Entry Fees are $65 unless you’re lucky enough to score a coupon code.

We aimed to make The Churches affordable for every budget. Some design & creative awards programs charge over $500 for a single entry. This leaves little to no room for individuals or small teams to compete. Coming from the church world, we understand the church doesn’t always pay the best so we wanted to make sure investing in your career’s future wouldn’t break the bank.

The funny thing about sustainability is someone has to sustain it.

Entry fees help to keep The Churchies up and running, pay for mailers as well as winner’s certificates, advertsing and help to find coupons and deals to further help creatives and churhces.

A portion of our proceeds also go to a non-profit. You can vote for next year’s non-prophit here.

While we can’t give out the secret sauce, you can be rest assured or panel of judges is limted in the information they see about you and your entry. Only the work is judged.

Yes you can! Please feel free to enter as many times as you like, just know that entering more than once does not increase or decrease your chance of winning.

Winners will be mailed a winners packet complete with congratulatory letter, official certificate and trophy form to get their hands on our beloved Churchie.

Judges are not allowed to cast votes on work coming from their team or home church. We are careful to limit bias or even the appearance of bias.

Our entry form asks what size church you work for so we can place your work among like sized churches. Don’t worry, we don’t expect every church to have a 80+ member creative team like Elevation, and we’re aware that many don’t.

Yes! If you do any type of creative work for a church and you’re proud of your work, you should enter it! Creative staff, volunteers, contractors, agencies and creative pastors are all welcome to apply.

Enter the category you think best describes your work. We try to make them as standard as possible. They are listed below:

1 - Advertising (Ad Campaigns + Promotions)

2 - Branding + Identity

3 - Brochures + Collateral

4 - Direct Mail + Direct Response

5 - Infographics + Annual Reports

6 - Installations + Interior Design

7 - Invitations + Announcements

8 - Lighting Design

9 - Logos + Marks

10 - Motion (Animations, Video, Testimony)

11 - Interactive Design (Web, Social, App)

12 - Packaging and Swag (Shirts, Gifts, etc.)

13 - Photography

14 - Publications (Magazines, Books, 15. Devotionals, eNews, Bulletins)

15 - Signage

16 - Stage Design

17 - Stationary (Letterhead, Business Cards, etc.)

18 - Worship Series Art (Sermon Series, Graphic Design, etc.)

19 - Easter & Christmas

20 - Artificial Intelligence