Competition subject
10th competition – 10 retrospective topics (at the participant's choice):
The integration and interaction of different alphabets of the world.
Palindrome.
World Literature: Read! Feel it! Interpret!
History of writing: personalities, events, milestones.
Alma Mater. Freedom in creativity – creativity in learning.
Philosophy of Existence.
Transformation: time, meaning, symbol.
NextGen Font: Beyond the Written Word.
The culture of the word: from visuality to meaning.
ON AIR: Ukraine.
More about past competitions: https://www.behance.net/gallery/167407331/Pangram-Competition
Deadlines for submission of works
Early bird: March 1, 2026
Deadline: April 30, 2026
Nominations
Calligraphy | Lettering | Art Alphabet | Decorative font | Display font | Text font | Font poster | Motion type
Category
Student – for students of higher education institutions (Higher education institutions must necessarily conduct a selection stage of work among students, with the involvement of their tutors).
Profi– for graduates, young designers, students of private courses in type and calligraphy, etc.
Selection of works
Only those works that meet the nomination conditions, have a high-quality level of execution, and comply with ethical standards are accepted for participation in the competition.
Each participant has the right to submit up to 3 works in each nomination together with the competition application. The competition application is a completed Google form in English with the competition work downloaded in accordance with the technical requirements (each work not exceeding 5 MB is accepted as a separate application)[1].
The participant guarantees the authorship of his works.
Plagiarism is unacceptable. The use of AI is not welcome!
[1] The processing of personal data is carried out in accordance with the requirements of the Law of Ukraine "On Personal Data Protection". The works of the participants can be used by the Organizing Committee in order to promote the Contest while preserving the copyright of the participant.
General criteria for selection of works
• originality of the idea and concept;
• compositional expressiveness;
• aesthetic appeal;
• technology execution (according to the nominations)
Awards
Winners are awarded with of diplomas I, II, III degrees in each nomination, as well as diplomas-honors from members of the international jury.
All participants of the final stage get a participant certificate (remotely).
The winners may also be awarded honors from the partners of the Competition, awards from the Organizing Committee and our partners.
Participation in the competition is free of charge.
General formation of work
File name: participant's last name (in English) and the letter of the nomination (for example, Lanko_A). It is forbidden to place the participant's name on the work itself.
If several work, then the numbers are added (Lanko_A1, Lanko_A2).
Files that do not comply with the terms of the competition and nominations will not be considered.