In-HOWse Design
InHOWse Design AwardsNot getting the recognition you deserve?
Get their attention with an In-HOWse award.
When you're a designer, corporate employee recognition programs just don't cut it. But HOW can help you get the attention you deserve. Enter your best corporate work in our second annual In-HOWse Design Awards. If you win, we'll highlight your work and your name in the February 2009 issue of HOW magazine. Don't miss this exclusive opportunity to have your creative projects judged along side the work of other in-house designers. And for get about those big-name design firms: This one's just for you!

The entry deadline for this competition has passed.
Browse previous winners:
2007

THE PRIZES
Best Of Show winner will receive
  • Two-page spread in HOW’s February 2009 issue
  • 3 HOW Design Conference registrations to be used at the 2009 event
  • $500 HOW Books gift certificate to be redeemed at the 2009 HOW Design Conference Bookstore
  • One-year HOW subscription (can extend a current subscription)
  • Frameable certificate for the winner
  • Frameable certificate for the company CEO, along with a letter from HOW celebrating your work
  • Press release to the design community promoting your win
Merit winners will receive
  • Publication in HOW magazine
  • $100 gift certificate toward the 2009 HOW Design Conference
Honorable Mention winners will receive
  • Display on HOWdesign.com
  • $100 gift certificate toward the 2009 HOW Design Conference
THE CATEGORIES
Enter all print work in the category that best describes your company’s industry.
  • Business-to-Business & Industrial Products/Services
  • Consumer Products/Services
  • Education (schools, universities, daycare)
  • Entertainment (music, movies, media, sports)
  • Financial (banks, mortgage companies, investment firms)
  • Government (local, state, federal)
  • Health Care (pharmaceuticals, doctors’ offices, hospitals, insurance providers)
  • Nonprofit Institutions, Organizations & Associations (museums, zoos, churches, charities)
  • Technology & Science
  • Miscellaneous
What’s Eligible?
We accept actual samples of annual reports, brochures, catalogs, direct mail, book and magazine covers and interior pages, invitations, announcements, greeting cards, letterhead, logos, packaging, posters, print advertising, calendars, wearables, 3D objects and other print projects. We also accept color print-outs of workspaces, signage and other environmental graphic design.We do not accept videos, CD-ROMs, DVDs, websites or other interactive work, or digital images or slides of print work. All digital work is eligible in our Interactive Design Awards. Designs may be entered in more than one category. Submit a separate entry and payment for each category. Work must have been created between Jan. 1, 2007, and April 30, 2008.

The Deadline
Entries postmarked after April 14 require a late fee of $10 per entry.
Entries postmarked after April 30, 2008, will not be accepted.

The Entry Fees
Single Entry—$40 (stationery systems count as single entries)
Campaign—$60 (3 or more pieces that function as a system or series)
* There will be a $10 charge for all returned checks or declined credit cards

Payment Information
Make checks payable (in U.S. funds) to HOW Magazine.
Payment must accompany entries. Entries received without payment will be disqualified. Entry fees are nonrefundable.
Mail to: In-HOWse Design Awards
4700 East Galbraith Road
Cincinnati, OH 45236 USA

Other Important Stuff
Winning entrants grant HOW the right to reproduce images of their work in the February 2009 issue of HOW and to display the projects at HOW events. Some winning entries may also appear on HOW’s website and in other digital and printed materials.

HOW assumes all entries are original and are the works and property of the entrant, with all rights granted therein.

HOW is not liable for any copyright infringement on the part of the entrant and will not become involved in copyright disputes.

If you wish to be notified of the receipt of your entry, please enclose a self-addressed, stamped postcard.

HOW will notify winners by mail by January 2009, after judging is complete. No entries will be returned.

Privacy Promise
Occasionally we make portions of our customer list available to other companies so they may contact you about products and services that may be of interest to you. If you prefer we withhold your name, simply send a note with your name, address and the competition name to:
List Manager, F+W Media, Inc.
4700 East Galbraith Road
Cincinnati, OH 45236

The Details
If you have additional questions, e-mail us at HOW-competition@fwpubs.com or call (513) 531-2690 ext. 1328.