ADC NY Annual Awards

The Annual ArtDirectorsClub NY Awards.

Every year since 1920, the ADC Annual Awards competition identifies and honors the best work of the year in visual communications. ADC's first call for entries included just three categories—black and white illustration and design, paintings and drawings in color, and posters of all sizes. Today, there are 220 categories spanning all areas in print and broadcast advertising, interactive media, graphic design, publication design, packaging, photography and illustration. 

ADC NY Young Guns

ADC Young Guns® honors the vanguard of creative professionals who let loose their imaginations, shattering conventions and breaking boundaries with a dash of brilliance and personal flair.

AME – Awards for Advertising & Marketing Effectiveness

AME Awards®, the World's Most Effective Advertising™ was established in 1994 to recognize creative and successful marketing strategies across all industry verticals. An award-winning advertising campaign addresses a challenge in the marketplace, utilizes outstanding creative elements, and incorporates a thorough marketing plan to deliver a successful execution.

An international Grand Jury of interactive and multidisciplinary Marketers, Media Planners, Strategy Directors, Social Media Experts, and Creatives critique and judge local, regional, national and international campaigns that demonstrate a clear understanding of a marketing problem to be solved.

Amec Global Communication Effectiveness Awards 2012

The AMEC Awards, recognises and celebrates exceptional work and accomplishments in putting programme research, measurement and evaluation on the Agenda, especially since the adoption of the Barcelona Principles framework in 2010.

This is a new-style AMEC Awards after a deliberate 12 months break in which we reviewed how to make the AMEC Awards the biggest event of its type internationally. 

The awards offers the opportunity to showcase International Best Practice in programme research, measurement and evaluation.

ANDY Awards

The International ANDY Awards, known as the world’s toughest award show, was established in 1964. It stands as one of the most sought-after awards for creative excellence in advertising. The ANDY Awards are sponsored by The ADVERTISING Club, a professional not-for-profit organ ization administered by its Chairperson, Beth-Ann Eason, SVP/GM of Epicurious, Gourmet Live and Brides.com - Conde Nast Digital, and the elected board of directors.

Annual Design Award

The Annual Design Awards (nicknamed ANNDAS) is a global recognition of cutting edge visual communications, set up to reward outstanding contributions within the Design industry. We have brought together some of the most amazing talents and respected figures from around the world to judge this global event which aims to become the premier design awards and set international standards.

Clio Awards

The CLIO Awards is the world’s most recognized global awards competition for advertising, design, interactive and public relations. For over five decades, the CLIO Awards has maintained its original commitment to celebrate and reward creative excellence, honoring a powerful form of communication and its impact on modern culture. At the same time, the CLIO Awards remains focused on evolving with the industry in order to acknowledge the most current, breakthrough work. CLIO’s iconic statue is the most widely recognized and coveted symbol of the industry’s creative accomplishments.

Cresta – Creative Standards Awards

The Cresta Awards were launched in 1993 by Creative Standards International, in partnership with the International Advertising Association. Cresta stands for 'Creative Standards'. As the name suggests, the aim of the Cresta Awards is to honor an absolute standard of creative excellence in the international advertising and marketing communications industry.

Cyber Lions Award

Cannes Lions is where creative professionals come to debate, learn and be inspired; where the greatest industry honours are bestowed; where those pushing creative communications forward are celebrated.

D&AD Awards

D&AD – home of the talented and skilled, the imaginative and the curious, the restless and the bloody-minded. Commercially savvy, sometimes romantic, often cynical and occasionally rather weird. A source of information and ideas: of professional development, support and inspiration, interesting people to talk and nice things to look at. All creative life is here.

Digital Artist Awards

The Digital Artist Awards is a worldwide competition for anyone with a passion for digital art. It aims to inspire, recognise and reward the highest standards of digital art across a range of genres and categories from concept art, illustration, architectural visualisation and animation to character design and videogame art.

Effie Global

The Effie Awards were founded in 1968 by the American Marketing Association, New York Chapter, as an awards program to recognize the most effective advertising efforts in the United States each year.

Since 1968, and particularly in the past five years, Effie has become a source of learning through conferences, judging discussion and briefs providing opportunities for insight into effective marketing communications.

Effie Worldwide exists to provide information regarding effectiveness and results in marketing communications. Its main priority is to educate and share with the industry (and all interested parties) its wisdom and definition of effectiveness by spotlighting great ideas that work and encouraging thoughtful dialogue about the ever-changing world of marketing communications. The Effie network has teamed up with some of the top research and media organizations worldwide to bring its audience the most relevant and first-class insights into effective marketing strategy. This has taken shape in webinars, white papers, global conferences, winners showcases and more.

Golden Award of Montreux

The Golden Award of Montreux honors creative excellence and pays tribute to one of the most interesting and influential art forms in modern culture - advertising.

