Topic: Anfachen Award X – "Justice"
The Anfachen Award is given to poster designs that stir up, inspire, stimulate, and dig up – all in relation to the immanent questions of our times.
CONCENTRATED CREATIVITY
in their approach to the assigned topic of “Gerechtigkeit/Justice“. We accept photographic, paint-based, graphic and typographic works. Participation is subject to the following conditions:
PUBLIC
iThe best 25 posters will be selected by an international jury and then displayed on billboards in Hamburg. They confront the public on busy streets and highly frequented public places to become the subject of discussion and reflection, encouraging a broad and long-lasting debate on the subject of “Gerechtigkeit/Justice“.
BORDERLESS
The selected posters will initially characterise the streets of Hamburg for four weeks from June 2026, but will then go on tour. They will be seen in other German cities and will also cause a stir internationally. Therefore, if language plays a role in the design, a German and an English version must be submitted.
About the ANFACHEN AWARD
In 2016, the Anfachen Award started with the topic ‘Women’, in the second year it was dedicated to the topic ‘Tolerance’, in the third year to ‘Housing’, in the fourth year to ‘Water’, in the fifth year to ‘Democracy’, in the sixth year to ‘Nature’ and ‘Humanity’, the seventh year to ‘Energy’, the eight year ‘Fear’ and the ninth year ‘Privilege’. With hundreds of international submissions, renowned juries and a unique presentation, first in Hamburg and then in other German and international cities, the poster competition not only inspires the participants, but above all the public. The broad media response has also helped the award from the outset to draw increased attention to controversial socio-political issues.
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Timetable
12th of April 2026 deadline
29th June 2026 – Jury meeting in Hamburg
3th of June 2026 Vernissage of the 25 winner posters in the streets of Hamburg (please have a look for more informations on the website and Social Media)
from July 2026 Posters can be shown throughout Germany/worldwide, if co-operation partners
are found
REGISTRATION AND SUBMISSION
The prerequisite for participation is a personal invitation to the Anfachen Award. Please register on the website under Registration Anfachen Award IX and upload the posters.ATTENTION! The posters are only to be designed in portrait format DIN A0 / 841 mm x 1189 mm.within the registration period, the poster images will initially be uploaded in low resolution (3 MB or 1500 x 2500 pixels as TIFF or PDF in CMYK for an A2 printout).please DO NOT submit huge data for the preselection.a maximum of three posters per designer:in/design company can be submitted. If a poster makes it into the top 25, printable data of the winners will be requested separately. Please send this data to the Anfachen Award within four days.
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RIGHTS REQUIREMENTS
The entrant making the submission, hereinafter referred to as the designer, declares with the submission of all materials that s/he/they is/are entitled to dispose of the submitted materials according to the following:
A) the designer declares his/her consent to worldwide and perpetual unrestricted publication
of the motifs in print and electronic media, as well as the representation herein described in the context of exhibitions in public space as well as in galleries and museums.
B) the designer transfers the simple right of use to reproduce, disseminate and publicly make available
and/or reproduce the motifs / materials submitted to the Anfachen Award, as well as the right
to display the exhibits. Anfachen Award is entitled to transfer these rights to a third party. Anfachen
Award is entitled for purposes of refinancing the awards to use the transferred rights commercially,
e.g. by sale of the motifs as posters, postcard fold-outs (these two forms of use limited to 3 years),
and/or in the context of an exhibition catalogue.
C) the designer shall indemnify and hold harmless Anfachen Award from all claims made by third parties arising in connection with the transfer of rights or their use that may be made against Anfachen
Award, and guarantees that the submitted works (text and image) are free from third party rights.