Over the years we found ourselves searching the internet for competitions to submit work for SmashBrand. What we noticed was the lack of a single source of information for CPG packaging design awards and competitions.
Here is a curated list of packaging design competitions we’ve found over the years, and we hope this helps other agencies, freelancers, and students find and submit their best work. We are on the judging panel for several of these awards, and it is always inspiring to see the incredible talent from around the world.
We will do our best to keep this list accurate and updated with the latest competitions that we find. If you see one that we’ve missed and is worth mentioning, please send us an email.
American Graphic Design Awards
http://contests.gdusa.com/competitions
Davey Awards
D&AD Next Director Award
https://www.dandad.org/en/d-ad-awards/
DRIVENxDESIGN Berlin Design Awards:
https://drivenxdesign.com/BRL17/default.asp
DRIVENxDESIGN London Design Awards
https://drivenxdesign.com/LON17/
DRIVENxDESIGN NOW Awards
https://drivenxdesign.com/NOW/default.asp
DRIVENxDESIGN Melbourne Design Awards
https://drivenxdesign.com/mel18/Default.asp
Good Design Australia
The Drum Design Awards
http://www.thedrumdesignawards.com
DRIVENxDESIGN Sydney Design Awards
https://drivenxdesign.com/SYD17/
Hong Kong Design Awards
https://drivenxdesign.com/hkg18/Default.asp
make me! Competition
http://makeme.lodzdesign.com/en/home-page/
European Design Awards
D&AD Awards
https://www.dandad.org/en/d-ad-awards/
ADC Annual Awards
Communication Arts Illustration Competition
https://www.commarts.com/competition/2019-illustration
TDC Typeface Design Competition
The International Biennale of Graphic Design
AIGA (re)design awards
http://aigaredesignawards.com/
Creative Circle Awards
http://www.creativecircle.co.uk
eurobest Awards
https://www.eurobest.com/awards
Latin American Design Awards
A’ Design Award & Competition
Vega Awards
Creativity International Print & Packaging
HOW International Design Awards
Communication Arts Typography Competition
https://www.commarts.com/competition/2019-typography
AGDA Design Awards
Estonian Design Awards
https://www.eestidisainiauhinnad.ee/konkurss
D&AD Impact Awards
https://www.dandad.org/en/d-ad-awards/
German Design Award
https://www.german-design-award.com/
Summit Marketing Effectiveness Award
https://summitawards.com/marketing-effectiveness-award/about-mea/
DRIVENxDESIGN GOV Design Awards
https://drivenxdesign.com/GOV17/
ascenders
DRIVENxDESIGN New York Design Awards
https://drivenxdesign.com/NYC18/default.asp
Fast Company Innovation By Design Awards
https://www.fastcodesign.com/apply/innovation-by-design
Communication Arts Design Competitions
https://www.commarts.com/competitions
Creativity International Media & Interactive Awards
Cannes Lions Awards
Summit Creative Award
https://summitawards.com/summit-creative-awards
Good Design Award
Muse Creative Awards
International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA)
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