Countdown to 44th AWARD Awards; deadline 5:00pm AEDT Friday 17 February 2023

Entries for the 44th AWARD Awards are now open.

Australasia’s most prestigious creative awards program recognises creative excellence across advertising, design, craft, film, entertainment, strategy and more, spotlighting the past year’s outstanding campaigns and best creative talent.

In exciting news, five new categories have been added to the annual awards program.

As part of the entry-based Special Awards, which recognise agencies and individuals who have consistently delivered high-quality work across the year, clients can now enter the Marketing Team of the Year and Chief Marketing Officer of the Year categories, while media companies can enter to win Media Agency of the Year. There is now also an Account Team of the Year award.

AWARD is also excited to announce a new agency of the year award – Rising Star/Breakthrough Agency of the Year – which will be judged by evaluating work awarded across all categories, recognising agencies who have excelled as part of each annual awards program.

Says Cam Blackley, AWARD chair: “Over the last few years we have done a huge amount of work to heighten the reputation and prestige of the AWARD Awards to truly uncover the best creative work in the region.

“In 2023, that will include widening our awards program to welcome entries from clients and media agencies, who contribute so much to creative excellence across the industry.

“It’s all part of AWARD’s focus on innovation and inclusivity and we look forward to truly representing the pointy end of creativity from all corners of the industry.”

AWARD will accept work completed within the eligibility period of 1 January 2022 to 31 March 2023, with an ‘early bird’ discount of 10% ending at 5:00pm AEDT on Friday 2 December. Entries close 5:00pm AEDT Friday 17 February 2023.

Late entries will be accepted up until 5pm AEDT Friday 31 March 2023 with an additional late entry fee.

Nominations for judges are also being accepted, to be considered please complete the online nominations form with a short bio here.

The full list of 2022 AWARD Award categories and entry criteria can be found at AWARD online.