GLITCH Graphic Design Student Competition 2026
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Born through the power of a mishap, an unavoidable accident, a glitch will somehow almost always produce our best work. When you are forced to take a step back and reevaluate, you gain a new perspective. GLITCH celebrates that.
Submit any student work, glitchy or not, created between January 31, 2025 and January 1, 2026. We're looking for all sorts of work in all categories of design! Winners will be selected by a jury of professional designers and showcased in at an exhibition at Mississippi State’s Old Main Gallery from February 27th to March 5th, 2026.
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CATEGORIES
Branding/Packaging (including logos, visual identity systems, branding collateral, brand guides/brand, brand videos, product shots, dielines, etc.)
Book/Publication Design (including book covers, magazine spreads, etc.)
Advertising (including single print ads and multimedia campaigns containing print, billboards, commercials/video campaigns, social media ads, guerrilla ads, etc.)
Illustration (single entry or campaigns including digital, painting, photo composites, concept drawings, stand-alone illustrations, illustrated posters, etc.)
Typography (including typeface design, hand lettering, type posters, experimental type, etc.)
Interactive (including multimedia pieces such as websites, app design, interactive videos, creative coding, etc.)
Photography (including stand alone photography or any project with a particular focus on photography as a design element.)
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ENTRY FEE
$10 for one entry (a campaign counts as one entry; one project per entry please)
Please submit your payment through Submittable. You may also email apohl@caad.msstate.edu if you have any payment questions.
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ELIGIBILITY
Undergraduate and graduate school projects, freelance, and pro bono work created by students between the dates of 1/31/25 and 1/1/26 are eligible.
Mississippi State students are welcome to enter, as the judging will be blind.
All applicants will receive an email regarding acceptance/rejection status.
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EXHIBITION
MSU AIGA will have a physical exhibition to honor all of our GLITCH winners. We’ll exhibit the Best in Category pieces, First Runner Up in Category pieces, Second Runner Up in Category Pieces, and all honorable mentions in each category.
The show will be up at the Old Main Gallery located on the 1st floor of the Old Main Academic Building, Mississippi State, 39762. A reception will be held to award the winners and showcase the pieces. By submitting to the MSU Student Juried Exhibition, I agree that the work(s) submitted are original to myself and made by me. I understand and agree that the Department of Art may use my name and the image of my artwork on its website, social media, press releases, and any published or internal documents with proper credit to myself (the artist).