Packaging

Beyond just boxes and bags, packaging needs are faced with environmental and logistical challenges, which excellent designs deal with elegantly. This category is a place for all manner of packaging designs.

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Enter NY Product Design Awards

Deadlines & Fees

The NY Product Design Awards makes every effort to keep entry costs low.

Rather than increasing the fee for each entry, fees are only charged in order to cover administrative costs like printing, mailing and data organization. For this reason, each participant is charged a flat $30 annual administrative fee. When all participants pay the same low fee, those submitting more than one entry will actually pay less than if fees were on a sliding scale.

2026
Entry Period 		Early Bird
(Nov 7 - Dec 17, 2025)		 Regular
(Dec 18, 2025- Jan 16, 2026)		 Final
(Jan 17 - Feb 13, 2026)		 Extension
(Feb 14 - Mar 18, 2026)
Professional 1st Entry $209 $219 $239 $249
Additional Entry $209 $219 $239 $249
Additional Category* $149 $159 $179 $189
Results Announcement: May 15, 2026

PROJECT DATE

Work submitted must have been created within the last 5 years.

* Fees are non-refundable. Withdrawn entries (whether withdrawn by entrant, or by the NY Product Design Awards for entrant's failure to comply with the entry rules) will NOT be refunded.

* Multiple entries must be submitted at the same time as your first entry in order to be counted as “additional category”. An entry submitted at a later time will be counted as a “first entry”.

Winner's Benefits

Benefits / Winning Levels Product Design of the Year Product Designer of the Year Gold Winners Silver Winners
Ava Statuette • • - -
Seasonal Features on Winners Highlight Section • • - -
Listed in Official Winner Press Release • • - -
Priority Features on NY Awards e-Newsletter • • - -
Spotlighted Winner Article on Media Partner Site – Muse.World • • - -
Dedicated Social Media Post • • • -
Access to Marketing & Promotional Materials • • • •
Exclusive Access to Winner’s Interview • • • •
Eligible to Purchase Statuette • • • •
Dedicated Winner’s Profile / Page • • • •
Eligible to Purchase Ava Statuette • • • •
Winner Certificate • • • •
Digital Winner Badge • • • •
Digital Congratulatory Letter • • • •

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AWARDS PROCESS

Tap the "My Account" button to register your username and password. If you are already a member, tap "Log In".

Complete the short online entry form. Don't forget that you can enter each work in more than one category.

Upload your entry*
to the system.

Click “Checkout” to process your entry fees.

Image Limits; Up to ten images in JPEG and one PDF can be uploaded per entry. For easy results, ensure images are formatted as JPEG/PNG, 1000px, and no larger than 4MB. Please save PDFs in "Screen View", limited to 6 pages per entry, or 4MB in size.

Submissions should be as detailed as possible. For example, architectural submissions should include small-scale site plans for context, and images of all sides of the building and its environment. A complex of buildings should include a rendering. Restorations and remodels should include images of the site "before and after."

Submissions can be entered as concepts, completed, or works in process. Completed projects may not be older than five years.

Limit written descriptions of your project to 350 words or less.

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