100 Best for 2014 Out for Judging

Once again a select panel of judges will select the top 100 entries from the year’s entries in fine art, graphic design, illustration and photography.

Judges were selected from those we profiled during 2014, this year’s judges include Vanessa Eckstein, Blok Design, Toronto; Yann Legendre, illustrator, Paris; Bruce Peterson, photographer, Boston and we hope to have Natan Pernick judge our fine art category.

Judging will be complete in early December, winners will be announced at that time and production will begin on the 2014 100 Best Annual, available in print and digital formats.

Creative Quarterly Covers Win in HOW International Design Annual

Once again HOW International Design Annual selects work done for Creative Quarterly, and once again it is a series of covers that are the winners.

Our cover images are provided by our winners as their source for inspiration; this year graphic design student Rachel Kosbab, Tyler School of Art; illustrator Jonny Ruzzo and Avital Manor, illustrator from Israel provided the winning images. Congratulations to them all.

In addition, our sister publication 3x3 Magazine won for their 3x3 Illustration Directory app, cover for Issue 22 by Aad Goudappel and an op-art piece by Harry Campbell.

CQ38 International Call for Entries

It’s harvest time. 

Time to gather the latest fruits of your labor and ship them our way. 

Naturally, we’re looking for your best crop of ideas. 

It’s easy as pie to enter. 

Deadline, midnight October 31, 2014.

No late shipments accepted. 

Creative Quarterly was recently named one of the top 100 art and design publications in the world. CQ accepts professional and student entries from all parts of the globe. Categories include advertising, graphic design, photography, illustration and fine art. Entry fees for Professionals are $30 per single entry, $55 per series—3 to 5 images for all published work, $20/$45 for unpublished work; for recent graduates (from the last three years), $15/$45 and for current undergraduates or post graduate students, $10 per single entry, $20 for a series. Winners will appear in the Winter issue of Creative Quarterly and be exhibited in our online gallery. Check out our current list of winners. 

Deadline: October 31, 2014

Enter Today

Workshop: Art and Science of Label Typography

TypeEd, the Los Angeles-based program of typography and typesetting courses for the creative community, is equipping designers with the skills to create effective visual communications. In an upcoming workshop called “Whisky Type,” students will learn informative and eye-catching label design using typographic hierarchy and effective use of negative space. The eight-hour intensive will take place on August 16 at the Chapman University in Orange, California.

Instructor Michael Stinson will discuss the basic elements and construction of a whisky label, review existing label examples, how to organize information, and approach a label design in both traditional and contemporary styles.

“Typography is a skill of reasoning, knowledge, patience and experience, and one that produces work expressing ideas with more clarity than any other design discipline,” stated Stinson. “This workshop will provide practical skills to help designers learn how to create effective hierarchy and how to think in systems that speak to target audiences from the shelf.”

For more information, or to register for AIGA OC Whisky Type, visit http://orangecounty.aiga.org/event/whisky-type-workshop/

CQ37 International Call for Entries

It’s show time again.

Time to gather your latest and best work. Published or unpublished. In the US or outside the country. Professional or student.

And starting with this show we have new entry fees for recent grads.
 And a brand-new entry system that is faster and easier.
And if you’re a winner you have a chance of being on the cover and you’re automatically in the running for being named one of the 100 best of 2014. 

So don’t hide your work, let us shout about it from the rooftop in the next issue of Creative Quarterly.

Deadline, midnight July 31, 2014.

Miss it and you may scream. 




Creative Quarterly is named one of the top 100 art and design publications in the world. CQ accepts professional and student entries from all parts of the globe. Categories include advertising, graphic design, photography, illustration and fine art. Entry fees for professionals are $30 per single entry, $55 per series—3 to 5 images for all commissioned work; unpublished work is $20 single and $45 series. Recent graduates, $15 single, $45 series and current students are $10 single and $20 series. Winners will appear in the Winter issue of Creative Quarterly and be exhibited in our online gallery. Check out our current list of winners.

