Submissions Now Open for Shop! Association Annual Awards

The Shop! Association has now opened submissions to its annual awards including the Outstanding Merchandising Achievement Awards (OMA), Design Awards and Global Awards.

OMA recognizes notable product displays that set merchandising and design precedents. Design Awards honors excellence in retail design, including originality in use of space and materials, and quality of concept execution. Global Awards highlights excellence in point-of-purchase displays, marketing-at-retail activations and retail design. (Entrants must have won a Gold in Design or OMAs to be considered for Global Awards.)

You can learn more by visiting https://shopassociation.org/awards or submit to OMA by clicking here; Design by clicking here; Global by clicking here.

VMSD magazine has several opportunities also available, including product submissions to our annual January/February “Look Book” products issue and submissions to our annual Holiday Windows recap, also featured in the January/February issue. Additionally, we’ve soft launched the submission form for the 2026 Designer Dozen, honoring retailers and designers age 35 and under making a difference in their places of work or in the industry at large. You can learn more about all of VMSD‘s upcoming competitions and editorial opportunities by visiting https://vmsd.com/submit-your-competition-entry.