Graphic design students earn 3 golds, 15 awards total in New Talent contest

Campbell University graphic design students earned three Gold Awards and 12 Honorable Mentions from publisher Graphis Inc. in its 2025 New Talent Awards, announced this fall.

Arianna Aguila, Sydnee Hartman (pictured above) and Jamari Cannady Pratt each earned Gold honors, while Aguila, Pratt, Helen Arsenault, Meredith Ashburn, Allyson Hatcher, Simon Osbourne, Gordon Parker, Joshua Sledge and Samantha Terrio each earned honorable mention. According to Campbell Visual Arts Program Director Dejan Mravoic, the students were chosen out of 1,592 submissions from 21 different countries.

"The majority of submissions from other research institutions are coming from graduate students of graphic design, while our students are undergraduate," he said.

Graphis Inc. is an international publisher of books and awards for the visual communications industry and publishes a magazine for graphic design, typography and advertising.

Gold Awards

• Arianna Aguila, an infographic
• Sydnee Hartman, a surrealist photomontage
• Jamari Cannady Pratt, redesign of Irish banknotes

Honorable Mention

• Arianna Aguila, an infographic
• Helen Arsenault, an antiwar illustration
• Meredith Ashburn, redesign of Icelandic banknotes
• Allyson Hatcher, a monogram
• Simon Osbourne, a humorous traffic sign
• Simon Osbourne, a photomontage
• Gordon Parker, a typographic poster
• Jamari Cannady Pratt, a mascot
• Joshua Sledge, a book sleeve
• Joshua Sledge, a deck of playing cards with a box
• Samantha Terrio, CD and vinyl record
• Samantha Terrio, a photomontage