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Enter Your Work in PINC's Showcase of Print/Design

Submit your entries by this date – MARCH 15, 2010
Awards winners will be notified in early April
Awards Luncheon – MAY 6, 12:00–2pm

TAKE THE QUANTUM LEAP, ENTER NOW!
You are invited to enter your best work in the 2010 Showcase of Print/Design Excellence. This is your opportunity to gain recognition for the work that you produce. The benefits of participation include showcasing your effort to your customers and the graphic arts community, and receiving recognition for your dedication to design and the quality of print production.

Best of Show, Grand Award, and Best of Category winners will be photographed and become part of the Showcase Awards Luncheon to be held during the PINCShow on May 6 plus the 2011 PINC Print Buyers Guide which goes out to over 7,000 companies and individuals. The Best of Show winner will also receive a full page ad in the 2011 Print Buyers Guide.

WHO CAN ENTER?
Any individual or company involved in the printing industry or involved in the production of an entry within the PINC coverage areas may enter. All entries must have been produced within the PINC coverage area (south to San Luis Obispo and north to the Oregon border, and east to Reno).

JUDGING OF ENTRIES
Judging will be done by a panel of printing and design experts. All the winners will be notified via letter in April, approximately one month prior to the Showcase Awards Luncheon on Thursday, May 6, 2010.

AWARDS
Each piece will be judged on its own merit based on specific criteria for printing, finishing or design. The scores given to an entry will be averaged for a final score. There will be Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards. Winners (individual or company entering the piece) will be awarded certificates as recognition for their achievement. All Gold award winners in the Print and Finishing categories will automatically be sent on to the Printing Industries of America Premier Print Awards as well as the National Association of Litho Clubs Impression Awards at no additional cost. Design entries will also go on to the Impression Awards printing competition.

DATE OF PRODUCTION

Entries must have been produced between March 2009 and February 28, 2010.
Avoid paperwork – enter online @ www.pinc.org/showcase

FEES

PINC or Litho Club member company $60 – per entry – (1st entry free with 2nd paid entry)
Non PINC or Litho Club member company $85 – per entry

BONUS: All entries to the Showcase of Print/Design Excellence also have the opportunity to compete on a local level at no additional charge. Select which local Club you would like to participate in on the Manifest Form.