The Antalis Review Awards celebrate work in the printed medium and aim to highlight some of the most talented designers and printers in the industry.
Two overall awards, one for print and one for design, will be announced during the awards ceremony on 21 September 2017, which will take place at London darts venue Flight Club.
Other categories include best direct mail, best recycled and, newly introduced last year, best in digital and best in litho print. Last year's awards attracted 470 entries; this year Antalis expects 500.
Antalis channel director for print, sign and display James Jarvis said: “The awards started out as an event to share ideas and examples of work among designers.
“Over the years more of them have moved away from having their own print production people and knowledge within the design community has gone down.
“But the conversation has come around to how multi-channel campaigns including print are much more effective than simply putting everything online. There is a resurgence in the use of print.
“People therefore want more speciality papers and different ideas and that's where the awards and the Review book come in. Last year we sent it to 2,000 of our creatives after the event.
“Print companies are becoming increasingly interested because lots of their customers are designers, so this event is great for networking.”
Entrants are invited to submit design pieces printed on Antalis’ paper stock between September 2016 and 4 July 2017, which is also the official closing date for entries. Work will be judged by a panel of independent industry experts.
Judges will be looking at design, use of the material, innovation and talent. All finalists will be invited to the awards event, appear in The Review book and online and receive an award.
The categories for the Antalis Review Awards 2017, which are themed around the concept of 'Make Your Mark' are:
Reports – Annual/Interim
Brochures – Corporate
Brochures – Products & Services
Direct Mail
Stationery – including Greetings Cards
Magazines
Catalogues
Books
Recycled
Creative Papers
Retail – Luxury Packaging and POS
Best in Digital Print
Best in Litho Print
Last year’s overall print winner award went to Opal Print and the English Group for their work on photographer Don McCullin’s retrospective Irreconcilable Truths.
Alphabetical and APS Group won the overall design award for My Heart Op: A Young Person’s Guide to Having Heart Surgery.
For more details visit www.antalis.co.uk/thereview
