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The UK leads the world in greeting cards, both in design and per capita send – The Henries awards celebrate this pre-eminence.
Named after Sir Henry Cole (who introduced the first commercially produced Christmas card in 1843), The Henries were introduced by Progressive Greetings Worldwide magazine in 1996 as annual awards to shine the spotlight on greeting card ranges.
The Henries Awards are the ultimate accolades in greeting card publishing, and each year receives several thousand entries! The Henries award categories span the whole gamut of greeting card publishing, from humour to cute, art to children’s and everything in between.
The majority of the awards categories are for card ranges that have either been launched in the preceding year or for new designs to an existing range.
The Henries awards are open to all publishers (or UK distributors), from the largest multi-national to the smallest one-man band.
Entry is totally FREE of charge and all entries are made online.
Building on the success of the approach taken in the last few years, there was a two-stage judging process for The Henries 2024. The initial judging stage took place online.
The judging panel for The Henries 2024, will as ever, comprised top retail buyers from right across the retail spectrum including specialist multiples, design-led independents, small groups, department store selectors, supermarket buyers etc.
As a result of the first round of online judging, a shortlist of contenders were announced in mid-July. Following this, there was a live judging round of all shortlisted entries will take place, (again being judged entirely by retailers) for which publishers shortlisted were asked to supply actual physical card samples. This were put on display for the judges at a judging day at the end of July and their votes decided the finalists and winners in all the product categories as well as for The Lynn Tait Most Promising Young Designer award.
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The winners of The Henries 2024 were announced at a lavish awards event, which this year took on an Ancient Roman theme. To see the list of winners click here.
The Lynn Tait Most Promising Young Designer or Artist category.
There is no online element for this award. All entries to this special award category needed to be appreciated ‘in the flesh’ and so creatives (under the age of 35) were invited to submit ‘boards’ showcasing their artistic prowess.
Each entry demonstrated the entrant’s design talents (both generally as well as on the greeting card front) as well as giving an insight into their inspirations that serve to set them apart. (More details are featured under the Categories tab).
The Best Service to the Independent Retailer Award
Nominations from independent retailers were sought for card and giftwrap publishers which have excelled in providing a great service to the independent greeting card retailer over the past year, including through the fulfilment of orders, marketing support, communication and resolution of queries. This award category is only open for independent retailers to nominate their card and wrap suppliers.
The Henries 2024 Awards ‘Big Night’
The Henries awards event is the industry’s ‘big night’. It is a fabulous opportunity for the greeting card community to get together and celebrate its creative excellence as well as its strong sense of camaraderie.
This year’s event took place at The Royal Lancaster Hotel in London on Thursday 3 October 2024. Hosted by comedian George Zacharopoulos, who almost fit the Ancient Roman theme (though he is in actual fact Greek!), the event had lots of fun extras, from real Roman coins and dress-up accoutrements, drag queen Ruby Violet, casino, airbrush tattoo and a fab charity raffle.
For a flavour of the event, click here to see the pics.
The widespread support for The Henries 2024 from the whole industry is evidenced by the stellar line-up of sponsors, which include many leading trade suppliers, retailers, exhibition organisers. The strong roster of sponsors for The Henries 2024 included Alpha Colour Print, The Bright Group, Cardzone Group, Cardfactory, Cardgains, Designer Greetings, EBB, Fedrigoni, G.F Smith, Gould Paper, Graphite Creative, Herbert Walkers, House of Cards, The Imaging Centre, Loxleys, McDaniel’s Law, N Smith, Ohh Deer, Paper Mirchi, Postmark, Progressive Greetings Live, Scribbler, The Sherwood Group, Skeet Print, Skylight Media, Spring Fair & Autumn Fair, Tiger Feet, UK Envelope Centre and Windles.
Hooray for The Henries – awards that do the industry proud!
