Total Prize Money of 1 Million Yen! Collecting Original New Year Card Designs for the Year of the Sheep. Graphic Net Print Hosts the '9th Annual 2027 New Year Card Design Contest'.

Total Prize Money of 1 Million Yen! '9th Annual 2027 New Year Card Design Contest' is now open. We are collecting original New Year card designs for the Year of the Sheep.

Graphic Net Print Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Fushimi-ku, Kyoto City, Representative Director: Nao Nishino, hereinafter 'the Company') operates the online printing business 'Printing by Mail® Graphic' and is hosting the '9th Annual 2027 New Year Card Design Contest'. We are collecting original New Year card designs for the Year of the Sheep. The grand prize is 100,000 yen, and the special prize is an Apple Watch, among other prizes totaling over 1 million yen.

For details, please see here

Anyone can apply if they have an original work suitable for a New Year card

Anyone can apply as long as they have an original, unpublished New Year card. We plan to select 100 winning works, which will be adopted as design templates on our website 'Smapri® Design'.

The themes for the New Year card designs are 'Business New Year Cards', 'General New Year Cards', and 'Photo Frame New Year Cards'.

・ Business New Year Cards [Recommended!]

We are collecting formal and orthodox designs suitable for greeting business clients. This theme has the most winning works and is the easiest to be adopted, so we recommend it.

＜Last Year's Winning Works＞

2026 Business New Year Card Winning Works

・ General New Year Cards

We are collecting designs for New Year cards that are full of personality. Please create New Year cards that can be used in various situations for people of all ages and genders, such as those inspired by the Year of the Sheep, traditional patterns, and pop designs.

＜Last Year's Winning Works＞

2026 General New Year Card Winning Works

・ Photo Frame New Year Cards

We are collecting New Year cards with photo windows where you can place 1 to 3 photos of your family, children, pets, etc. Please design family-oriented New Year cards that combine photos with zodiac illustrations and year numbers.

＜Last Year's Winning Works＞

2026 Photo Frame New Year Card Winning Works

▼ New Year Card Design Contest Details Page: Graphic Special Project 9th Annual 2027 New Year Card Design Contest

https://www.graphic.jp/new_years_card/contest

The grand prize is a cash prize of 100,000 yen, and the special prize is an Apple Watch!

We have prepared many luxurious prizes for the winners.

【Prize List】

Grand Prize (1 work): 100,000 yen Special Prize (1 work): Apple Watch Excellent Prize (3 works): 50,000 yen Entry Prize (5 works): 30,000 yen Photo Frame Prize (10 works): 20,000 yen Honorable Mention (20 works): 10,000 yen Jury Prize (10 works): 5,000 yen Graphic Prize (50 works): 3,000 yen

Application Period and Eligibility

Application Period: June 10, 2026 (Wed) to July 10, 2026 (Fri) Eligibility: Both professionals and amateurs can apply. We welcome applications from students as well! Application Method: Upload image data through the application form (up to 3 works per person)

*Note: Free membership registration and login are required to apply. Results will be announced in late September on the New Year Card Design Contest page. We look forward to many applications this year as well.

About Printing by Mail® Graphic

Under the philosophy of 'Contributing to the progress and development of society through information technology and communication,' we pursue truly valuable services for our customers through printing and creative businesses. In our online printing business, we thoroughly pursue detailed services tailored to customer needs and high printing quality. We have received high evaluations from professional designers and are used by many customers. Graphic, which pursues 'quality' and 'service,' will also implement campaigns that pursue the lowest price in online printing business in terms of 'performance'. Our company won the first place in the '2026 Oricon Customer Satisfaction® Survey Online Printing Business' for two consecutive years, announced in May 2026. We also won the first place in the '2025 GMO Customer Satisfaction Ranking Online Printing Business,' announced in December 2025. We are continuing to maintain a 'double crown' in customer satisfaction rankings.

Achieved a double crown of '1st place for two consecutive years in the 2026 Oricon Customer Satisfaction® Survey Online Printing Business' and '1st place in the 2025 GMO Customer Satisfaction Ranking Online Printing Business'

About Graphic Net Print Co., Ltd.

Our company specializes in the planning and operation of the online printing business 'Printing by Mail® Graphic'.

Name: Graphic Net Print Co., Ltd. Representative: Representative Director Nao Nishino Location: 33 Higashishikawacho, Shimobata, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto City, 612-8395 Operating Site: Printing by Mail® Graphic URL: https://www.graphic.jp

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