The Third Annual International Wine Label Design Competition is now accepting preliminary round entries by email through MAY 1, 2012.
Please click on the "Enter!" button above right to enter the contest.
TEAM and INDIVIDUAL design awards will be given for the best label in five different categories:
- Successful innovation
- Dramatic graphics
- Classic Style
- Best Series
- Labels not currently in production
(must meet TTB guidelines) - Grand Prize picked from winners of categories 1–4. Labels not currently in production are not elgible for the Grand Prizes
Entries will be judged on the following criteria:
Overall originality and creativity, use of typography, and use of graphics.
Entry fees are $95 per label for professional artists and $55 per label for student artists.
Entrants may submit up to 5 label designs for judging. For entry fee purposes, front and back labels for the same wine count as one label.
All labels must have been designed in 2011 or 2012. They cannot have been entered in this contest before.
U.S. labels must meet TTB guidelines. Labels from other countries must meet the government requirements in those countries.
Any individual who has designed an original wine bottle label is eligible.
See our rules page for competition rules. Please email labelcontest@balzac.com with any questions.
The contest is administered by Balzac Communications and Marketing, an international public relations, marketing and graphic design company based in Napa, California.
Preliminary round entries will be reviewed by the staff of Balzac Communications. Entrants chosen to advance to the final round will then be judged by our international panel of judges and final winners will be chosen.
Certificate Awards for the International Wine Label Design Competition will be mailed after the judging and will consist of Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards. There are no monetary awards. All contest proceeds benefit the Community Action Napa Valley Volunteer Center, a non-profit organization in Napa, California, which trains and places volunteer labor with local non-profit organizations. Winners will appear on this web site and will be part of a public relations campaign by Balzac Communications on behalf of this contest after winners are announced.
