Winning works will be unveiled at Tokyo Sankei Building for the 76th National Calendar Exhibition, accepting applications until December 4th
Sankei Shimbun Press Press release: November 7, 2024 Winning works will be unveiled at Tokyo Sankei Building for the 76th National Calendar Exhibition. Applications are being accepted until December 4th. The Sankei Shimbun and the Japan Printing Industry Federation are holding the “76th National Calendar Exhibition”, a competition to honor outstanding calendars, and are accepting entries until December 4th (Wednesday). The winning works will be exhibited at an exhibition to be held at Tokyo Sankei Building Brick Gallery in January next year. [Application site]
https://www.jfpi.or.jp/topics/detail/id=6254
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/22608/1807/22608-1807-f6de08c28619d592bfe90d1978412a6e-3900×1581.jpg Works that won the highest “Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award” = Previous This exhibition began in 1950 to honor calendars with excellent printing technology, planning and design ability, functionality, and practicality. This year, we have newly established the “Small/Special Shape Calendar Special Award” for small/desktop calendars whose use has been increasing in recent years. When selecting award-winning works, we will invite creative professionals and academic experts to conduct a rigorous review. [Application requirements] Calendar for practical use for 2025, ordered or printed by a Japanese printing company (any printing method such as digital printing, inkjet printing, etc.) [Recruitment Department] 《First Division》Corporate calendar for BtoB (calendar distributed to companies/organizations) 《Second Division》Corporate calendar for BtoC (calendar distributed to general consumers) 《Third
Division》Publishing/Retail Sales/Ready-made Calendars [Exhibition fee] 16,500 yen (tax included) per book *If the series is divided into 4 pieces, 16,500 yen x 4 = 66,000 yen (tax included) [Details/How to apply] Please see the Japan Printing Industry Federation homepage (URL below). https://www.jfpi.or.jp/topics/detail/id=6254 [Deadline] December 4th (Wednesday) *Date of arrival at destination [Exhibition] Held from Monday, January 27, 2025 to Friday, January 31, 2025 at the “Brick Gallery” on the 1st and 2nd basement floors of Tokyo Sankei Building (1-7-2 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo). *Only the winning works and the Executive Committee Encouragement Award will be displayed. There will be no exhibition in Osaka this year. *Held simultaneously with the 66th National Catalog Exhibition. [Sponsored by] Japan Printing Industry Federation, Sankei Shimbun Company [Sponsor (planned)] National Federation of Calendar Publishing Cooperatives [Sponsor (planned)] Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, National Printing Bureau, Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Japan Paper Federation, Japan Marketing Association (public corporation), National Federation of Small and Medium Enterprise Associations, Nippon Graphic (public corporation) Design Association (JAGDA), Japan Calendar Culture Promotion Association