OUR 2024 PARTNERS

The registration period for the 2023 Contest is over!
Good luck to all the participants!

ENTER THE GUTENBERG CONTEST!

Deadline for entries : January 31, 2024

BACK THIS YEAR THE MENTION HORS QUÉBEC

Are you a Canadian printer (outside Quebec)?
Here's your chance to win a Gutenberg Mention!

The Outside Quebec Gutenberg Mention will be awarded to the piece printed in Canada but outside Quebec that receives the highest score, all categories combined.

How do I do it?

Enter your piece in one of the 14 categories and add the Mention Hors Québec option.
Fill out the registration form
Send it to us by email at info@galagutenberg.ca
Send 2 copies of your piece with the mention: Gutenberg 2024.

No matter your region, take advantage of this opportunity and celebrate print with us!

Petits et grands imprimeurs, tous procédés confondus, de la bannière grand format à la plus petite étiquette, en passant par le livre, le journal et l’emballage, faites-nous vibrer en couleurs et en originalité ! Le Concours Gutenberg n’est pas que pour Montréal et les environs, ni uniquement pour les grands joueurs de l’Industrie. Les défis sont réels, peu importe la situation géographique ou la taille de l’entreprise !

Here are the 14 categories of the Gutenberg 2024 Competition:

Gutenberg 100% Digital
Gutenberg Display
Gutenberg Books Editing
Gutenberg Magazines Editing
Gutenberg Ennoblement, Finishing and Complementary Processes
Gutenberg Labels
Gutenberg Packaging
Gutenberg Flexible Packaging
Gutenberg Non-Conventional Material
Gutenberg Marketing (Self-Promotion)
Gutenberg Marketing (Customer)
Gutenberg L'Audacieux
Gutenberg Binding
GutenVERT

Remember that categories don’t take into account the printing process (except for the 100% Digital category). The same category can contain entries that have been produced in offset, digital printing, screen printing, ink jet, flexography or a combination of different processes. The entries will be judged according to the final result.

Category descriptions

100% DIGITAL

Your project is printed only in digital? Regardless of the type of equipment (toner, inkjet, varnish, etc.) and the quantity printed, this category is for you!

Example: All that can be printed digitally!

DISPLAY

Poster, banner, POP (point-of-purchase advertising), display stand, etc.

EDITION (books, magazines)

Souvenir program (on sale), comic book, book, magazine, etc.

LABELS

Everything that is similar to a label, whether or not it is self-adhesive (except stamps).

PACKAGING

Everything that can hold a product.

FLEXIBLE PACKAGING

Any product printed on flexible or extensible film (plastic containers, caps, resealable plastic sleeves, bags, thermoretractable packaging, etc.)

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? So, submit your piece in this category.

MARKETING (customer)

Souvenir program (free), brochure, vehicle wrapping, promotional product, avertising, mailings, textile clothing and accessories, etc.

MARKETING (self-promotion)

Corporate brochure, display sleeve, calendar, vehicle wrapping, promotional product, etc.

NON-CONVENTIONAL MATERIAL

Do you print on fabric, wood, glass, ceramic, leather or any other unconventional media? This category is for you!

Examples: Curtains, floors, windows, cups, sweaters, etc.

ENNOBLISSEMENT, FINITION ET PROCÉDÉS COMPLÉMENTAIRES

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.

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!

MENTION HORS QUÉBEC

If you’re a Canadian printer (outside Quebec), here’s your chance to win a Mention Gutenberg!