First of all, decide which category/ies you wish to enter by clicking on the ‘Categories’ tab.
When you are ready to make your entry, click on the ‘Enter Now’ button on this website.
You will be asked to fill in your contact details to register your entry.
You can then select which category/ies you wish to enter.
Once registered, you may log out and sign in again at a later date to complete your entry.
Performance Awards
“For the categories that require your financials [SME and Company of the year], while we need your numbers for the judging period [1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020] it always helps ifyou supply prior years too, especially if these demonstrate growth”.
“Don’t worry if your financial year falls outside of the judging period, we’re more thanhappy to see management accounts and P&Ls for the missing months”.
“In the Marketing Campaign categories, don’t forget to include the campaign results – ifthey had a great ROI we like to hear about it”.
“Think of your 500 summary as just that, a summary, and use it to refer to supporting evidence in your entry – the more information you supply the better”.
Quality Awards
“Please, please make sure that your samples are pristine. There’s nothing worse thanlooking at an entry that you know was probably fantastic but is blighted by a hickey or scratches or is dog-eared from a few months in the samples cupboard”.
“Think of your four samples as a collective, we like to see a breadth of samples, not four different examples of very similar jobs”.
“Ask your production team for their input. If a sample is decidedly average, we’re notimpressed just because it was for a big brand. We want to see the jobs that were challenging from a production perspective”.
“Highlight the challenges that were overcome in your 250 word summary, the tightdeadlines, the challenging substrates – anything that you think made the job special. BUTdon’t forget to mention the kit you used – we like to know these things”.
“We’re just as likely to be impressed by a seemingly ‘standard’ job flawlessly produced onthe tightest of budgets to impossible deadlines as a job with a ‘money no object’ productionvalue. We’re looking for clever print, not expensive print”.
“Read the rules carefully and make sure that you have submitted all the information asked for, because if we don’t have enough info to go on, you might not make it to the shortlist”.
“While we’re judging on the samples you submit, it’s always nice to read some glowing client testimonials too”.
For the Performance Awards categories, you are required to write and upload a 500-word summary. Depending on the category, you will also be required to supply supporting material. Your summary should include a brief introduction to the company, the challenges involved and goals achieved. You will also need to upload a detailed client testimonial that describes aspects such as bottom-line impact, response rates, ROI, sustainability, data collection, and any other metrics that you believe appropriate. You may supply samples of printed work but it is not required.
Click here to view the complete rules for the Performance categories.
PLEASE NOTE: For Company of the Year and SME of the Year, you are required to send in a set of accounts that cover the period specified.
For the Quality Awards categories, you are required to send in one copy of four different printed samples, and write and upload a 250-word production summary for each. Please ensure these four samples represent a variety of the work you do. Once you have uploaded all your documents, you will receive a confirmation email. When you receive this, print it off and send it with your samples to the address below:
PrintWeek Awards,
Mark Allen Group - Unit C1 - Dinton Business Park,
Catherine Ford Road,
Dinton,
Salisbury,
Wiltshire,
SP3 5HZ
Please DO NOT mark up your samples with company logos, sticky labels or anything that could identify you to the judging panel.
If your entry is especially large or if you are entering the PoP category, please contact the awards team
Click here to view the complete rules for the Quality categories.
The deadline for sending in your samples is August 28th 2020.
| Rates |
Prices |
| Early bird entry rate (available until Friday 7th June) |
£140 + VAT per entry |
| Standard entry fee (available until Friday 31st July) |
£170 + VAT per entry |
- Whilst every care is taken with entries, PrintWeek and the Mark Allen Group cannot accept responsibility for loss or damage, whatever the cause. Please pack your entries carefully so they arrive in good condition.
- Entries will not be returned. They will be held until 5th November 2020 for you to arrange collection. Contact the Awards team to arrange. Please make sure you indicate on your entry form if you wish to collect your entries.
- Once submitted, you will receive a confirmation email which will detail the date by which you must have arranged for collection of your printed materials.