Closing date for nominations is in two weeks and competition will be fierce, but worry not: there are many chances of winning, 18 to be exact. Besides six special awards, work will be judged between free and paid entries in 12 unique categories as follows:

Free entries

Amazing works created independently or within publishing / public service may be entered for free. Any work from May 2014 onwards will be considered for entry. Nominate something now and you’ll be entered to win a copy of Knowledge is Beautiful. Or tweet a link with hashtag #iibawards.

Data visualisation: a singular, static visualisation of data, like 2012 Silver winner Look at the sky:

 

Infographic:  a series of visualisations strung along a theme or story, like 2012 Gold winner Cover Mania:

 

 

Interactive: an interactive data visualisation or infographic, like last year’s BioBased Economy:

 

 

Motion Infographic: a video or animation based visualisation, like 2013 Bronze winner DNA Explainer:

 

 

Data journalism: a journalistic piece that uses data visualisations along with the article text, like the Complete Guide to Las Vegas Healthcare:

 

 

Mini or Mobile Viz: a small graph, visualisation, or a visualisation designed for mobile viewing, like this chart about US peace:

 

 

Project: a large project involving many visualisations, a website or app or book, like last year's Gold winner, Selfiecity.

 

 

Data viz website: what is your favourite website to see new work and get inspired?

Nominate now!

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Paid entries

If your agency, studio or business has created dataviz projects for clients, enter them here in either of these categories:

• Paid Tool: Any subscription-based dataviz tool
• Commercial Client Project: Commissioned piece of work for a commercial client
• Internal Business Project: A dataviz project you created for internal use
• Commercial Studio: You're a commercial entity who creates dataviz as part (or all) of your output

Enter now!

All entries will be considered by our esteemed panel of judges.
Closing date is: 30th October 2015 Midnight PST