Early bird discount!
All items are $100 through December 4, 2026.
Stay tuned for details
and other updates starting in
September 2026!
The registration period is now over.
Thank you to all participants!
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.
Whether traveling with family or friends, the two-bedroom suite can accommodate up to eight people. It features one bedroom with a king-size bed, one bedroom with two queen-size beds, two bathrooms, a fully equipped kitchen, a living room with a sofa bed, a balcony, and a fireplace.
The valets will be delighted to welcome you upon your arrival and will be at your service throughout your stay.
Treat yourself to a moment of relaxation in the heated outdoor pool (open year-round) and hot tub. A 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 have the certificate and provide a credit card for any additional costs that are not included. This certificate is subject to availability upon reservation and is not available during the following events: all long weekends including a holiday (Valentin’s Day, Easter, National Patriot’s Day, Saint-Jean Baptiste, Canada Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, as well as The Holiday season, Christmas & New Year, Washington Week (3rd week of February), March Break (1st week of March), Ironman 70.3 (3rd week of June, Blues festival of Mont-Tremblant (5 days in July) and 24h Tremblant (2nd week of December). Expiration date: May 31, 2027
Our categories have been revamped!
Single Item
Display
Display
Have you been working hard on a project that only has one copy? This category is for you!
Displaying multiple copies
Newsstands, displays, etc., featuring multiple copies.
Self Promotion
Any item that represents your company and features your logo. Corporate brochures, calendars, vehicle wraps, promotional items, presentation folders, etc.
Book Editing
Books in all forms.
Magazine Editing
Souvenir album/program (for sale), comic book, magazine, etc.
Packaging Short Run (10,000 units or less)
Anything that serves as a rigid container for a product.
Packaging Long Run (10,000 units or more)
Anything that serves as a rigid container for a product.
Flexible Packaging Short Run (5000 linear feet or less)
Any product printed on flexible or extensible film: plastic films, resealable plastic pouches, bags, heat-shrink sleeves, and aluminum or plastic lids.
Flexible Packaging Long Run (5000 linear feet or more)
Any product printed on flexible or extensible film: plastic films, resealable plastic pouches, bags, heat-shrink sleeves, and aluminum or plastic lids.
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.
Label Short Run (5000 linear feet or less)
Everything that is similar to a label, whether or not it is self-adhesive (except stamps).
Label Long Run (5000 linear feet or more)
Everything that is similar to a label, whether or not it is self-adhesive (except stamps).
Gutenvert
If your project includes several of the GutenVERT criteria (see below), you have a chance to win a GutenVERT Award.
Non-Conventional Print
Do you print on fabric, wood, glass, ceramics, leather, or any other unconventional surfaces? Examples: curtains, floors, windows, mugs, T-shirts, recycled materials, etc.
L’Audacieux
A project has led you to make difficult choices, take risks, and push the boundaries to achieve what initially seemed impossible. Did you dare to go further and create an innovative, distinctive, and bold print—whether through your choice of raw materials, manufacturing process, shape, or use? Submit your piece in this category!
Display
POS (point-of-sale advertising), display stand.
Prestige
Any piece that has a high or very high production cost, regardless of the manufacturing process or the quantity produced.
Non-Traditional Binding
Break away from the norm and make binding a distinctive feature of your project! This category recognizes projects that stand out for their original or creative binding techniques, which fully contribute to the aesthetics, functionality, or user experience of the printed material. Excludes case binding and thermal binding. Excluding box binding and thermal binding.
Our Evaluation Criteria
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.)
- Environmentally friendly inks/varnishes (no UV inks used)
- Concerns regarding eco-design, optimized design, etc. Example: ink coverage, etc.
Technical aspects: 25%
- Characteristics of the project
- General quality
- Audacity
See you soon!
Single Item
Display
Excluant la reliure caisse et la thermoreliure. Sortez des standards et faites de la reliure un élément distinctif de votre projet! Cette catégorie récompense les réalisations qui se démarquent par une technique de reliure originale ou créative, contribuant pleinement à l’esthétique, à la fonctionnalité ou à l’expérience de l’imprimé.
Self Promotion
Any item that represents your company and features your logo. Corporate brochures, calendars, vehicle wraps, promotional items, presentation folders, etc.
Book Editing
Books in all forms.
Magazine Editing
Souvenir album/program (for sale), comic book, magazine, etc.
Packaging short run
10 000 unités et moins
Anything that serves as a rigid container for a product.
Packaging long run
10 000 unités et plus
Anything that serves as a rigid container for a product.
Flexible packaging short run
5000 pieds linéaires et moins
Any product printed on flexible or extensible film: plastic films, resealable plastic pouches, bags, heat-shrink sleeves, and aluminum or plastic lids.
Flexible packaging long run
(5000 pieds linéaires et plus)
Any product printed on flexible or extensible film: plastic films, resealable plastic pouches, bags, heat-shrink sleeves, and aluminum or plastic lids.
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.
Label short run
(5000 pieds linéaires et moins)
Everything that is similar to a label, whether or not it is self-adhesive (except stamps).
Label long run
(5000 pieds linéaires et plus)
Everything that is similar to a label, whether or not it is self-adhesive (except stamps).
Gutenvert
Si votre projet comporte plusieurs des critères GutenVERT (voir critères ci-bas), vous courez la chance d’obtenir un trophée GutenVERT.
Non-Conventional Print
Do you print on fabric, wood, glass, ceramics, leather, or any other unconventional surfaces? Examples: curtains, floors, windows, mugs, T-shirts, recycled materials, etc.
L’audacieux
A project has led you to make difficult choices, take risks, and push the boundaries to achieve what initially seemed impossible. Did you dare to go further and create an innovative, distinctive, and bold print—whether through your choice of raw materials, manufacturing process, shape, or use? Submit your piece in this category!
Display
POS (point-of-sale advertising), display stand.
Prestige
Any piece that has a high or very high production cost, regardless of the manufacturing process or the quantity produced.
Non-Traditional Binding
Break away from the norm and make binding a distinctive feature of your project! This category recognizes projects that stand out for their original or creative binding techniques, which fully contribute to the aesthetics, functionality, or user experience of the printed material. Excludes case binding and thermal binding.
Excluding box binding and thermal binding.
Elément 1
Élément 2
Élément 3
Our categories have been revamped!
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 that has a high or very high production cost, regardless of the manufacturing process or the 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.