Graphex 56


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Calling All Creatives!
Entries are now open for Camp Graphex 56!

 

The deadline for entries is midnight Monday, March 31st. Entries must have been published for the first time between April 2024 and March 2025. Entries may be submitted by anyone having part in the creation of the entry.

Art Directors Club of Tulsa finishes each season with Graphex, an annual art and design competition featuring the best work of Tulsa creatives! Guest judges from across the country critique both professional and student work ranging from self-promotion pieces to full blown multimedia campaigns. Student portfolio winners are awarded cash prizes for first, second, and third place.

Winning work will be on display and celebrated during an elegant award ceremony, held at the Tulsa Central Library in downtown Tulsa on Tuesday, May 1st. 

* All Graphex entries must have been published for the first time between April 2024 and March 2025. Entries may be submitted by anyone having part in the creation of the entry.

Professional

Single Entry: Members $40 / Non-Members $50
Multimedia Entry: Members $55 / Non-Members $75

JUDGING PROCESS

Judges review work and score based on concept, creativity and execution. Judges will award one Graphex winner to each category. Runners-up will receive Honorable Mentions. If judges feel a piece is worthy of another category, they may award the entry in another category.

Awards are given solely at the discretion of the judges, whose decisions are final. Winners will receive notice when accepted into Graphex.

Entry Process

Select the category that is the most appropriate for your entry. Single entries are allowed up to 5 images per project, Multimedia Campaign entries allow up to 10 images per project. 

Images should be uploaded using the following specs:

  • Size: 1920 x 1080px
  • Resolution: 300ppi 
  • Format: JPG, PNG, or TIFF
  • File Size: Less than 15 MB

Please label submitted file(s) using the following guidelines:

FOR INDIVIDUALS

Category-LastNameFirstName-01.jpg

  • Example: Photography-AdamsJohn-01.jpg
  • Example: Photography-AdamsJohn-02.jpg

FOR TEAMS/COMPANIES

Category-TeamName-01.jpg

  • Example: Photography-TulsaCreatives-01.jpg
  • Example: Photography-TulsaCreatives-02.jpg

For digital work (such as video, interface or web) submit a link to Vimeo, YouTube or a website. Please also include a high-resolution screenshot(s) in JPEG, PNG, or TIFF format.

Entry Categories

  • ADCT Spirit Award
    Honoring Scott Raffe (1964-2011). Scott was a talented commercial photographer who called Tulsa home and poured himself into his work and ADCT. But Scott’s passion for his personal projects, and the people he shared them with, is what made him special. It is this spirit of pure creativity that we honor with the ADCT Spirit Award, recognizing purely personal work and the drive to create in all of us. All mediums of personal, non-commercial art will be accepted into the Spirit Award category and judged by members of the ADCT board.
  • Digital Media
  • Environmental
  • Identity
  • Illustration
  • In-House
  • Motion/Video
  • Multimedia Campaign (Up to 10 Images Per Project)
  • Packaging/Products
  • Photography 
  • Print
  • Self-Promotion 
  • Typography

Eligibility

All Graphex entries must have been published for the first time between April 2024 and March 2025. Entries may be submitted by anyone having part in the creation of the entry.

Student

Single Entry: Members $15 / Non-Members $20
Portfolio + Multimedia Entries: Members $25 / Non-Members $30

Judging Process

Judges review work and score based on Concept, Creativity, and Execution. Judges will award first, second, and third place portfolios that receive financial prizes. 

In addition, each individual category will include one Graphex winner. Runners-up will receive Honorable Mention awards. If judges feel a piece is worthy of another category, they may award the entry in another category.

Awards are given solely at the discretion of the judges whose decisions are final. Winners will receive notice when accepted into Graphex for consideration.

Entry Process

Select the category that is the most appropriate for your entry. Single entries are allowed up to 5 images per project, Multimedia Campaign entries allow up to 10 images per project.

Single & Multimedia Campaign Entries

Images should be uploaded using the following specs:

  • Size: 1920 x 1080px
  • Resolution: 300ppi 
  • Format: JPG, PNG, or TIFF
  • File Size: Less than 15 MB

Please label submitted file(s) using the following guidelines:Category-LastNameFirstName-01.jpg

  • Example: Photography-AdamsJohn-01.jpg
  • Example: Photography-AdamsJohn-02.jpg
Portfolio [Up to 10 pieces]

Upload portfolio entries as a multi-page PDF in 300dpi.

Images should be uploaded using the following specs:

  • Size: 1920 x 1080px
  • Resolution: 300ppi
  • Format: JPG, PNG, or TIFF
  • File Size: Less than 25 MB

Please label submitted file using the following guidelines:

Series-LastNameFirstName.pdf

  • Example: Series-AdamsJohn.pdf

For digital work (such as video, interface or web) submit a link to Vimeo, YouTube or a website. Please also include a high-resolution screenshot(s) in JPEG, PNG, or TIFF format.

Entry Categories

  • ADCT Spirit Award
    Honoring Scott Raffe (1964-2011). Scott was a talented commercial photographer who called Tulsa home and poured himself into his work and ADCT. But Scott’s passion for his personal projects, and the people he shared them with, is what made him special. It is this spirit of pure creativity that we honor with the ADCT Spirit Award, recognizing purely personal work and the drive to create in all of us. All mediums of personal, non-commercial art will be accepted into the Spirit Award category and judged by members of the ADCT board.
  • Digital Media
  • Environmental
  • Identity 
  • Illustration
  • Motion/Video
  • Multimedia Campaign (Up to 10 images Per Project)
  • Packaging/Products
  • Photography
  • Print
  • Self-Promotion
  • Student Portfolio (Up to 10 Images)

Eligibility

All Graphex entries must have been published for the first time between April 2024 and March 2025. Entries may be submitted by anyone having part in the creation of the entry.

Members Get Perks.

Corporate

$360+

  • Free Entry to Speaker Events
  • Up to 10 Guest Passes
  • Discounted Entry to Graphex and Kern & Burn

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Professional

$120

  • Free Entry to Speaker Events
  • 2 Guest Passes per Season
  • Discounted Entry to Graphex and Kern & Burn

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Student

$45

  • Free Entry to Speaker Events
  • 2 Guest Passes per Season
  • Discounted Entry to Graphex and Kern & Burn

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