Short Description:

Creative Quarterly (CQ) magazine has opened its 80th international juried competition, inviting participation by professionals, as well as students.

CQ seeks for the best art, advertising, design, illustration and photography done in the past six months.

The 80th Creative Quarterly juried exhibition competition includes the following five (5) categories:

  • Advertising (AD)
  • Fine Arts (FA)
  • Graphic Design (GD)
  • Illustration (IL)
  • Photography (PH)

Commissioned and personal works by all art directors, graphic designers, photographers, illustrators and fine artists in all countries, can be submitted.

Creative Quarterly magazine was founded in 2005 and has received numerous international awards and recognition for its design.

Eligibility:

Open to all art directors, designers, illustrators, photographers and fine artists in all countries.

Program Benefits or Awards:

Winners work will now featured in our online Gallery and will become a part of our year-end published Annual. This year, instead of quarterly magazines, we’ve opted to include all winning entries from this year in our 2025 Creative Quarterly Annual, a hardbound book exhibiting all winners as well as listing all runners-up. You’ll receive a complimentary eBook version and can also purchase the printed Annual at a discount. Pre-orders for the printed Annual will begin in December.

Runner-ups work will be featured in our online Gallery

As a winner or runner-up you are entitled to a complimentary award certificate pdf, and you may purchase a printed certificate in our online Shop.

 Entry Fee:

Professional

Published or self-generated work
  • $35 – single image
  • $70 – series, 2–5 images

Student

Work that was created for a classroom assignment or thesis
  • $20 – single image
  • $35 – series, 2–5 images

Location:

United States

Deadline:

April 25, 2025

Website link:  https://www.cqjournal.com/callforentries/call-for-entries-80