It’s awards season!
Submissions to the 2023 Awards are now closed - thank you to everyone who has entered - we’re excited to start the judging!
The Categories
Portfolio
4 - 10 IMAGES
In this category, our judges are looking for a portfolio of your collages that are representative of the breadth and depth of your collage practice.
*Header image by Portfolio Winner Julia Nala
Open call - Type
SINGLE IMAGE OR SERIES (4 - 10 IMAGES)
For this category, we’re looking for any collage that includes type. This can be handwritten, deconstructed or straight typography.
*Header image by Les Jones
Series
4 - 10 IMAGES
In this category, we’re looking for a coherent series of works - a specific project perhaps or an on-going series on a particular theme.
*Header image by Series Winner Sean Lee
Commissioned works
SINGLE IMAGE OR SERIES (4-10 IMAGES)
Have you created work for a client – a book cover, editorial image or perhaps an album cover? Then this is the category for you! We want to see all of your commissioned work - whether it was a single piece for a magazine or a series of posters. Your artist statement should include who the client was and a rough outline of the brief given.
*Header image by Michelle Thompson
Innovation
BODY OF EVIDENCE
Here we are looking for projects and approaches that use collage art in new and innovative ways. It could be working with technology, using collage for good, or incorporating new techniques into your work. Your submission should include a description of the project/initiative with supporting images and examples of work produced.
Open call - Portrait
SINGLE IMAGE OR SERIES (4 - 10 IMAGES)
Portraits tell stories of the people they represent. In this category, we’re looking for images of people that convey meaning or emotion.
*Header image by Kim Hamburg
Anthony Grant - Memory Digital Series winner
Bill Noir - Analogue Portfolio Winner
Bram Antheunis - Memory Series runner up
Felicia Dadak - Memory single image runner up
Adolphus Washington - Analogue series winner
Mobolaji Ogunrosoye - Analogue series runner up
Sean Lee - Digital Portfolio runner up
Jack Felice - Analogue single image runner up
Julia Nala - Digital Portfolio winner
Submission Guide
Please, please, please…read this guide thoroughly before submitting your work.
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Images should be JPEG or PNG and be no smaller than 2 MB in size.
Please label each image as the following:
category_yourname_imagetitle
e.g portfolio_lesjones_untitled
If you are sending multiple entries, please put each entry in a separate folder and upload as a zip file when submitting. The folder should be labeled as the following:
Category Name
e.g Type Series Les Jones
or Portrait Single Les JonesWe will not consider any image that does not meet these requirements so please make sure that all your submitted imagery is named correctly and of good resolution.
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Along with each entry, please write an accompanying artist statement of up to 300 words - this can be the same or different for each entry according to what you want the judges to know.
Please upload your statement as a Word document or PDF file. If sending multiple entries, please put each artist statement into the correlating entry folder.
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The deadline for all entries is midnight (GMT) on Saturday 30th September 2023. Shortlisted entries will be announced on Monday 16th October via our website and our Instagram page.
Final results will be announced on Tuesday 31st October via our website and our Instagram page.
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In each of the categories, you may enter. works in the following mediums:
• Analogue collage
• Mixed media (with clear collaged elements)
• Digital collage
• Assemblage (three dimensional works/objects)
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In each category there will be three prize levels - Winner, Runner-up and Highly Commended.
All recognised artists will receive:
• A digital certificate
• Inclusion in our Awards gallery on our website
• Inclusion in our Awards supplement in CC. Magazine and also in our printed Awards brochure.
• Permission to use the CC. Magazine Awards logo in their own communications.
In addition to the above, category winners will receive:
• A printed certificate
• A dedicated interview feature in an issue of CC. Magazine
• A dedicated post on our Instagram page
• Inclusion in wider PR about the awards
• PLUS a full year subscription to CC. Magazine.
Our 2023 Judging Panel
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Rhed Fawell
(UK) : Collage artist and founder and curator of the Edinburgh Collage Collective.
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Aaron L. Beebe
(USA) : Collage artist, designer and founder of Plastikcomb Magazine
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Justine Laeufer
(Germany) : Internationally renowned collage artist and photographer
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Kike Congrains
(Peru): Collage artist, curator, educator and self-proclaimed Sherif of @canson_city
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Steph Hartman
(UK) : Collage artist, founder of Collage Club London and published author.
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Max Malone
(Australia) : Collage artist and co-founder of ‘that paper joint’ collage studio & gallery space in Melbourne.
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Petra Zehner
(France) : Collage artist, graphic designer and the founder and curator of Paris Collage Collective
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Anthony Grant
(USA) : Collage artist, designer and Award-winner in the CC. Magazine Awards 2022
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Entering the CCM awards was a game changing experience for me. It really helped to share my work with a much wider audience, massively boosted my confidence in my own work and connected me with lots of artists around the world.
SEAN LEE
Digital Series Winner
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I am so honored to have won an award from Contemporary Collage Magazine. It shows me that I am on a path that feels authentic to me while also showing that there is an entire universe of people who enjoy this art form as much as I do. I am so grateful for this recognition and, more importantly, to be a part of a growing community of collage artists. Thank you again to Contemporary Collage Magazine for this incredible honor.
ANTHONY GRANT
Memory Series winner
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Initially, I wasn’t sure about entering the CCM Awards last year but in the end I decided to enter at the last minute. The submission process was super straightforward and I enjoyed selecting which collage to submit and thinking about what to write about my work for the supporting statement. It was a lovely surprise to be named on the list of shortlisted artists with so many collagists I admire. I was very honoured to be selected by the judges as an award winner and it has given me the confidence to develop further in my collage practice
MIRANDA MILWARD - Memory Single Analogue Winner
Gert Motmans - Memory series winner