Entry Details FAQ | Entry Details | Entry Form | 2007 Winners | Order Additional Awards  PEAK Home | Subscribe to Print Solutions | Print Solutions Magazine  2008 Print Solutions Magazine PEAK Awards Deadline for Entries: May 9, 2008 Eligibility: To be eligible for the 2008 PEAK competition, your entry must have been printed between March 1 and May 9, 2008. Who Should Enter? Anyone who designs or prints solutions for end users. Contact us at (703) 836-6225 or email us at peak@printsolutionsmag.com if you have questions. How to Enter: Fill out a form for each entry. Download a pdf of the entry form or complete the online form (below). If you submit your form via the web, additional entry materials must still be mailed in. Attach to each entry your "Solution Summary," which is a brief description (no more than one typed page) of the most important aspects of your solution and what it accomplished. Your Solution Summary should explain the client's business objectives and the improvements you achieved. For example, did you combine documents or reduce mailing weight to eliminate costs? Did your work increase sales volume or the number of prospects for your client? Quantify hard or soft dollar savings whenever possible. Packaging Your Entry: Each entry consists of an entry form, a solution summary and all relevant documents and two samples of the actual printed piece. All the items for each entry should be enclosed in a single envelope. If you have five entries, you should have five envelopes, each one containing all the relevant information—entry form, solution summary and two samples—for each entry. Package your entries carefully to prevent damage in shipping. Some entries will be photographed or scanned and featured in Print Solutions Magazine and/or its web site or displayed at the Print Solutions Conference and Expo. Fees: $80 per entry for PSDA members; $150 per entry for non-members. There is no limit to the number of entries a company may submit. Payment must be made at time of entry submission by credit card or check. Make checks payable to Print Solutions Magazine. Multiple Entry Discount: PSDA members pay $80 for the first entry and $40 for each subsequent entry. Non-members pay $150 for the first entry and $75 for each subsequent entry. You may enter the same solution in multiple categories, but you incur an entry fee for each category. Shipping Instructions: Send your total payment for all entries and a completed form for each entry to: PEAK 2008 Awards Competition 433 E. Monroe Ave. Alexandria, VA 22301 Entries and supporting materials will not be returned. Judging: A panel of distinguished veterans of the printing industry will be judges. Entries will be judged "blind," meaning the judges will not know who produced the entry or who entered it. Categories may be created or deleted depending on the nature and number of entries. Judges may move your entry to a different category if it seems more appropriate than the one you selected. Awards Grand Awards winners receive a trophy. Awards of Excellence winners receive a certificate. Many of the winners will be featured in Print Solutions Magazine. Awards will be presented at the 2008 Print Solutions Conference and Expo in Baltimore. All winners receive "Print Solutions 2008 Winner" electronic logo files to use in their own promotions, plus a press release from Print Solutions Magazine naming their company as a winner. The release can be copied and distributed to local media. For complete details, click here. Winning entries may be displayed in Print Solutions Magazine, on the magazine's web site and at the Print Solutions annual conference and Expo. Print Solutions assumes all entries are original and the property of the entrant. Print Solutions reserves the right to recategorize entries, create new categories or eliminate categories if appropriate. No entries will be returned. Please note: The PEAK Awards are in no way associated with, endorsed by, or otherwise sponsored by PEAK Technologies Inc. PEAK Technologies and the company's PEAK logo are registered trademarks of PEAK Technologies Inc. About Print Solutions Magazine Print Solutions' 14,000 subscribers are entrepreneurs who supply printed products to all kinds of all kinds of businesses. These printing sales experts are interested in new niches, new products and new sales techniques. They use the magazine to find new sources of supply and new sales and marketing ideas. Demographics 74% are owners or top management; 24% are sales reps 77% of readers include "sales" as a routine job activity 90% say they took action as a result of reading the magazine—they contacted an advertiser or discussed an ad with a colleague. 102 Awards for Writing and Design Print Solutions Magazine has been cited for excellence for 16 consecutive years in competitions sponsored by: American Society of Business Publication Editors New York Business Press Editors * Trade, Association and Business Publications International FOLIO: Magazine (Ozzie Awards) American Society of Association Executives Society of National Association Publications Association Trends Magazine Apex Awards, sponsored by Communication Concepts Inc., publishers and consultants A New Audience of Print Professionals for Traditional Print Advertisers Here's what Print Solutions readers say about other publications: 95% do not read Graphic Arts Monthly on a regular basis 95% do not read The Counselor on a regular basis 86% do not read Quick Printing on a regular basis For details about advertising in Print Solutions or on our award winning web site or our award winning weekly email newsletter, click here, call (800) 336-4641, or send an email to ads@printsolutionsmag.com. About PSDA The Print Services & Distribution Association, the publisher of Print Solutions Magazine, is a not-for-profit trade association that has served printing sales professionals for more than 50 years. The association's mission is to help the business printing supply chain provide end users with value added printed solutions to their business needs. The association delivers outstanding publications and web services, technical and marketing assistance, trade expositions and education, all of which are designed to help print professionals manage and grow profitable businesses. PSDA members offer a wide variety of printed products and services, including commercial printing, direct mail, promotional products, forms, plastic cards, mailers and bar coding to name a few. Services include fulfillment, pick and pack, statement processing, on-demand digital printing and more. PSDA is committed to the Independent concept of marketing, under which its members supply products and services for resale or purchase them for retail distribution. PSDA members include not only distributors of printing and the printing companies from which they buy printed products, but also paper and ink companies and equipment manufacturers.

