If Your Book Cover Designs Command Attention at First Glance, Enter the Book Covers/Jackets Category in This Year’s PRINT Awards.
The 2026 PRINT Awards Book Covers/Jackets category celebrates the designs that frame a story before the first page is turned—like a perfectly proportioned rectangle that holds an entire world. From trade and academic titles to indie releases, this category honors book covers and jackets that balance typography, concept, and craft to create instant intrigue in any format, from bookstore tables to tiny thumbnails.
PRINT Awards Honorees in Book Covers/Jackets (clockwise from upper left): 2025 – The Ministry of Time, Allison Forner, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster; 2024 – The Every, Eric Heiman, McSweeney’s; 2025 – The Blueprint, Robin Bilardello, Harper Books; 2025 – A History of Our Time and Other Poems, Scott Gericke, Loyola University; 2024 – Evil Eye, Milan Bozic, Harper
If your book cover designs stop readers in their tracks—and frame the story at first glance they belong here. Enter the Book Covers/Jackets Category in the 2026 PRINT Awards.
PRINT Awards Honorees in Book Covers/Jackets (clockwise from upper left): 2024 – Feminist Designer, Alison Place, University of Arkansas; 2022 – Photographic Occurrences, Sarah Edmands Martin, Indiana University; Double Trio, Boyang Xia; 2023 – Gene Sharp How to Start a Revolution, Megan Greig, Selman
The 2026 PRINT Awards is where shape takes form—and where we see the shape of things to come. Share your creative journey with your peers and colleagues by entering the PRINT Awards today.
The regular rate deadline is today, January 22.
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