Shortlist announced!

A big thank you to everyone who entered the Penguin Random House Student Design Award 2018. We had a record-breaking 2,185 entries this year. Congratulations to the shortlisted entrants, whose designs you can view here.

Adult Fiction Cover Award – shortlisted entrants

Simon Breese – Billy Blue College of Design, Australia

Emily Courdelle – Norwich University of the Arts

Louis Hartley - Northumbria University

Raemarie Lee – Kingston University

Daisy Moore – Kingston University

Mulenga Musonda – University of Brighton

Joshua Payne – Falmouth University

Joanna Ruane – University of Huddersfield

Sascha Sendlbeck – University of Derby

Alva Skog – Central Saint Martins

Adult Non-Fiction Cover Award

Robert Benniman – Gloucestershire College

Zoe Boukouvala – Bath Spa University

Fiona Cheung – Coventry University

Cameron Edwardson – Coventry University

Fergus Frost – Central Saint Martins

Helen Kellock – Glasgow School of Art

Graham Robinson – Stockport College

James Seabright – Northumbria University

Harry Woodgate – University of Hertfordshire

Stephen Young – University of Hertfordshire

Children’s Cover Award

Emily Courdelle – Norwich University of the Arts

Fruzsina Czech – Ulster University, Belfast

Jade Devanna – Hugh Baird University Centre

Heléna Doré – Plymouth College of Art

Kay Hamers - University of Northampton

Katie Hilton – Blackpool & the Fylde University

Emma Hope – Glasgow Clyde College

Lucy Scholes – Falmouth University

Lydia Townsend – Northbrook Metropolitan College

Saskia Wright – Nottingham Trent University

The winners will be announced on Wednesday 20^th June.

The winner of each category will win a work placement within the Penguin Random House Design Studios as well as £1,000 in prize money. The winners of the 2^nd prize in each category will receive a £500 cash prize and the winners of the 3^rd prize in each category will receive a £350 cash prize.

All the shortlisted entrants have been contacted by email about the next stage of the competition.

We regret that we cannot enter into any further correspondence with entrants who have not been selected for the shortlist.

About the Student Design Award

The Penguin Random House Student Design Award is an opportunity for students interested in pursuing a career in design to experience real cover design briefs first-hand.

The competition is open to anyone studying on a Further Education or Higher Education course (part time or full time) in any subject and at any level at the time of the deadline for entries (6 March 2018). Entrants must be aged 18 or over by 1 July 2018.  The competition is not open to graphic design professionals. Entrants must be available to take up the 4-week work placement if they win the first prize. See the Terms and Conditions for full details of entry requirements.

To enter, select the category/categories you would like to submit an entry for, read the briefs and get designing!

Students may enter a maximum of one design in each of the three categories.

To make the process even more similar to the way our designers work, once the judges have selected the shortlist, the Art Directors will email the shortlisted entrants with individual feedback and further art direction on their cover designs.

This year, our three briefs are: