Organizer

Communication Arts magazine

Location

Global (Online competition)

Deadline

• Regular Deadline: September 12, 2025
• Late Entry Deadline: September 26, 2025 (requires a late fee of $10 per entry)

Competition Category The competition celebrates the best use of typography as the primary visual element in design and advertising, plus new typeface designs, calligraphy and hand lettering . Categories include:

• Advertising
• Brochures
• Posters
• Ephemera (e.g., invitations, greeting cards)
• Packaging
• Books
• Periodicals
• Digital Media
• Environmental
• Identity (e.g., logos)
• Motion
• Typeface Design
• Calligraphy/Hand Lettering
• Miscellaneous
• Unpublished
• Student Work

Eligibility Unlimited (Any typographic project first published or produced from September 2024 through September 2025 is eligible) .

• A dedicated category for Student Work is available .
• AI text-to-image generated submissions will not be accepted in this competition .

Entry Fee

Paid.

• Professional: Ranges from $$to\; \$$180 .
• Student Work: Ranges from $$to\; \$$90 .

• Entries submitted after September 12, 2025, require a late fee of $10 per entry .

Prizes/Awards

• There is no cash prize .
• Each winning entrant will receive a personalized Award of Excellence, milled from solid aluminum .
• Award certificates are issued for firms, individuals, and clients .
• Winning entries are distributed worldwide in the Communication Arts Typography Annual, in print and digital editions, and on commarts.com, assuring important exposure .

Core Introduction

The Communication Arts Typography Competition celebrates the best use of typography as the primary visual element in design and advertising, plus new typeface designs, calligraphy and hand lettering . Winning entries are selected by a jury of leading design professionals, and being chosen is one of the most-coveted awards in the industry .