Print & Sustainability Awards
Elevate Your Impact
In an era of rapid transformation, the WAN-IFRA Print & Sustainability Awards celebrate the visionaries who are redefining the boundaries of the printed word. These awards are not just a competition; they are a global benchmark for excellence, designed to shine a spotlight on the projects that are driving our industry into a more resilient, creative, and sustainable future.
Judging Criteria
The expert jury consists of members from the World Printers Forum community as well as other experts who represent different countries and different qualifications and skills.
The jury will be looking for projects that have demonstrated innovation success and excelled with print innovations in the area of advertising or product innovation.
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Your entry will be scored based on the following criteria:
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Innovation
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Creativity
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Excellence
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Customer/Consumer Relevancy and Value
Who can submit entries?
You can register projects that have not been registered for previous Print and Sustainability Awards.
Registration is open to WAN-IFRA members and non members. Each registered project will be treated as a separate entry.
Multiple Entries:
Unlimited entries can be submitted and payment must accompany each entry.
Confidential Information
All material will remain confidential to the judges. Winning projects may be used in post-event materials to promote best practices. Permission will be sought from entrants before publishing.
Data Protection:
Participants must grant WAN-IFRA the full rights to retain and use, free-of-charge, any images or material from the contest for publication in brochures, books, exhibitions, websites or for educational and promotional purposes.
Entry Essentials
To be eligible for judging, your entry should meet the following criteria:
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Please describe the basic idea, implementation and strategy behind your project. Present your project, its particularities, what distinguishes it as an innovative project, the creative approach, which challenges had to be mastered and how you measured the success of your project.
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Identify the involved parties of your project, like publisher, printer, supplier, advertiser, ad agency, creative agency etc.
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Identify the launch date of your project.
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Pictures and – if possible – a video or PDF showreel of your project should be included in the entry or submitted as separate files
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Supporting material should not exceed 10 MB if it is sent as an attachment.
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Web-based material and video content on YouTube / Vimeo is preferred instead of video attachments (it is often easier for the jury to access websites than to download major files).
Registration
If this is your first time using Awardforce, you’ll need to create a new account — the process takes less than 2 minutes and involves the following steps:
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Step 1: Create your personal profile at https://wan-ifra.awardsplatform.com/ and verify your account via the confirmation email.
Step 2: Once logged in, you can begin registering your entries under [Entries] or [Enter]. Your entries will remain marked as [In Progress] until you’re ready to submit and pay by credit card.
Step 3: When you’re ready, simply click Submit and proceed with your payment.
Disqualifications
Syndicated material or campaigns that are not specifically prepared for your company are not eligible. WAN-IFRA reserves the right to disqualify any entry that fails to conform to the rules. Disqualified entries will not be judged. Fees for these entries will not be returned. WAN-IFRA is not responsible for materials entered in the competition.
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Note: Your entry will not be considered if you have not paid the entry fee.