Nashville, Tenn. – The International Engraved Graphics Association (IEGA) announced the winners of its 2020 Engraved Stationery Contest during their Annual Conference in Nashville, TN February 19 – 22, 2020.

The IEGA Engraved Stationery Contest, held annually, is designed to provide an additional incentive for those who create and produce new ideas, techniques and applications of engraving; To recognize and appropriately honor those responsible for design, creation and production of engraved products of outstanding merit and distinction; and to make all advantages, features and capabilities of engraved products better known to all types of buyers.

Entries were submitted in one of 10 categories, some of which were broken down into two sub-categories — those being 100% engraved pieces and those pieces engraved with a supplementary process.

The panel of judges, experts in engraving, design and related arts, employed a point scoring system to determine the winning entries on the basis of the following standards:
1. Quality of reproduction from a technical viewpoint.
2. Excellence in design, art lettering and general composition.
3. Effectiveness of the entry for its intended purpose.
The entry receiving the highest composite score within each category received the Best of Category Award. All of the Best of Category winners are grouped together and judged a second time to determine which entry would receive the top honor — the Best of Show award.

The BEST OF SHOW winner was:
Nussmeier Engraving of Evansville, Indiana for the ”Les Clefs D’or USA Identity System”

The overall winners, by state and city, are:

CALIFORNIA

BERKELEY
Echelon Fine Printing, for:
3 Certificates of Excellence and 1 Best of Category award

ILLINOIS

CHICAGO
Artistry Engraving & Embossing Company for:
11 Certificates of Excellence and 10 Best of Category awards

INDIANA

EVANSVILLE
Nussmeier Engraving for:
5 Certificates of Excellence, 6 Best of Category awards and 1 Best of Show

MASSACHUSETTS

NORTH ATTLEBORO
The Artcraft Company, for:
2 CertificateS of Excellence

NEW JERSEY

CRANFORD
All-State Legal International, for:
5 Certificates of Excellence and 1 Best of Category award

IEGA is a trade association comprised of the nations leading social and commercial Engraving and Specialty companies.