Entry Rules
Applications may be submitted by designers, design companies, or clients. Only works created between 2025 and May 2026 that have not been previously submitted to the Competition are eligible.
The packaging entered in the Competition must be produced at an industrial level, or be easily reproducible on an industrial scale.
By entering a product or prototype in the Competition, participants agree to allow the organizers to exhibit their work in the winners’ exhibition in Lithuania and abroad, free of charge.
Assessment Criteria
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Creativity
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Innovation
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Ecology and Sustainability
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Technological Solutions and Execution
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Functionality and User Convenience
Application Fee
Competition
categories
Food Products
FRESH FOOD CATEGORY
(products such as milk, cheese, eggs, yoghurt, butter, fresh fish, meat, poultry, vegetables, freshly prepared food products, etc.);
PREPARED FOOD CATEGORY
(products such as breakfast cereal, bread, pasta, rice, grain, frozen food, preserves, oil, sauces, spices, coffee, tea, meat products, etc.);
CONFECTIONERY, SNACKS, & DESSERTS CATEGORY
(products such as sweetened snacks, sweets, deserts, biscuits, savoury snacks, nuts, snack bars, crisps, crackers, etc.);
NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES CATEGORY
(non-alcoholic beverages such as juice, mineral water, energy beverages, etc.).
Beverages
LOW ALCOHOL BEVERAGES
(low alcohol beverages such as ready to drink cocktails, cider, beer, wine, sparkling wine and other products up to 18% ABV (Alcohol by volume));
HIGH ALCOHOL BEVERAGES
(high alcohol beverages such as liqueur, spirits and other high alcohol drinks above 18% ABV (Alcohol by volume)).
Health & Beauty
(products such as cosmetics, health and hygiene products, shampoo, soap, perfume, etc.).
Private Label
(products available only through the retail network which owns the trademark).
Limited Edition Products
(products of limited supply and limited time period, their presentation being new or distinctively different to the regular edition product).
Artisan Products
(small run products, craft products, non-commercial and other products, often not available though traditional retail networks and also products without mandatory labeling information).
Other
(products which do not conform to other categories or fall into more than one category).
Food products
FRESH FOOD CATEGORY
(products such as milk, cheese, eggs, yoghurt, butter, fresh fish, meat, poultry, vegetables, freshly prepared food products, etc.);
PREPARED FOOD CATEGORY
(products such as breakfast cereal, bread, pasta, rice, grain, frozen food, preserves, oil, sauces, spices, coffee, tea, meat products, etc.);
CONFECTIONERY, SNACKS, & DESSERTS CATEGORY
(products such as milk, cheese, eggs, yoghurt, butter, fresh fish, meat, poultry, vegetables, freshly prepared food products, etc.);
NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES CATEGORY
non-alcoholic beverages such as juice, mineral water, energy beverages, etc.).
Beverages
LOW ALCOHOL BEVERAGES
(low alcohol beverages such as ready to drink cocktails, cider, beer, wine, sparkling wine and other products up to 18% ABV (Alcohol by volume))
HIGH ALCOHOL BEVERAGES
high alcohol beverages such as liqueur, spirits and other high alcohol drinks above 18% ABV (Alcohol by volume)).
Health and Beauty
(products such as cosmetics, health and hygiene products, shampoo, soap, perfume, etc.).
Private Label
(products available only through the retail network which owns the trademark).
Limited Edition
(products of limited supply and limited time period, their presentation being new or distinctively different to the regular edition product).
Artisan Products
(small run products, craft products, non-commercial and other products, often not available though traditional retail networks and also products without mandatory labeling information).
Other
(products which do not conform to other categories or fall into more than one category).
Entry and Evaluation
Applications must be submitted electronically via the Competition website, https://napa.submittable.com/submit, by 24 April 2026.
Applications are open!
Early bird 60€ (25% off)
Apply by 5 April (Deadline extended!) and get 25% off.
The works will be evaluated in two stages:
The first stage:
Selection of works
The jury will assess the works submitted in electronic form (photographs, projects, and an explanatory paper). The works selected by the jury will enter the second stage. The shortlist of works will be announced on 4 May 2026.
For the second stage, the actual packaging must be submitted between 4 and 19 May 2026.
The second stage:
Evaluation of the works
The actual packaging objects will be assessed and evaluated by the jury on 21 May 2026.
The Jury
The Competition jury consists of independent experts: designers, producers, marketers, scientists, and other representatives of the organizers. The members and the Head of the jury will be announced separately, no later than the final term for submitting the works.
The Awards
The results will be announced and the winners will be awarded prizes at the NAPA Baltic 2026 event on 22 May 2026.
Winners in first, second and third place will be awarded prizes.
A special jury prize (diploma) may also be awarded.
Please note that, with the approval of the majority of the jury, the Head of the jury can change the number of awards if not enough works are submitted, or if the standard of the submitted works is not sufficiently high.
The Exhibiton
Finalists will have their work displayed in a public exhibition. By entering this contest, you agree that, if you are selected as a finalist by the jury, you must send the actual packaging between 4 and 19 May 2026. All packages submitted must be empty and contain no valuables.
After the award ceremony, your work will remain on display for the duration of the exhibition. The organisers are not responsible for the state of the packaging throughout the exhibition period. You may retrieve your packaging by contacting info@napa.lt one week after the exhibition ends.
Award logo usage
The winners of the Competition receive the right to use the logo of the Competition in the advertising of the awarded packaging in any form or media for an unlimited time period.
The graphic sign and the NAPA BALTIC name are the property of LDA,
any alterations or changes are forbidden.