Entries for PLBuyer’s Design Excellence Awards have been opened, with entries being taken online through Sept. 7.

Retailers, design firms, processors, and others involved in private label packaging design may submit entries at awards.privatelabelbuyer.com. Entries are $150 for the first product and $100 for each subsequent product, and there are six food and seven non-food categories in which to enter products.

Entries again will be judged by an all-star panel, and the winners will be announced at the PLMA Show in Chicago in November.

Payment is due at time of entry, and products must be at the PLBuyer offices in Deerfield, Ill., by Sept. 14 to be eligible for judging. For more information, contact Lynn Celmer at 847-405-4122 or celmerl@bnpmedia.com.