2008 PEAK Awards Entry Form You may download a PDF file of this entry form or submit this form online. If you submit your form via the web, additional entry materials must still be mailed in. Please click here for details on how to enter and where to send your completed entry form and supporting materials. Required fields are in red. Company Name Annual Sales Volume PSDA Member Yes No If yes, PSDA Member number: Company Contact: Name Title Address Company Personal Street City State Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Zip Country Phone Fax Email* *For contact purposes only. We do not sell or share email addresses. Web Address Payment Information:   Number of Entries at Member Rate Number of Entries at Non-Member Rate Total First Entry $80* $150* Subsequent Entries $40 $75 *Please enter only a "1" in this field. For subsequent entries, use the field below. Payment type Visa MasterCard American Express Cardholder Name Credit Card Number Expiration Month January February March April May June July August Sept. October November December 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Check Your Entry Category: Affixed Products Bar Coded Products Best Distributor Kit (Self Promo) Binders Binders, Complex Binders, Complex Binders/Folders, Kit Binders/Folders, Presentation Binders/Folders, Simple Commercial Printing, 1-3 colors Commercial Printing (4-color process or higher), Single Sheet Commercial Printing (4-color process or higher), Multi-component Commercial Printing, Booklets Commercial Printing, Books Commercial Printing, Envelopes and Stationery Commercial Printing, Kits Commercial Printing, Magazines Digital Printing, Short Run Digital Printing, Variable Data, Business Digital Printing, Variable Data, Consumer Direct Mail, Lead or Acquisition Direct Mail, Loyalty Document Security E-commerce Forms Green Solutions Either self-promotions as a green company or as providing green solutions for clients Innovation Integrated Products Labels and Tags Labels and Tags, Prime Labels and Tags, Workflow Mailers Money Maker Packaging Plastic Cards Promotional Products Screen Printing Self Promotion, Simple Self Promotion, Complex Time Saver Please list the company or companies responsible for manufacturing this entry:   Brand/Supplier of Paper Used:   Press Equipment Used:   Brand/Supplier of Ink Used:   Please type your Solution Summary here: The Solution Summary is a brief description (no more than one typed page) of the most important aspects of your solution and what it accomplished. It gives judges an idea of the value added to the printed piece-value that might not be obvious without some explanation. You may submit entries without Solution Summaries, but you'll be disadvantaged compared to entries that include the summary. Your Solution Summary should explain the client's business objectives and the improvements you achieved. For example, did your design involve combining documents or reducing mailing weight to eliminate costs? Did your work increase sales volume or the number of prospects for your client? Quantify hard or soft dollar savings whenever possible.   PSDA and its designated agents are authorized to charge this credit card for the full amount due. (Funds over the amount that you indicated as the total will be charged to you only in the event you undercalculate your total due.) All non-U.S. members will be charged the U.S. dollar equivalent. Checking "No" may delay your order. No, I do not accept. Winning entries may be displayed in Print Solutions Magazine, on the magazine's web site and at the Print Solutions annual conference and Expo. Print Solutions assumes all entries are original and the property of the entrant. Print Solutions reserves the right to recategorize entries, create new categories or eliminate categories if appropriate. No entries will be returned. Winners will be notified by mail or email after judging is final. Don't forget to attach your Solution Summary to each entry. (See the "How to Enter" section.) Also, you should have written permission from your client before entering in a contest any work you produced for that client. Click here for a sample permission form. Please note: The PEAK Awards are in no way associated with, endorsed by, or otherwise sponsored by PEAK Technologies Inc. PEAK Technologies and the company's PEAK logo are registered trademarks of PEAK Technologies Inc.