied Arts Advertising Young Blood Award winners to find out more about their creative process on their multiple-award winning campaign "Receats" for client Good Fortune. The ca ...
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Thirty years of celebrating creative excellence, the summer issue is a double-Awards Annual showcasing the incredible talent from the 2022 Photography, Illustration and Design Awards winners.
Click here to read more about the issue or where you can pick up the creative industries lookbook.