Call to enter 2010 Tabbies

The Tabbies, the international business-to-business (B2B) magazine editorial and design awards programme run by Trade, Association and Business Publications International (TABPI), is now open for nominations and closes on 3 March 2010.

The B2B competition has 20 categories open to English-language publications around the world that are published at least quarterly, as well as B2B online-only publications.

Categories

Editorial - Best Single Issue, Department, Editor's Column, Feature Article, Focus/Profile Article, How-To Article, News Coverage, Regular Column, Single News Article, Special Section, and Technical Article;
Design - Feature Design, Front Cover, Digital Imagery; Front Cover, Illustration; Front Cover, Photograph; Front Cover, Special Issue; Opening Page or Spread; and Table of Contents;
Online division - most interactive, informative B2B websites as well as online-only features.

For the competition, TABPI partners with New Zealand's Magazine Publishers Association (MPA); Australia's Society of Editors NSW; South Africa's Magazine Publisher's Association of South Africa (MPASA), TABPI South Africa, the Southern African Freelancers Association (SAFREA) and the US-based American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE).

Design Challenge competition

The third Design Challenge is open for entries and encourages B2B art directors or artists to enter this free challenge, where the winner receives US$250 (about R1900) and lots of recognition. The challenge rewards graphic creativity in the B2B industry, as well as serving as an educational exercise for other artists. The deadline for submitting solutions is Friday 12 February.

For more go to www.tabpi.org/.