RULES / AWARDS / TIMING

RULES

Cost of Entry

• There is no entry fee to enter these awards.

• All courier and delivery costs are to paid by the entrant or the entrant's education institute.
• Entry submissions (the mock-ups and supporting documents) must be assumed not to be able to be returned after the competition. Reasonable efforts will be made by the organisers to make the entries available for collection after the awards ceremony, but this cannot be guaranteed.

Entry Eligibility
• On the date of entry, the entrant must be a bona fide full-time or part-time student.
• Team entries are permitted. Each team member must be identified clearly on the entry form giving their individual details. The rules apply equally to each team member. The judges tend to expect a higher standard from team entries and are harsher in their evaluation of these. In the event of a team being awarded a monetary prize, the prize will be split equally amongst the team members. Duplicate certificates will be awarded to each team member.

Entry Requirements
1. The completed ON-LINE ENTRY FORM - Found in the tab "MY ENTRY"
2. A PHYSICAL MOCK-UP of your packaging proposal.
Photographs or images of your packaging proposal mock-up must be included as part of your on-line submission.  

Outside Assistance
It is expected and encouraged that assistance be sought from any source in the preparation of the entry. Remember to acknowledge anyone, other than your lecturer, who gave you assistance in the preparation of your entry. Consultation with others is a natural and expected part of creating good packaging, however your mock-up should be created by yourself (or your student team).

Submission of Entries for Judging
• Entries are normally submitted to your lecturer on the date specified by your lecturer to be first reviewed and then submitted by them to the Institute of Packaging for competition judging.
• Entries for national judging should be delivered by Monday 25th August 2025 to 

Student Gold Pack ℅ Syndicate Graphics
1 Dorryce Lane (corner Clarise Avenue)
Morningside Manor
Sandton  2057
Tel 0118041614

Results Announcement
• The results will be announced at the awards ceremony at 12h00, 9th October 2025, at the Barnyard Theatre, Emperors Palace, Kempton Park.
• No discussion will be entered into regarding the results and the judges’ decision will be final.

• The overall trophy winner will be invited to attend the main Gold Pack Awards on 6 November 2025 at Vodaworld in Midrand, Gauteng as a guest of the Institute of Packaging (travel and accommodation for an out-of-town winner will be paid for by the Institute).
• Selected Student Gold Pack award winning entries may be submitted for entry into the international WPO WorldStar Student competition on the entrant's behalf by the Institute of Packaging.

RULES / AWARDS / TIMING