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Best of Digital Design

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The Society for News Design’s Best of Digital Design is a juried competition honoring visual and technical excellence in storytelling, graphics, social media and product design. We have released a comprehensive database of past winners, with entry links, through AirTable.  Use the filter and sort functions to view awards by year, publication or category.

SND is in the process of collating 40 years of the print competition database into a filterable Airtable file. We will post this file when it is available.

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SND39: Portfolio Winners

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A selection of winners from our portfolio categories for SND 39. This page will be updated as more portfolios are awarded.     Why we need quantitative historical studies Yi Zhao The Economic Observer Award of Excellence 8E.c, Individual, Combination Portfolio     Warriors against cyber attacks Arwa Al Zajedi Al Shabiba Award of Excellence…

SND39: Medal winners

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Gold and silver medal winners from SND39.

SND39: Award of Excellence Winners

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Category 8Ac, Page Design Portfolio Publication: Memphis Business Journal Lead Designer: Ian Lawson Category 13I, Multiple Illustrations Publication: Vanity Fair Illustrators: Steve Brodner, Andre Carrillo, Joseph Darrow, Ross MacDonald, Edward Sorel, Barry Blitt Deputy Art Director: Kaitlyn Pepe Art Director: Tonya Douraghy Creative Director: Chris Dixon Category 13I, Illustration | Multiple Illustrations Publication: Galileu Designers:…

SND39 Best of Digital Design: Results including Awards of Excellence and medal winners

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The Society for News Design is proud to announce the results of the 2017 Edition of its Best of Digital Design Competition. 13 judges, from across the United States and around the globe, reviewed more than 1,000 entries during 2 days of judging at Northwestern University’s Medill campus in Washington, D.C. This is the sixth…

2017 RESULTS – digital

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The Society for News Design is proud to announce the results of the 2017 Edition of its Best of Digital Design Competition. 13 judges, from across the United States and around the globe, reviewed more than 1,000 entries during 2 days of judging at Northwestern University’s Medill campus in Washington, D.C. This is the sixth…

SND Digital World’s Best: The Outline

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Most of the news industry has accepted the idea that their mobile audience is the most important and often the fastest growing, but few news sites are truly designed mobile-first. The relentless focus on an amazing mobile experience is why the 2016 World’s Best for Digital Design was awarded to The Outline. As the Outline…

2015 RESULTS – Digital

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The 2015 contest year brought in nearly 1,000 entries, marking three consecutive years of growth and the largest body of work since the contest was established in 2002. 286 awards were given: 2 Gold Medals, 23 Silver Medals, 259 Awards of Excellence, and 2 World’s Best-Designed™ award. Categories were judged by divisions based on average…

Best of News Design: SND38 World’s Best-Designed™ Newspapers

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The Society for News Design is delighted to announce the two winners of World’s Best Designed Newspaper. Entries were evaluated on writing, visual storytelling, use of resources, execution, photography, headlines and “voice” – as well as overall design. Congratulations to the two World’s Best print winners from SND38: Die Zeit                …

Final Results: Best of Digital Design 2016

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The Society for News Design is proud to announce the results of the 2016 Edition of its Best of Digital Design Competition. 14 judges, from across the United States and around the globe, reviewed nearly 1,000 entries.

SND38 awards Best in Show to the New York Times

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After three days of competition, SND38 Best of News Design judges awarded Best in Show to the New York Times for their entry in category 15A, single-day photo series, multiple photos.