The Calligraphy Chronicles Design Award
One winning design will represent a global community of calligraphers, lettering artists, and makers.
Here's everything that comes with it — and how the award works.
Why This Award Exists
Calligraphers spend thousands of hours creating beautiful work. Too often, that work disappears into social feeds and hard drives.
"We wanted to create something that celebrates the artists behind the letters — and gives outstanding work a bigger stage."
The Flourish Festival & Calligraphy Chronicles team
The Grand Prize
Flourish Festival ticket
+ $1,000 toward your expenses
Four days of world-class workshops in Calgary, October 22–25, 2026 — with $1,000 to help get you there.
A feature article about you and your work in Calligraphy Chronicles Magazine — your story, told properly.
A full interview on the Calligraphy Chronicles Podcast, heard by calligraphers around the world.
Official Flourish merchandise featuring your artwork — plus a merchandise package of your own to keep.
Celebrated in front of the entire community at the Flourish Festival Gala — the most celebrated night of the festival.
The title of Calligraphy Chronicles Design Award Winner — yours to put on your website, bio, and portfolio forever.
Your design featured throughout our 2026–2027 events, publications, and community channels.
Two Ways to Win
Win over the panel, or win over the world. Both are celebrated at the festival in October.
Selected by a panel of internationally respected calligraphers and lettering artists. Judging panel to be announced — you'll recognize the names.
Decided by the panel
Voted by the global community during the public showcase in September. Share your entry page, rally your people, campaign proudly.
Decided by your community
The Prize Vault
Our sponsors — the brands calligraphers already love — are adding to the prize vault:
Want your brand in front of exactly this audience?
Become a SponsorThe Details
No entry fee. One entry per artist. Open to calligraphers and lettering artists worldwide.
Ink. Presence. Connection. Interpret it any way you wish — traditional, contemporary, abstract, illustrated, mixed media, experimental.
Your entry must be your own original artwork, created by you.
You retain full copyright of your artwork. You grant us permission to display your entry in the public gallery and, if it wins, to reproduce it on official merchandise and materials.
Entries close August 31, 2026 at midnight MT. The contest opens June 19.
All accepted entries appear in the public Gallery of Submissions with your name, country, and artist statement — each with its own shareable page.
June 19
Contest Opens
August 31
Entries Close
September
Public Voting
October
Winners Revealed
One design will represent calligraphers everywhere. It might as well be yours.