Deadline: July 31st

Speaking of the 100 Best, order your copy of the 2013 Annual, hardcover, 112-pages featuring the best of the best. Print and digital editions available.

Illustration by Silvie Muller, fine art winner, Issue 35

100 Best Annual Ready for Pre-Order

The design is complete. The files are done. It’s at the printer now. Time to order your copy of the first-ever Creative Quarterly 100 Best Annual.

We wanted to bring special attention to those artists, designers and photographers who appeared in our four issues in 2013 so we selected a panel of judges whose work was profiled last year.

The judges included Edwin Vollebergh from design firm Studio Boot, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands; Martin Klimas, photographer, Düsseldorf and Jens Bonnke, illustrator, Berlin and London gallery owner Lukas Gimpel, Gimpel Fils gallery who represents our featured artist Hannah Maybank.

Our judges selected the top 25 pieces in each of our four categories for special recognition. Our 100 Best Annual is available as a print or digital edition.

100 Best Annual
ISBN: 978-0-9826346-6-0
Hardcover
112-pages + cover
$55 print, $19.99 digital

We’re proud to be spotlighting the best of the best from last year.

Cover by Laura Hennessy, 100 Best photography winner

CQ36 Winners Announced

Our judges have completed their work and we're ready to announce the winners for Creative Quarterly 36. Winning entries will be featured in Issue 36 coming out this Fall as well as online.

Judging is always tough, we're looking for the best of the best and this show was no exception. We think you'll agree there are many fine examples of art and design and with our runner-ups as well.

Congratulations to all our winners.

CQ36 Winners
Advertising: Professional
McCann Lisbon

Advertising: Student
Max Amato, Tyler School of Art/Temple University

Fine Art: Professional
Neil Callander
Bryan Christie*
Bryan Christie
Daniel Chudzinski*
Sylvie Daigneault
Sam Detch*
Ian Hutchinson
John Lawler*
Barbara Nessim
Debi Pickler
David Sandell
Sander Terbruggen
Michael Welch

Fine Art: Student
Andre Hernandez, Mississippi State University
Rahele Jomepour, Iowa State University
Stephanie Miller
Anna Phipps, University of Alabama
Gray Swartzel, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Graphic Design: Professional
9 Threads
Melissa Plourde Khoury*
Anna Minzhulina*
Pakaste-Warner Design
Stereotype Design
Strategy Studio

Graphic Design: Student
Sean Allen*
Flora Cruells Benzal, Academy of Art University
Adam Bussing, Western Washington University
Shu Chen Li
Bridget Currie*, Tyler School of Art/Temple University
Ara Dizon*, Academy of Art University
Jonathan Flores, Texas A&M University, Commerce
Emily Hurley, Tyler School of Art/Temple University
Jeremy Lansing, Sacramento State University
Brendan McAuliffe, Tyler School of Art/Temple University
Samantha McCafferty, Tyler School of Art/Temple University
Kimberly Oldenburg, University of Georgia
Liz Schaeffer, Tyler School of Art/Temple University
Colton Schools, Susquehanna University
Sarai Trueblood, Southern Utah University
Anelese Webster, Western Washington University
Ouxiang Wu*, Sungkyunkwan University

Illustration: Professional
Levy Adolfsson HB
Vlad Alvarez
Davide Bonazzi
Thomas Burns
Banks Creative
Jessica LeClerc
Doug Panton
Adam Stonier
Ken Tackett
Joao Vaz Carvalho
Stephanie Wunderlich*
Heidi Younger

Illustration: Student
Baron Chau
Hudson Christie, OCAD University
Paloma Diaz Dickson
Kayla Free, OCAD University
Jasu Hu*, Maryland Institute College of Art
Katie G. Hwang*, School of Visual Arts
Tiffany Liao
Anne Meier
Nick Nazzaro
Jori van der Linde*, Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Yana Vorontsov, OCAD University
Matthew Wolferstan, Capilano University
Eileen Yoon, OCAD University

