Call for FREE Entries to Campaign Brief Agency of the Year + CB HOT LIST 2026 – deadline Fri 28 Nov
It’s soon time to pick the 2026 Campaign Brief Australian Agency of the Year, and the 2026 CB Hot List. As always, unlike the others, it’s FREE TO ENTER
As far as most agency creative directors (and increasingly, more CEOs and CMOs) on both sides of the Tasman are concerned, CB Agency of the Year (plus Medium and Small AOY in Australia) is the most coveted of all trade mag titles to win – and where an agency is placed on our annual charts (Last year’s charts are pictured above) is critical to many agency’s new business performance in the coming year (that’s the bit of most interest to CEOs and CMOs!).
You’ll be pleased to know it’s FREE TO ENTER, unlike the other money-grabbing trade press titles.
Provide all your best work on a USB stick (or email via We Transfer or similar). Please list in a separate doc. number of staff, highlights of the year, including all awards won in 2025, new people, plus accounts won and lost.
Please only include work that has or will run between January 1 and December 31, 2025.
Even if you feel it’s not your year, please send us your best as it is vital to work out where your agency fits on the 2026 CB Hot Chart, and if your agency makes the 2026 CB Hot List (the 2025 Hot List is shown below).
Make sure your package arrives at CB or emailed by Friday 28 November, 2025.
Post or courier packages to:
Campaign Brief
‘Spectre’
18 KINGS ROAD
MOSS VALE NSW 2577
(If you are a small agency and / or only have a small presentation, you can email or via We Transfer (or similar): michael@campaignbrief.com)
HONOUR ROLL: CB AUSTRALIAN AGENCY OF THE YEAR
1987 The Campaign Palace, Sydney
1988 Saatchi & Saatchi, Sydney
1989 OMON, Sydney
1990 Saatchi & Saatchi, Sydney
1991 The Campaign Palace, Melbourne
1992 Campaign Palace, Sydney
1993 OMON, Sydney
1994 Young & Rubicam, Sydney
1995 Young & Rubicam, Sydney
1996 Clemenger Melbourne
1997 DDB Sydney
1998 The Campaign Palace, Sydney
1999 Clemenger Melbourne
2000 Leo Burnett, Sydney
2001 M&C Saatchi, Melbourne
2002 DDB Sydney
2003 Saatchi & Saatchi, Sydney
2004 Saatchi & Saatchi, Sydney
2005 Saatchi & Saatchi, Sydney
2006 George Patterson Y&R, Melbourne
2007 DDB Sydney
2008 Clemenger BBDO, Melbourne
2009 Clemenger BBDO, Melbourne
2010 Clemenger BBDO, Melbourne
2011 Clemenger BBDO, Melbourne
2012 Clemenger BBDO, Melbourne
2013 McCann, Melbourne
2014 Clemenger BBDO, Melbourne
2015 The Monkeys, Sydney
2016 Clemenger BBDO, Melbourne
2017 The Monkeys, Sydney
2018 DDB Sydney
2019 BMF
2020 Special
2021 The Monkeys
2022 Thinkerbell
2023 The Monkeys
2024 Howatson + Company
HONOUR ROLL: CB NEW ZEALAND AGENCY OF THE YEAR
1999 Colenso BBDO
2000 Saatchi & Saatchi
2001 Colenso BBDO
2002 Colenso BBDO
2003 DDB
2004 Publicis Mojo
2005 Saatchi & Saatchi
2006 Saatchi & Saatchi
2007 DDB
2008 Colenso BBDO
2009 DDB
2010 DDB and Colenso BBDO
2011 DDB
2012 Colenso BBDO
2013 FCB
2014 Colenso BBDO
2015 Y&R
2016 Colenso BBDO
2017 Special
2018 Colenso BBDO
2019 DDB
2020 Special
2021 DDB
2022 Special
2023 DDB
2024 Special
