The Philippine Graphic Design Awards or PGDA is the first and only awards program in the Philippines that recognizes the most creative and innovative work in the field of graphic design. PGDA defines graphic design as the art and discipline of combining symbols, design, and words to represent and communicate ideas or messages.
PGDA was created to enrich the Philippine graphic design industry by showcasing the most outstanding graphic design artwork conceptualized and created by Filipinos within the last year. PGDA aims to provide a reference for Philippine graphic design among its regional and international counterparts as it similarly strives to create opportunities for the best local graphic designers to attain global reach. In this spirit, PGDA challenges designers to break the mold and continually produce original, cutting-edge work.
DATES TO
REMEMBER 		Call For Entries: OPEN UNTIL SEPTEMBER 15, 2010, 6 PM (PHILIPPINE LOCAL TIME)
Awards Night: OCTOBER 9, 2010
WHO SHOULD JOIN
AND WHY		 This is the first time Filipino graphic designers will go head-to-head in a showcase of the most noteworthy graphic designs produced within the last year. If you need more convincing, here are some reasons you should join this year.

If you're a Filipino graphic designer, and proud of it.

If you want to be taken more seriously for your craft. (And demand more for it without the need for a lengthy explanation.)

If you've got a feeling your work has its own distinctive aesthetic.

If you want to find out for sure and how you fare among your peers.

If you know there are no walls to being creative and you’ve always wanted to break each one that boxed you in.
FREQUENTLY
ASKED QUESTIONS		 Here are some quick answers to your must-know-now questions. Alternatively, for everything you need to know about PGDA, download the complete Rules for Entry or browse the link on the navigation tab above. The PGDA Rules for Entry details everything from categories, eligibility, fees, submission rules, and criteria for judging.

What are the PGDA categories?
There are a total of 18 categories for the 2010 Philippine Graphic Design Awards, grouped under 3 divisions: Professional, Student, and Open.

Professional entries must have been rendered as paying contracts. Therefore, a formal client-designer agreement and a form of remuneration must have taken place to make the entry eligible. Note that there are 11 categories in the Professional division:

  1. Category 1) Direct Communications (Single-Piece Entry)
  2. Category 2) Poster (Single-Piece Entry)
  3. Category 3) Packaging (Single-Piece Entry)
  4. Category 4) Outdoor Graphics (Single-Piece Entry)
  5. Category 5) Website (Single-Piece Entry)
  6. Category 6) Motion Graphics (Single-Piece Entry)
  7. Category 7) Self-Promotion (Single-Piece Entry)
  8. Category 8) Applied Graphics (Single Entry)
  9. Category 9) Identity (Multiple-Piece Entry)
  10. Category 10) Bound Pieces (Multiple-Piece Entry)
  11. Category 11) Integrated Graphics (Multiple-Piece Entry)

Student entries must have been rendered as artwork to fulfill school or course requirements, or rendered as artwork for activities of any school-, college- or university-based student organization. There are 5 categories in the Student division:
  1. Category 12) Poster (Single-Piece Entry)
  2. Category 13) Packaging (Single-Piece Entry)
  3. Category 14) Website (Single-Piece Entry)
  4. Category 15) Applied Graphics (Single-Piece Entry)
  5. Category 16) Identity (Multiple-Piece Entry)
The organizers reserve the right to require from the Professional and Student entrants proof or documentation of the contract, course requirement, or school activity, and failure to present may be considered grounds for disqualification.

Open entries are any graphic design pieces created by the designer as a form of self expression. Entries for this category do not require proof or documentation of contract, course requirement or school activity and anyone, professionals and students alike, may submit entries. There are 2 categories that fall under the Open division:
  1. Category 17) Online (Single-Piece Entry)
  2. Category 18) Offline (Single-Piece Entry)

What is the difference between a Single-Piece Entry and a Multiple-Piece Entry?
The distinction lies in the number of renditions/applications/examples of your work that you are required to submit in order for your entry to be eligible. As the name suggests, a Single-Piece Entry requires you to attach only one design rendition in your entry form while a Multiple-Piece Entry requires several renditions of the design but is considered one entry.

How do I know if my artwork is eligible?

  1. You are a Filipino citizen. It doesn't matter if you live in the Philippines or not for as long as you can present proof of your citizenship when requested by the organizers. Failure to present this is grounds for disqualification.

  2. Your artwork was produced between August 1, 2009 to July 31, 2010.

  3. Your artwork is original. Localization, re-work, or adaptations of any international campaign or design thematic are ineligible.

  4. Your artwork abides by PGDA's Definition of Graphic Design: The art and discipline of combining symbols, design and words to represent and communicate ideas or messages. All these elements must be represented in your artwork for it to be eligible.

How do I join?
You must download and complete the Entry Form and its corresponding Submission Template specific to your category of choice. An entry (including Entry Form, Submission Templates, and required documents) must not exceed 10 MB. It must be submitted via email to submit@pgdawards.com in Adobe PDF formats using a CMYK color profile.

Entrants must ensure that all digital files are in order prior to submission. The Organizers assume that all information provided in the Entry Form have been verified prior to submission. The organizers are not responsible for insufficient or inaccurate data or for damaged, corrupted or incorrectly prepared files. Forms and templates provided by the Organizers are not to be altered, re-sized or used in any manner other than for the purpose of submitting an entry for the 2010 Philippine Graphic Design Awards. Any entries that do not conform to the above specifications shall be disqualified and will not be eligible for any category.

What is the difference between the Entry Form and the Submission Template?
Professional Division: Php 1,000.00
Student Division: Php 500.00
Open Division: Php 1,000.00

Entry fees for the 2010 PGDA are non-refundable and should be paid prior to the submission of an entry. Organizers shall accept payments via cash bank deposits only thru Philippine Graphic Design Awards Inc., BDO SM Southmall II Savings Account No. 112-035-2760. As proof of payment, the Organizers require a scanned copy of the deposit slip together with the Entry Form.

Can I submit more than one artwork?
Yes, you certainly can! Note that for each entry, you will be charged a fee corresponding to its respective division.