GCW Poster Contest

Graphic Communications Week
2013 Poster Design Contest

Sponsored by the
International Graphic Arts Education Association, Inc. (IGAEA)

• Theme: The poster must be designed for Graphic Communications Week which typically

revolves around Benjamin Franklin’s birthday (January 17). The theme could encompass anything that symbolizes the power and importance

of printed communications.

• Eligibility: Students from any secondary or post-secondary school are eligible.

Work must be submitted through a Current IGAEA Member.

• Prizes: $300 for the first prize winner.

Additional amounts will be awarded for second and third prize winners.

If more than one student created a winning design, the prize money

will be divided among the students.

Open the attached PDF file for Information and Design Requirements

IGAEA Logos

Thank you for your interest in the Graphic Communications Week Poster Design Contest.

Below are eps files of the IGAEA logo. You may use any one of the four logos.

Please note that the official colors of IGAEA are PMS 199, PMS 286 and Black.

Just a reminder; all poster submissions must come from a current IGAEA Educator Member.

2012 Winning Poster
Created by Jesse Ward, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology, Lancaster PA

2011 Winning Poster
Created by Christopher Yankey ~ College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout MO

2010 Winning Poster
Created by Susan Waltz ~ Western Technical College, La Cross WI

2009 Winning Poster
Created by Jake Stoltzfus ~ Thaddeus Stevens College, Lancaster PA