Celebrating our Greatest Hits - 29th National Print Awards

The Greatest Hits produced by Australia’s print and graphic communication industry over the past year will be recognised and celebrated at the 29th National Print Awards, the premier print excellence awards in Australia.

Each year, print service providers from around the country are invited to hit us with their best shot by entering their local Print Industry Craftsmanship Awards (PICAs). If their work is judged as good as gold these stars join the hit parade at the National Print Awards.

This year’s chart-topping jobs, produced by a total of 182 groups and individual artists around the country, have been judged against the most exacting standards by a panel of industry gurus in Melbourne in December 2011 before being included in this year’s Greatest Hits compilation.

As in all competitions, however, the winners take it all and only a few of these hits will make the final cut for the 29th National Print Awards ‘best of’ album for 2010-11. The final selection will be announced at the 29th National Print Awards Presentation Dinner, to be held on Friday 20 April at the Palladium Ballroom at Crown in Melbourne, where print-lovers will be treated to a showcase of Greatest Hits and have the chance to rub shoulders with the artists and producers behind them.

A highlight of the annual graphic arts calendar, the Dinner is a chance to recognise those whose creativity, commitment and dedication have marked them as simply the best in the industry and, just as importantly, to celebrate good times with colleagues and friends, whether you’re leaving with a pocket full of gold or nothing more than brass in pocket.

Even as we celebrate this year’s Greatest Hits, however, we recognise that new talent is emerging every day. The coming year will see more stars rise and more chart-topping work produced...and industry fans will be keen to catch them at the local PICA Awards.

Entries to PICA are welcome from anyone involved in the creation, buying, production, reproduction, supply of materials or the actual printing of any Australian-produced print job which falls into the competition categories.

So if you believe you’ve got the touch or you know of a print job which you think has the potential to reach Number 1, make sure you enter it into your local PICA competition – if you win a ‘best of category’ there, you’ll automatically win your ticket for entry to the national competition...it could be the move that’s gonna make you a star!

*With apologies to Pat Benetar, The Beautiful South, ABBA, Tina Turner, Kool and the Gang, Vince Gill, the Pretenders, Stan Bush, David Essex and all their fans.