Call for Entries: Voices of the Americas

About Red Tipográfica

Red Tipográfica is a space for connection and collaboration for people who use letterforms as tools for expression and change. We believe design is a way to build identity, amplify voices, and challenge structures that suppress subjectivity. Through typography, lettering, and calligraphy, we strengthen our roots, explore new ways of storytelling, and bring visibility to realities that have been and continue to be silenced.

Design is an act rooted in memory and oriented toward the future. It affirms our cultural heritage, questions the present, and opens paths for new generations and their concerns. Our commitment is to a graphic language that reflects the diversity of Latin America and the Caribbean, one that celebrates our languages, our histories, and our resistance. We believe in collective creation and the exchange of knowledge as a powerful force for transformation. At Red Tipográfica, we design in community, with voices of our own.

What is this call for entries about?

Design is also a political act. Voces de Las Américas invites designers, typographers, calligraphers, and visual artists to submit works where typography, lettering, signage, or calligraphy are central to a message of social change.

We are looking for pieces that address urgent issues in Latin America and the Caribbean, such as:

Protest and resistance: social struggles, demonstrations, freedom of expression
Equity and human rights: feminism, gender freedom, dissent, and social justice
Peoples and memory: identity, migration, indigenous languages, decolonization
Denunciation and visibility: racism, discrimination, climate crisis, inequality

The power of the written word and graphics has historically accompanied movements of resistance. This call for entries aims to strengthen this perspective and provide space for diverse voices that, through design, challenge, propose, and build possible futures.

We have also prepared a list of phrases you can use to reinforce your message.

Who can participate?

The call for entries is open to:

Graphic and typographic designers, calligraphers, and sign painters
Analog or digital visual artists
Students and individuals interested in design with social impact

Participation formats

Works are accepted in various categories:

Printed and digital graphics: posters, books, zines
Digital and interactive: GIFs, animations, web experiences
Multimedia: video, installations, typographic interventions
Physical and experimental: sculpture, installations, murals, calligraphy in public spaces

Formats

Printed / digital graphic

Recommended sizes: A3 (297×420 mm) or A2 (420×594 mm)
Resolution: minimum 300 dpi (for print)
Format: PDF, JPG, or PNG (high quality)
For fanzines/books: max 24 pages, submit PDF with cover + 2 to 4 featured internal pages

Digital and interactive

Video: up to 2 minutes, format MP4 (1080p)
Send one representative still image
Interactive web: send active URL + up to 3 screenshots (1920 px wide)

Multimedia

Video: up to 2 minutes, format MP4 (1080p)
Send one representative still image
Installation or intervention: send 5 to 10 high-quality photos + short technical description
(optional: short video showing the setup or interaction)

Physical and experimental

Video: up to 2 minutes, format MP4 (1080p)
Send 5 to 10 high-quality photos
Include a brief description of the context or technique
You may include an additional video if applicable

Key Dates

Submission of works: until May 31, 2025, at 11:59 PM (EST)
Project selection: late May 2025
Exhibition in New York: June 2025

Curation

An international group, made up of members of Red Tipográfica, will select the pieces that will be part of the exhibition, either in print or digital format. The curation of works will be at the discretion of this group. Selection will be based on logistical feasibility, thematic relevance, technical quality, and alignment with our code of conduct.

Participation Process

Send and email to @email to get the list of suggested phrases (optional)
Submit your work in the specified format before the deadline: Submission form
If your piece is selected, it will be part of the exhibition in New York and possibly in other locations in physical or digital form.

Reasons to Participate

Bring visibility to urgent causes through design and typography
Share your work on an international platform with a social focus
Connect with a community of creators committed to social change

At Red Tipográfica, we design in community, with our own voices.

Join Voices of the Americas and use your creativity to transform realities.

Submit your entry: Submission form

Note: We are excited to receive proposals not only in English, Spanish, and Portuguese but also in French, and many other indigenous languages of Latin America and the Caribbean.