Key things to know before entering:
● The work must first be published or aired, and the goods or services the subject of the work must be madecommercially available, between 1st January 2025 - 25th April 2026. Creative Effectiveness categories have extended eligibility from 1 July 2024 - 25th April 2026.
● Each entry must be accompanied by a signed letter from the client (template available in Entry Kit).
● Entries must have been created within the context of a normal paying contract and a genuine brief from a client/brand.
● AWARD accepts work that has appeared anywhere in the world, with the following requirements: (a) in all non-craft categories, the work must have originated and been completed in Asia, New Zealand or Australia; and (b) in craft categories, the work must have been created by a production, post production, music company, internal production agency or relevant craftsperson (i.e. Director, Cinematographer) from Asia, New Zealand or Australia. If the relevant craft was not completed by an Australasian company or crafts person then each of the agency, client and production company must be Australasian.
● Check with your production company, agency, media partner or PR partner before entering work to avoid duplicate entries. Duplicates of an entry into a category for the same piece of work will not be accepted.
● Work entered in previous years is only eligible as part of a campaign entry and only when outnumbered by new advertisements of the same campaign.
● Anyone who breaches the Terms and Conditions, including entering a work (or a version of a work) that never ran, may have their work and any work bearing their name deemed ineligible for participation in AWARD Awards in the future.
● Work completed for a charity (any company registered as a charity for taxation purposes) can only be entered into Charity sub-categories or Health and Wellbeing, Creative Effectiveness or all Craft categories. Please check the ACNC register here.
● By participating in AWARD Awards, your personal information will be collected, used and disclosed as set out in the Terms and Conditions and Advertising Council Australia’s Privacy Policy.
Entry into AWARD Awards is conditional upon you agreeing to the full Terms and Conditions available here. Prior to submitting your entries, you must confirm that you have read and agreed to the above full Terms and Conditions of entry.