The Best in Web, Interactive + UX Design
Final Deadline: April 15, 2016
We invite you to enter the 2016 American Web Design Awards. This is our annual showcase of the power of design to enhance websites and online communications. Winners receive an embossed Certificate of Excellence. They will also be eligible for publication in our Web Design Annual — in print, digital and online. It’s a great opportunity to be recognized by clients, prospects, colleagues and the community for design excellence in the fastest-growing area of visual communications.
Sponsored by The Creative Group
ENTRY GUIDELINES
Who is Eligible?
Entries may be submitted by any company or individual involved in the creation or production of the work.
What is Eligible?
Entries must have been created between January 1, 2015 and April 1, 2016. entry form preparation Fill in one entry form for each of your submissions. If you are submitting the same piece in more than one category, please include a separate entry form for each category. Please submit the url where we can access your design in the “credit information” section of the entry form. This link will be used to judge your work. If you would like to submit screen captures as well they should be emailed together with your entry form or mailed to us on a CD together with a high quality laser print out of the entry. If there is no link where we can access your designs please submit screen captures on a CD together with a high quality laser print out of the entry. If you are submitting more than one entry, you only need to fill in payment information on the first form.
Entry Form Submission Via Email:
Download the 2016 American Web Design Awards Entry Form
Email your entry form to webawards@gdusa.com.
It is NOT necessary to include your signature if you are submitting your form digitally.
Via Fax:
Fax your completed entry form to 212.696.4564
Mail Entries To:
Graphic Design USA, 89 Fifth Avenue, Suite 901 New York, NY 10003
Attention: Awards Department
Rights + Permissions
Winning entrants grant Graphic Design USA the right to reproduce the winning pieces in the GDUSA Awards Annual. Select winning entries may also appear on gdusa.com and in any and all materials and media produced for promotional purposes.
Categories
1. WEBSITES + MICROSITES
Graphic and interactive design for sites
2. MOBILE + TABLET DESIGN
Graphic and interactive design for handheld devices
3. APPS
Graphic and interactive design for apps
4. SOCIAL MEDIA
Design for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other network sites
5. ADVERTISING + PROMOTION
Ads, marketing and online campaigns
6. ANIMATION/VIDEO
Motion graphics for online applications
New Category!
7. UX/UI
User centered focus and exceptional digital experiences via any digital product including in the categories above. To celebrate this new addition to the competition, for any entry specifically in this category the fee for that specific entry is waived and that entry is free.
8. STUDENT WORK
Contest Entry Fees
Entry Fees
1 Entry . . . . . . . . . $75
2 Entries . . . . . . . $120
3 Entries . . . . . . . $150
4-6 Entries. . . . . . $180
7-10 Entries . . . . . $210
11-15 Entries . . . . $240
16-20 Entries . . . . $275
20+ Entries . . . . . $300
Multiple entries considered to be part of a series or campaign may be submitted as one entry. You may include up to 5 pieces in a series. Please place the entire series in a single folder and attach the entry form to the envelope.
Questions
Telephone: 212.696.4380
Fax: 212.696.4564
Email: awards@gdusa.com
About the Sponsor
The Creative Group (TCG) specializes in placing a range of highly skilled interactive, design, marketing, advertising and public relations professionals with a variety of firms on a project, contract-to-hire and full-time basis. For more information, visit creativegroup.com or call 855.787.0951.
