Winners Picked in In-Print 2021 Contest

By Bob Neubauer

On Monday, Sept. 13, judges gathered at In-plant Printing and Mailing Association headquarters to judge the In-Print 2021 contest, the only printing contest exclusively for in-plants. They poured over all 214 entries (about half the usual number due to COVID) to select 29 Gold award winners, plus other Silver and Bronze winners. The winners’ list is being tabulated and checked, and will be published soon.

Judges also picked Best of Show winners out of all the Gold-winning offset and non-offset pieces. These winners will be revealed (along with the 2020 Best of Show winners) at the 2022 IPMA conference in Buffalo, N.Y.

Despite having fewer entries, judging was as difficult as ever, with so many excellent and creative printed pieces. IPMA Awards Chair Christopher Donlon noted that the new COVID-19 graphics category was the hardest one to judge. Judges had to consider the process used, the creativity of the piece, and how challenging it was for the in-plant to produce.

Winners will be announced soon.

Judges (from left) Jeff McNeeley, Christopher Donlon, Ben Fowler, Theresa Hatcher and Larry Clements.

Judges Jeff McNeeley, Ben Fowler, and Christopher Donlon.

In-Print 2021 contest judging

Judges Christopher Donlon and Ben Fowler

In-Print 2021 contest judging

At the 2021 contest judging, Jeff McNeeley, Ben Fowler, and Christopher Donlon discuss the merits of an entry.

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Bob has served as editor of In-plant Impressions since October of 1994. Prior to that he served for three years as managing editor of Printing Impressions, a commercial printing publication. Mr. Neubauer is very active in the U.S. in-plant industry. He attends all the major in-plant conferences and has visited more than 180 in-plant operations around the world. He has given presentations to numerous in-plant groups in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including the Association of College and University Printers and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. He also coordinates the annual In-Print contest, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-plant Impressions.