Japan Graphic Designers Association (JAGDA) is hosting its International Student Poster Award competition for 2023 and invites participation by students worldwide.

The theme for 2023 is “Share”.

Approximately 200 works will be selected and the following prizes will be awarded: Grand Prix (1), Gold (2), Silver (5), Bronze (10) and Jury Prize (7).

Submitted works must be posters in B1 size (728mm x 1,030mm, portrait orientation only) produced between August 2022 and July 2023 and must include the letters “Share”.

The Grand Prix and Gold recipients will be invited to attend the Awards Ceremony to be held in December 2023 (round-trip transportation and accommodation fees will be provided to winners residing in distant locations).

The Grand Prix and Gold-winning works will be published in the annual book “Graphic Design in Japan 2024”.

All Winning and Selected Works will be exhibited from 29 November 2023 — 11 December 2023, at the National Art Center, Tokyo and will be published in the official catalog.

JAGDA International Student Poster Award was established with the aim to discover and acknowledge outstanding young talents from across the world and to promote the further advancement of graphic design. Posters allow ideas to be freely expressed through the rich mixture of graphics and texts, giving them the instantaneous power to move the viewers’ hearts and create visual communications that go beyond nations and regions.

Entry Fee

The entry fee is 1,000 Japanese Yen per poster.