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

Creative Quarterly Special Subscription Offer

You’ve entered our shows, seen our magazine on the newsstand or received a complimentary copy—we’d like to suggest a more permanent arrangement.

While other magazines rely on advertising to pay the bills we rely on subscriptions. So we invite you to join us in supporting art and design by becoming a subscriber. We keep entry fees low, you get the best of art and design, quarterly.

Choose either a print or our new digital subscription. A digital subscription is perfect for those on a budget or for those who live outside North America.

Subscribe before November 29th and we’ll send you a free digital copy of our current issue with profiles of Hannah Maybank, fine artist, Dutch design firm Studio Boot, German photographer Martin Klimas and Dutch illustrator Zeloot.

A subscription could be a perfect holiday gift for you or someone you know.

Subscribe now.