2024-2025 Box Design Contest
ENTRIES OPEN
We invite students to participate in our 2024-25 PGSF Box Design Contest, a unique opportunity to showcase your creative talents while contributing to the promotion of scholarship programs that support the next generation of graphic arts professionals. Winning entries will not only receive a $500 check and an award certificate but will also gain national recognition, with your work featured across our website, social media channels, and in a national press release.
THIS YEAR we have a Fall and Spring Contest – 2 opportunities for instructors to invite their students to participate in a real world project and showcase their packaging design skills!
Fall Deadline: December 20, 2024 – CLOSED
Spring Deadline: April 30, 2025
But this contest is about more than just the prizes—it’s your chance to play a vital role in promoting educational opportunities in the graphic arts. The winning box designs will serve as the delivery mechanism for PGSF’s scholarship materials, including brochures, flyers, and other promotional items, sent out to educators across the country. Your design will be the first thing recipients see, making it an integral part of how we engage with and inspire the next generation of graphic arts students.
Whether you’re passionate about design, looking to build your portfolio, or eager to leave a lasting mark on the industry,
this contest offers a platform to do just that. Join us in shaping the future of graphic arts education, one box design at a time.
Educators: Please encourage students in your school to enter the PGSF Box Competition either as individuals or as part of a class assignment or project.
Instructions & Specifications
Rules and Submission Instructions
Video: Welcome to the PGSF Box Design Contest
Video: How to Use the Dieline
Download Dieline / Logo Files
- Files should be named as follows:
Spring 2025 Contest Submissions:
Firstname_lastname_schoolname_box_spring_2025 - The winner of the contest must submit all files required for reproduction. Files become the property of PGSF.
- The department in which the student is enrolled will receive a plaque for display.
- If you have any questions, please email dianne.bullas@pgsf.org or call 503-572-6610.
- Spring 2025 Contest PDF entries are due by April 30th, 2025. Judging will be in May and the winner will be notified by May 31st, 2025.
- Dielines supplied must be used for the PGSF Box Design Contest.
- PGSF logo and PGSF Scholarship QR code (provided) must be used in your design
- Please incorporate one of the following themes in your design to promote Graphic Communications as a program of study and career:
– Print is Authentic– Print is Sustainable– Print is Innovative
Box Design Specifications
- Designs must display Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation name and logo as part of your design.
- The designers name, school as well as color bars should be included in a non-visible part of the box.
- Bright and highly visible colors are suggested.
- Supplied Die Lines must be used for the design.
Congrats!
Fall 2024 Box Design Winner
Congratulations to our 2024 Fall Box Design Contest winner – Audrey Walch.
Audrey is a 2nd year at Cal Poly in the Graphics Communications Department