Call For Entries

You are hereby invited to enter your best printed pieces in the 2002 International Gallery of Superb Printing.


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Eligibility

The Gallery is open to any individual or firm associated with the graphic arts industry. We place no restriction on the production date of an individual entry as long as it has not been previously entered in the International Gallery of Superb Printing

Entry Deadline

The entry deadline is May 15, 2002. We will accept entries from November 1, 2001 through May 15, 2002. We appreciate early shipment of your entries so that we can process them in an orderly fashion. We know that our friends in the industry are very busy and sometimes need a little extra time to enter. Therefore, for entries received after the May 15, 2002 deadline, there will be an additional charge of $5 (U.S. funds) for late entries. We will not accept entries shipped later than June 15, 2002.

Submitting Entries

You do not have to mount your entries. Only the above Entry Form (or a photocopy thereof) is permitted. The IAPHC will not be responsible for incorrect awards caused by illegible or unclear Entry Forms. Each set of entries must be accompanied by a Manifest (enclosed in this publication). If you are entering a piece in more than one category, you must submit separate pieces and pay separate entry fees for each category in which you wish the piece to be entered.

 

Entry Fees

Entries received from IAPHC members and member clubs are $40 each. Entries need not be mounted.  Non-member entries are $75 each.  All entry fees are exclusive of any additional fees levied by an applicable local club's rules. Checks should be made payable to IAPHC and MUST accompany the submitted entries. (If checks or a credit card payment are not included with entries, they will not be judged, so plan accordingly.) All entries become the property of the IAPHC, Inc.
Properly identified entries can be returned to the sender for a fee of 25.00 US per entry to cover shipping and handling costs.

Awards

Each category will be considered for Gold, Silver, Bronze and Honorable Mention awards. All gold winners are eligible for the sponsored Best of the Best Awards. An award will be made to the person, company or club submitting the entry. Please be sure your information and spelling on the Entry Form and Manifest are accurate. One award will be made to each winner, its cost is included in the entry fee. Duplicate awards will be available. We, upon request, will rearrange the credits to give prominence to the person or company to whom you will be presenting the duplicate award. Duplicate award request forms will be attached to each award. Winners will be announced at the IAPHC International Convention to be held in August. The sponsored Best of the Best awards will be presented at this convention. All other awards will be shipped to the individuals listed on the Manifest immediately following the convention.

Categories

The categories are listed on the next page. You should make every attempt to enter your pieces in the proper category. Each entry will have a Process, Product and Color component. However, if you are unsure, fill out the Special Details section of the Entry Form including type of press, ink and other pertinent information and enter the miscellaneous code - or call the IAPHC at 1-800-466-4274. When making determinations about what the color breakdown is, you should remember that each spot color, spot varnish, spot laminate, foil stamp and emboss counts as a separate color. Overall varnishes and overall laminates do not (however they should be noted in the Special Details section). For example: 4/color process, 1 spot PMS, spot gloss varnish, and spot matte varnish would be counted as 7 colors and would be judged against a piece with 4 PMS colors, spot gloss varnish, spot matte varnish and spot laminate

Judging

The International Gallery of Superb Printing will be judged by several panels of printing experts whose experience spans the spectrum of the graphic arts. Entries will be judged on the quality and difficulty of the graphic arts processes used; i.e. ink coverage, intensity of solids, registration, dot structure, paper usage, binding, finishing, degree of difficulty, overall visual appearance and effective communication. The judges reserve the right to reclassify an entry to a more appropriate category. The IAPHC reserves the right to group similar entries regardless of process, product or color classifications. We may also, if merited, award more than one gold, silver or bronze in any category. The judges have the right to withhold all of the awards in any category in which they feel the quality of entries does not merit recognition.