ADC Young Guns 10 Call for Entries

15th March, 2012

ADC Young Guns is the only global, cross-disciplinary portfolio competition that identifies today's vanguard of young creative professionals, age 30 and under.

Call for Entries to ADC Young Guns 10 is now open!
30 or under? Check out the rules and entry instructions, then register and login to get started.

Enter by the Early Bird Deadline, April 17, to qualify for a $99 entry fee, our lowest ever. See all deadlines and fees here.

Questions? Take a look at our FAQ page or email info@adcyoungguns.org.

ADC Young Guns® honors the vanguard of creative professionals who let loose their imaginations, shattering conventions and breaking boundaries with a dash of brilliance and personal flair.

Visual arts, media, and design today are in a state of daily evolution, cross-pollinating ideas between their many disciplines. Industry categories that once defined the creative professional—photography, illustration, advertising, design, fashion, film, the list goes on—have expanded to include newly synthesized versions of these fields. These days, a spirit of hybridization is on the rise, bucking tradition to fuse any number of creative pathways in search of a new direction. At the forefront of this ongoing revolution, the minds of ambitious young visionaries are at work and in play.

Those of you who’ve set your minds to making a name for yourself, raising new standards from within cubicles, conference rooms, cramped apartments, and studios across the world—this is your chance to put those battle cries in action. If you’re age thirty or under and have two years of the working life under your belt, we’d like you to show us what it’s all about.

Submissions are accepted every spring, with a launch party to mark the opening of the call for entries. During the summer, past ADC Young Guns jury the work and choose the 50 creatives that join their ranks. Winning work is honored in an exhibition at the ADC Gallery in the fall and in a limited edition book. At the opening party for the exhibition, winners claim their ADC Young Guns Cube, and receive various benefits from the program's sponsors, in addition to a one-year ADC membership.

In the year that follows, the exhibition travels digitally to various international venues. Back in New York, select ADC Young Guns are invited to participate at speaker events at the ADC Gallery, and at the Apple Stores worldwide, where an ongoing speaker series is held.

On its quest to identify the brightest young professionals across myriad creative disciplines, ADC Young Guns has become more than just a competition—it now comprises a community network of rebels and prodigies, unsung heroes and rising stars. Over the years, our roster has grown to include seven classes of exceptional talent, among them Stefan Sagmeister (YG1), Rei Inamoto (YG4), James Victore (YG1), Ryan McGinness (YG2), floto+warner (YG5), Alexander Gelman (YG1), Deanne Cheuk (YG4), Todd St. John (YG1), Scott Stowell (YG3), Mike Mills (YG1), and Alex Trochut (YG6).

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Included on the Judging Panel are past Young Guns -  AGDA National Councillor and SA President Kellie Campbell-Illingworth and AGDA Member Soren Luckins, Director of Buro North