Photography: Professional
Mark Battrell
Peter Dazeley*
Max Hirshfeld
John Lawler
Stan Musilek*
Bob Stevens

Photography: Student
Maja Buck, Austin Community College
Diego Sanchez Chico*, Ringling College of Art and Design
Robin Cone-Murakami, Linfield College
Travis Dyer, Cameron University
Kari Harris, Ringling College of Art and Design
Jessica Pinns, Ringling College of Art and Design

CQ36: Runners-Up
Runners-up will be displayed on the Online Gallery Fall 2014.

Advertising: Professional
Design x 9

Advertising: Student
Max Amato, Tyler School of Art/Temple University
Melissa Archer
Jonathan Flores, Texas A&M University, Commerce

Fine Art: Professional
Alan Alejo
Neil Callander
Margaret Casack
Bryan Christie*
Sylvie Daigneault
Sid Daniels
Sam Detch
Scott Eagle
Holly Goeckler
Michael Kesselman
John Lawler*
So Na Lee
Boram Lee
Kate MacNeil
Paige Jiyoung Moon
Barbara Nessim*
Duane Paxson
Peter Ra*
Bruce Roberts
Peter Russom
David Sandell
Soyeon Shin
Oliver Sin
Lauren Szabo
Sander Terbruggen
Charles Williams

Fine Art: Student
Samantha Battaglia
Andre Hernandez, Mississippi State University
Rishara Johnson, Tennessee State University
Anna Phipps, University of Alabama
Louisa Powell, University of Georgia
Steven Sangapore, Albertus Magnus College
SixToe Creative
Cynthia Wang, Rhode Island School of Design

Graphic Design: Professional
9 Threads
Melissa Plourde Khoury
McMillan*
Anjali Menon
S2 Design Group*
Strategy Studio
Courtney Windham*
Zc Creative*

Graphic Design: Student
Flora Cruells Benzal, Academy of Art University
Jessica Corkery
Bridget Currie, Tyler School of Art/Temple University
Hodgkinson Design
Larisa Manzo, Moore College of Art & Design
Brendan McAuliffe, Tyler School of Art/Temple University
Samantha McCafferty*, Tyler School of Art/Temple University
Jaclyn Merk, Tyler School of Art/Temple University
Katie Ragan, Susquehanna University
Mickenzie Robbins, Mississippi State University
Margaret Ruth, Susquehanna University
Colton Schools, Susquehanna University
Erica Simon, Susquehanna University
Jessica Solitrin, Tyler School of Art/Temple University
Ker Thao, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
Max Vandenberg, Tyler School of Art/Temple University
Ouxiang Wu, Sungkyunkwan University
Ivan Yu Rong Zhao*, OCAD University

Illustration: Professional
Joao Vaz Carvalho
Randy Cheng
Andy Robert Davies
Brian Fitzgerald
Martin French*
Ilaria Grimaldi
Steven Hughes
Stephanie Kubo
Helen Li
Anja Nolte
Sonia Oliveira
Lisa Perrin*
Ken Tackett
Elaheh Taherian
Sustai Ulanbaagen
Hiroshi Watanabe
Daniel Zender*

Illustration: Student
Alessandra Baccante, Sheridan College
Natalie V. Bochenska, OCAD University
Eliza Brown
Baron Chau
Meghan Dearlove, OCAD University
Katherine Diemert
Joakim Drescher
Bryce Gladfelter*, Tyler School of Art/Temple University
Jasu Hu, Maryland Institute College of Art
Steve Kulaga, California State University Sacramento
Irene Li, Virginia Commonwealth University
Erin McManness, Savannah College of Art and Design
Anne Meier
Janet Park, OCAD University
Eddie Perrote*, Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Jeesoo Shim*, Sheridan College
Cynthia Wang, Rhode Island School of Design
Xiaohua Yang*, Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Helen C.Y. Yau, Sheridan College
Jungwon Yoo, OCAD University
Kejun Zhao, Syracuse University

