Early bird discount!
All pieces at $100 until December 5, 2025.
GRAND PRIZE FOR PARTICIPATION!
One entry per piece submitted to the 2026 Gutenberg Contest.
Winners will be announced during the Gala Gutenberg on Thursday, May 28, 2026.
2 nights in a 2-bedroom suite & valet service at The Westin Tremblant
Enjoy Tremblant's enchanting setting at the Westin Tremblant, in the heart of the pedestrian village.
With family or friends, the 2-bedroom suite can accommodate up to 8 people; it offers one bedroom with a king-size bed, one bedroom with 2 queen-size beds, 2 bathrooms, a full kitchen and a living room with sofa bed.
Valets will be happy to welcome you on arrival and will be at your service throughout your stay.
Treat yourself to a moment of relaxation in the heated outdoor pool (year-round) and whirlpool. A newly renovated spa (Amerispa), fitness studio (Westin Workout) and restaurant, Le Leo, await you.
Conditions :
Reservations can be made using the certificate number, by email, or by phone. Upon arrival, you must present the certificate and provide a credit card for any additional charges not included. Certificate expiration date: to be announced
Category descriptions
NEW FOR 2026
SINGLE ITEM DISPLAY
Have you been working hard on a project that only has one copy? This category is for you!
PACKAGING SHORT RUN (10,000 units or less)
PACKAGING LONG RUN (10,000 units or more)
Everything that can hold a product.
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING SHORT RUN (5000 linear feet or less
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING LONG RUN (5000 linear feet or more)
Any product printed on flexible or extensible film: plastic containers, caps, resealable plastic sleeves, bags, thermoretractable packaging, etc.
LABEL SHORT RUN (5000 linear feet or less)
LABEL LONG RUN (5000 linear feet or more)
Everything that is similar to a label, whether or not it is self-adhesive (except stamps).
100 % digital
Your project is printed and finished only in digital? Regardless of the type of equipment (toner, inkjet, varnish, etc.) and the quantity printed, this category is for you!
DISPLAY
Poster, banner, POP (point-of-purchase advertising), display stand, etc.
SELF PROMOTION
Any item that represents your company and bears your logo. Corporate brochure, display sleeve, calendar, vehicle wrapping, promotional product, etc.
PUBLISHING – BOOK
PUBLISHING – MAGAZINE
Souvenir program (on sale), comic book, book, magazine, etc.
ENNOBLEMENT, FINISHING AND COMPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
Any project that has used one or more complementary techniques: gilding, embossing or debossing, hot or cold stamping, embossing, decorative cutting and punching, lamination, special varnishes, selective varnishes, 3D varnishes, digital foil, etc.
GUTENVERT
If your project includes several of the GutenVERT criteria (see page 6), you have a chance to win a GutenVERT Award.
OUTSIDE QUÉBEC
If you’re a Canadian printer (outside Québec), here’s your chance to win a Gutenberg! The Gutenberg Outside Québec will be awarded to the piece printed in Canada, but outside Québec, that receives the highest score in all categories combined.
L’AUDACIEUX
“Which is highly inventive, encourages to perform difficult actions, to take risks to succeed a project considered impossible.” You have dared to go further, and have achieved a revolutionary print by its raw materials, its manufacturing process, its shape or its use? Submit your piece in this category!
NON-CONVENTIONAL MATERIAL
Do you print on fabric, wood, glass, ceramic, leather or any other unconventional media? This category is for you! Some examples: curtains, floors, windows, cups, sweaters, etc.
PRESTIGE
Any piece with a high or very high production cost, regardless of the process or quantity produced.
BINDING
From box binding to thermobinding, menus, sample books, folding, sewing, gluing, case binding, perfect binding, cloth binding, Swiss binding, etc. Here is your category!
Any piece with a high or very high production cost, regardless of the process or quantity produced.
If you’re a Canadian printer (outside Québec), here’s your chance to win a Gutenberg! The Gutenberg Outside Québec will be awarded to the piece printed in Canada, but outside Québec, that receives the highest score in all categories combined.
Si votre projet comporte plusieurs des critères GutenVERT (voir ci-bas), vous courrez la chance d’obtenir un Trophée GutenVERT.
Poster, banner, POP (point-of-purchase advertising), display stand, etc.
Souvenir program (on sale), comic book, book, magazine, etc.
From box binding to thermobinding, menus, sample books, folding, sewing, gluing, case binding, perfect binding, cloth binding, Swiss binding, etc. Here is your category!
Tout projet qui a eu recours à une ou plusieurs techniques complémentaires : dorure, embossage ou débossage, estampage à chaud ou à froid, gaufrage, découpe et perforation décorative, lamination, vernis spéciaux, vernis sélectifs, vernis 3D, foil numérique, etc.
Everything that can hold a product.
Tout produit imprimé sur de la pellicule flexible ou extensible :
des contenants de plastique, des opercules, des pochettes de plastique refermables, des sacs, des emballages thermorétractables, etc.
Everything that is similar to a label, whether or not it is self-adhesive (except stamps).
Corporate brochure, display sleeve, calendar, vehicle wrapping, promotional product, etc.
Souvenir program (free), brochure, vehicle wrapping, promotional product, avertising, mailings, textile clothing and accessories, etc.
« Qui incite à accomplir des actions difficiles, à prendre des risques pour réussir un projet considéré comme impossible. » Vous avez osé aller plus loin et avez réalisé un imprimé révolutionnaire par ses matières premières, son processus de fabrication, sa forme ou son usage ? Soumettez votre pièce dans cette catégorie !
Votre projet est imprimé uniquement en numérique ? Peu importe le type d’équipement (toner, jet d’encre, vernis, etc.) et la quantité imprimée, cette catégorie est pour vous !
Vous imprimez sur du tissu, du bois, du verre, de la céramique, du cuir ou tout autre support non conventionnel ? Exemple : Rideaux, planchers, fenêtres, tasses, chandails, etc.
Evaluation criteria (all pieces)
Characteristics of the project : 75%
- Quality of the product compared to others
- Description of the project (short explicative text)
- Complexity and shape of the project
- Print register
- Colour uniformity
- Printing process(es) and its constraints
- Substrate constraint
- Finishing (complexity, register, quality of finish)
- Types of ink and/or toners (Pantone, metallic, reactive inks, etc.
General quality : 15%
- Creation or design
- Photo quality
- Choice of print substrate
- Emphasizing the ennoblement processes
Audacity : 10%
- Unusual manufacturing process
- Product use
- Audacity and creativity
- Novelty
Evaluation criteria (GutenVERT category)
"Green" Aspects: 75%
- Source of material (paper, cardboard, etc.): Quebec, Canada, United States, Europe, Asia
- Recyclable products: Reusable or recyclable , compostable or biodegradable
- Recycled content (% recycled): 0% recycled, 30% recycled, 100% recycled
- Additional accreditations: (ex. chlorine-free, biogas, FSC, carbon-neutral, etc.)
- Ecological inks/varnishes
- Concerns regarding eco-design, optimized design, etc. Example: ink coverage, etc.
Technical aspects: 25%
- Characteristics of the project
- General quality
- Audacity