CFP: 2026 Design Incubation Communication Design Educators Awards

Call for Nominations and Entries for the 2026 Communication Design Educators Awards Competition.

Design Incubation announces a call for nominations and/or entries for the 2026 Design Incubation Communication Design Educators Awards in the areas of scholarship: creative work, scholarship: publication, teaching, or service. The goal of the awards program is to discover and recognize new scholarship executed in the past two (2) years. We hope to expand the design record, promote excellence, and share knowledge within the field.

We are excited to announce Professors Michael Gibson and Keith Owens, North Texas University, as the incoming Directors of the Communication Design Educators Awards. We would like to thank Steven McCarthy, Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota Twin Cities for launching and directing this initiative since its inception in 2016. We would also like to thank all the previous chairs of this competition.

Nominations are not required to enter. Researchers can enter their own work for consideration by our esteemed jury. Submission deadline: December 31, 2026.

Jury 2026

Nominations and Entries

We encourage colleagues, mentors, supervisors, clients, and editors to identify outstanding creative work, publications, teaching, or service by design educators in the field communication design. Nominate researchers for an award using the nomination form. (There is no fee to nominate.)

Researchers can enter their own work directly by completing the entry form below.