Green Awards

Launched in 2006 to critical acclaim, the INTERNATIONAL GREEN AWARDS™ were set up to recognise strategies that use creativity in an engaging and effective manner, leading to more sustainable outcomes. It is now an established event on the global sustainable business-calendar. By showcasing “best in class” examples of effective, innovative and creative approaches to sustainability, the INTERNATIONAL GREEN AWARDS™ aims to be an agent of change. To this end, the Awards team searches the globe every year to find true influencers, leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators, identifying worldwide sustainability success stories that inspire and motivate others. It is no exercise in fluffy back-patting.

Internet Advertising Competition

The Web Marketing Association (WMA) helps set a high standard for Internet marketing and corporate web development on the World Wide Web. Staffed by volunteers, this organization is made up of Internet marketing, advertising, PR and design professionals who share an interest for improving the quality of advertising, marketing and promotion used to attract visitors to corporate Web sites.

In 1999, the Web Marketing Association decided to create a new award program to recognize outstanding online advertising in all of its various forms. While many advertising award shows had a category for online, no program was dedicated to it.

John Caples International Awards

The John Caples International Awards, honoring the best in direct and interactive marketing around the world, was founded in 1978 by Andi Emerson, a direct marketing pioneer, in order to honor well-recognized copywriter John Caples. With international chairs in 50 countries, it is funded by industry agencies, clients and suppliers; is run by industry volunteers and is judged by more than 100 active, senior-level, international creative professionals. Between 200 to 300 creatives and marketers from around the world attend the annual dinner and presentation.

MIDAS Awards

Midas Awards, for the World's Best Financial Marketing & Advertising™, is the only international competition to recognize excellence in financial advertising and marketing on a global scale.

Besides having the coolest award in the business, why enter the Midas Awards?

Because asking someone to choose a certain brand of potato chips, or drink a certain type of sugar infused energy drink, or wear a certain pair of trendy sunglasses is a lot different than asking someone to invest their children’s college savings into a different financial institution. 

New Media Age Effectiveness Awards

The Awards promote the quality of new media usage in the UK, emphasising effectiveness to allow smaller companies to compete on an equal footing with larger ones. They provide a benchmark of excellence for the industry to learn from and build upon, emphasising the importance of usability and accessibility in building an effective online presence. And they demonstrate the power of interactive media to the wider business world. 

New York Festivals Awards

NYF maintains an international network of media representatives who promote the competitions in over 65 countries. These representatives are a crucial element in upholding NYF’s dedication to searching out and rewarding the World’s Best Work™ - not only by recruiting entries but also filling the judging rosters with award winning creatives who represent every advertising center of the world, ensuring that all work is judged without cultural bias and that each competition really does represent the best in communications the world has to offer.

Each NYF competition is supported by a Board of Judges and Advisors, each of which is led by a chairperson and represents a veritable "who's who" of international communications.

Entries are judged by panels of international award winning industry professionals who are recognized as leaders in their respective fields. The preliminary round of judging produces Finalist winners. Finalist winners receive a Finalist Certificate. Further judging rounds determine Bronze, Silver and Gold medal winners. Gold award winners then contend for Grand Prix Awards.

reddot communication design award

The highest award in the communication design competition is the “red dot: grand prix” for the best work in a category. The “red dot: junior prize”, which includes prize money of 10,000 euros, will be awarded to the best student work.

Revolution Awards

For 14 years, Revolution magazine has presented the digital marketing world in common sense marketing terms, encouraging exploration, discovery and motivation by marketing teams. Throughout that time the Revolution Awards have consistently celebrated excellence, effectiveness and innovation. From a first fledgling awards at the National History Museum, to the Commonwealth Institute and the Royal Albert Hall, the growing Revolution Awards have made a lasting impression on a dynamic industry. Now, the Revolution Awards is a thunderingly powerful event held during April every year. Retaining the greater emphasis on innovation for 2011, another great night of celebration beckons.

The Global Awards

The Global Awards® are the world's largest and most coveted healthcare communications awards and are the only ones dedicated to the recognition of excellence on an international basis. The Globals® receive entries from healthcare corporations, hospitals and education groups as well as from advertising agencies, design studios and production companies.

By broadening the focus beyond advertising alone, the mission of The Global Awards®is to lift the perception of creativity above clever headlines and smart design, and to explore the feelings and emotions transmitted between a message’s creator and its recipient. The intellectual and emotional achievement of communication transcends the barriers of distance, language and culture. The Global Awards® honor this profound connection.

The One Show

The One Show, the premiere international advertising award show, sets the industry standard for creative advertising in print, television, radio, outdoor, innovative marketing, integrated branding and branded content. Each year, work is judged by an international jury of award-winning art directors, copywriters and creative directors.

WebAward Competition

The Web Marketing Association helps to set a high standard for Internet marketing and development of the best websites on the World Wide Web. Staffed by volunteers, this organization is made up of Internet marketing, online advertising, PR, and top web site design professionals who share an interest in improving the quality of online advertising, internet marketing, and website promotion.

The Web Marketing Association is the producer of the WebAward Competition.  The WebAward program is the premier annual website award competition that names the best Web sites in 96 industries while setting the standard of excellence for all website development.