Sponsored by the Society for News Design and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, the annual SND Best of News Design Creative Competition [1] recognizes excellence in news design, graphics and photography. Open to all magazines and general circulation newspapers — daily or non-daily, broadsheet or tabloid, traditional or alternative — published anywhere in the world, as well as syndicates and cooperatives providing material used in newspapers. Each annual design competition covers one calendar year. Membership in SND is not required. 

Winning entries will be recognized with awards for outstanding work, pushing the boundaries of design and technology and helping define the state of the art for the industry.

Standard deadline: Friday, Feb 14, 2025

Extended deadline: Friday, Feb 28, 2025