Welcome to the 9th annual GPKNews 2025 Best of GPK Awards. 2025 was a year of change for the GPK hobby, from distribution, to set structure, and more. Still, there were a number of hobby, online, and licensed releases during the year. What were your favorite things GPK in 2025? It’s your turn to help choose the Reader’s Choice awards!
Click here to vote now in the 2025 GPKNews.com Best of GPK Awards!
Read on for an explanation about how the categories and nominees were chosen, along with the fine print of voting.
Here are the categories to be voted on this year:
- 2025 Hobby/Retail Set of the Year – Due to massive distribution changes by Topps in 2025, this category is now the Hobby/Retail Set of the Year. Packed out products offered by both Topps directly and available to Hobby and/or Retail channels will appear here. Four set this year to choose from!
- 2025 Online Set of the Year – Fewer online sets than previous years in 2025. Still have some familiar choices alongside a couple of new products!
- 2025 Non-Traditional Set of the Year – A tribute set along with the various other brands that featured GPK in 2025. Which was your favorite?
- 2025 Licensee of the Year – A bit of a rebound in GPK merchandise in 2025. A couple of new licensees along with some old favorites to pick from!
- 2025 GPK Rookie Sketch Artist of the Year – A super sized total 23 artists made their debuts on GPK in 2025! Which was your favorite?
- 2025 GPK Sketch Artist of the Year – To be eligible an artist must have had official Topps GPK sketch cards appear in a set in 2025. Two hobby and one online set had sketches this year! Over 100 sketch artists in 2025. Who was your favorite?
- 2025 GPK Artist of the Year – To be eligible an artist must have painted an official Topps GPK final published card in 2025. Retail, Online, Convention, and Licensed sets are eligible. Don’t see your favorite on the list? Feel free to choose the write-in option and vote for them!
- 2025 GPK Card of the Year – All GPKs published in 2025 are eligible. Retail, Online, Convention, and Licensed cards are eligible. For nomination purposes if a/b versions are available, only the “a” card is listed. Not as many new cards as usual in 2025 due to the over abundance of reprints. Don’t see your favorite on the list? Feel free to choose the write-in option and vote for them!
Categories and nominees were chosen by the Editor of GPKNews.com. Any GPK releases after 12/17 will be eligible in next year’s (2026) awards. Categories such as best artist, sketch artist, and best card also contain a write-in option. Write-in votes will only be counted for a valid artist/card. Voting will be live from Wednesday 12/17 through Wednesday 12/24 @ 8:00 PM(PST). Voting will only be done through Facebook. Participants can only vote once. Vote totals or individual votes cast will not be made public. Winners will be revealed in a future article that will appear on GPKNews.com right around the 1st of January.