Photography: Professional
Mark Battrell*
Rohan Beal
Ordilei Caldeira
Brooke DiDonato*
Max Hirshfeld
Stan Musilek*
Bob Stevens
Jeff Tse

Photography: Student
Diego Sanchez Chico, Ringling College of Art and Design
Jonathan Donehoo
Miles Goscha, Ringling College of Art and Design
Kari Harris, Ringling College of Art and Design
Janet Park, OCAD University
Jessica Pinns, Ringling College of Art and Design
Jamie Shue, Texas A&M University, Commerce
Dan Snow, Northwest Arkansas Community College
Katherine Takaoka, Linfield College

* multiple entries

Our next show deadline is July 25, we'll start accepting entries on July 1.

Something New: Award Certificates

We’re introducing our first-ever awards certificates starting with our CQ33 show. Each winner will receive a copy of their certificate(s) once the issue is in production. Additional 8 x 10-inch certificates may be ordered within 30 days of receipt of the complimentary certificate.

Prior show winners may order certificates for previous shows by contacting shows@cqjournal.com. There will be a $10 charge per certificate which includes shipping within the United States, additional shipping charges will be assessed for those outside the country.

100 Best of 2013 Announced

We’re pleased to announce the winners of our first-ever 100 Best awards. We wanted to bring special attention to those artists, designers and photographers who appeared in our four issues in 2013. Our 100 Best Annual will be produced next month; the printed annual will be for sale on our web site and an app will be on iTunes later.

We selected a panel of judges from our featured artists, designers and photographers from the past year
which included Edwin Vollebergh from design firm Studio Boot, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands; Martin Klimas, photographer, Düsseldorf; Jens Bonnke, illustrator, Berlin and London gallery owner Lukas Gimpel, Gimpel Fils gallery who represents our featured artist Hannah Maybank.

Our judges selected the top 25 pieces in each of our four categories for special recognition. For a complete list of the winners see our website.

Congratulations to all the winners!

CQ33 Hot Off the Press

We’re happy to report that the latest issue of Creative Quarterly is off the press and will be in the mail next week and on the newsstands the following week.

This issue features fine artist, Natan Pernick; graphic designer Deroy Peraza, Hperakt; Yann Legendre, illustrator and photographer Bruce Peterson.

You can also order the issue online. But hurry copies are limited.

Cover photo by Jonny Ruzzo

CQ36 International Call for Entries

We are now accepting entries for CQ36. Categories include: Advertising, Graphic Design, Illustration, Photography and Fine Art. Open to all professionals, students and educators in all countries. 
Enter CQ36 now

Deadline: April 25, 2014

Free App for Art Directors, Art Buyers and Graphic Designers

If you’re one of our readers who’s an art director or graphic designer and you commission illustration we’d like you to take a look at our sister publication’s free app.

The app features over 380 pages of illustrators from around the globe, curated by Charles Hively, Founder and Design Director of 3x3, The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration, the Directory is divided into thirteen helpful categories and is available as a free app on the iTunes store as well as a print edition and a website.

This is their seventh edition and is gaining in popularity for its curated approach to directories, single-image illustrations and portable size. And with the free app they’ve added even more accessibility.

Cover illustration by Klaas Verplancke, Belgium

CQ35: Call for Entries Deadline this Friday

The deadline for CQ35 is this Friday. Open to professionals and student. Enter your work for fine art, photography, graphic design, illustration and our newest category advertising. Enter now! 

CQ35: Call for Entries

We are now accepting entries for CQ35. Categories include: Advertising, Fine Art, Graphic Design, Illustration, Photography. Still open to students and professionals. Deadline: January 31, 2014
Enter CQ35 now