LOUIE Awards
The deadline for submissions is January 18, 2019. To learn about this year’s program, please visit the 2019 LOUIE Awards homepage.
Since 1988, the greeting card industry has come together each year to celebrate the best our industry has to offer. Hundreds of companies from around the world enter thousands of their best cards for the chance to win the coveted LOUIE Award. The deadline typically falls at the end of the calendar year.
The best thing about the program is the number of new publishers who enter and win each year! The finalists are announced in late February. The GCA promotes every finalist on the web and through social media. The LOUIEs are an opportunity to shine the spotlight on our truly gifted greeting card publishers, designers, and artists.
The excitement builds until May, when the winners are announced. Each spring, our fabulous publishers and suppliers come together to design and build an outstanding awards celebration. This is where the LOUIE Award winners are announced for the first time. Not even the finalists know who will win! We encourage all finalists and greeting card professionals to attend!
The GCA is bringing *Noted: the Greeting Card Expo, to Brooklyn in May – the best time to launch new products and write holiday orders.
Brooklyn is where it’s at: we’ll have a new light-filled space and a vibrant neighborhood to explore, complete with an incredible ROI.
We can’t wait to bring everyone together in the greeting card industry.
Exhibit Space is now available.
Interested in attending or exhibiting? Click the link below for more details.
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