In-Print 2026 Judging is Today
The entries are all in, the judges are ready, and today the winners of In-Print 2026 will finally be chosen. Roughly 360 pieces were submitted this year, spanning everything from stationery to magazines and annual reports. Each entry will be closely examined Monday by a panel of five judges gathering at the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association (IPMA) headquarters in Kearney, Missouri.
In-Print 2026 judging
This year’s competition had 32 categories, including six reserved for in-plants with 10 or fewer employees. The Wide-Format/Specialty division featured a fabrication/manufacturing/engraving category, along with categories for inkjet, toner, and dye-sublimation work.
Once the winners from all 32 categories are picked on Monday, judges will reexamine all Gold-winning pieces and select Best of Division winners for all four divisions. These winners will then be pitted against each other, and judges will pick a single Best of Show winner. Those grand prize winners will be revealed at the IPMA 2024 conference in Greenville, South Carolina, in June.
The judges this year will be:
- Wes Troup, World Bank and IPMA contest chair
- Kirsten Noyola, CHRISTUS Health
- Bruce La Londe, Blue Valley Schools
- Jason Kermashek, Pittsburg State University
- Tammy Dunham, Nestle Purina
Also helping with judging when they are not photographing the winners will be Larry Clements (Redlands Community College, retired) and Nate Riggins (EMC Insurance). Bob Neubauer, editor of In-plant Impressions, will be there to help the process go smoothly.
In-Print 2026 judging
- Categories:
- In-plant Events
Bob has served as editor of In-plant Impressions since October of 1994. Prior to that he served for three years as managing editor of Printing Impressions, a commercial printing publication. Mr. Neubauer is very active in the U.S. in-plant industry. He attends all the major in-plant conferences and has visited 200 in-plant operations around the world. He has given presentations to numerous in-plant groups in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including the Association of College and University Printers and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. He also coordinates the annual In-Print contest, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-plant Impressions.
