Calling all book designers & bibliophiles! 
Calling all book designers & bibliophiles! 
The 50 Books | 50 Covers competition honors the best book and cover designs each year and aims to identify the 50 best-designed books and book covers of 2019. 

Entries are open to anyone for books published in 2019. AIGA members receive a discount. Become an AIGA member today.

See the current Entry Gallery of submissions.

Jurors Announced
We are thrilled to announce this year’s jurors: Hilary Greenbaum, Design Director at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Lisa Lucas, Executive Director of the National Book Foundation, Silas Munro, Founder of Poly-Mode and Professor at Otis College of Art and Design, and this year’s chair, Michael Bierut, AIGA Medalist and Partner at Pentagram!

The 50 Books | 50 Covers competition honors the best book and cover designs each year and aims to identify the 50 best-designed books and book covers of 2019.

Entries are open to anyone for books published in 2019. AIGA members receive a discount. Become an AIGA member today.

Get to know the jurors

 

 
If you need additional information before you click submit, feel free to contact us with your questions or visit the FAQs page.

Entries will be accepted through February 20 (11:59 p.m. ET), but there is a $25 late-fee for each book entered after the February 10 deadline (11:59 p.m. ET). All deadlines are final.

 
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When & Where
Wed, Jan 15, 2020 - Sat, Feb 15, 2020