RULES

ADCE Awards 2024 Call for Entries will open the 10th of June to the 27th of September

Remember, all winners from the best European national competitions are eligible to participate.

If you were awarded this year, prepare your work to be submitted before the deadline, 27th of Septenmber.

All winners from ADCE Awards of this year’s competition will now form part of The One Club’s Global Creative Rankings.

Make sure to mark your calendars! You don’t want to miss the chance to be among Europes’ finest.

Eligibility
ADCE Members

Winners of ADCE-affiliated national clubs responsible for their respective country’s premier award competition are eligible to participate under the following advantageous conditions:

Free entry for Gold Award winners from the national competitions.

Reduced entry fee for locally awarded Silver, Bronze, and/or Shortlist


Austria
CCA – Venus Awards

Bulgaria
BACA – 
FARA Festival

Cyprus
The Cyprus Creative Club – Pygmalion Awards

Estonia
ADC Estonia – ADC Disainiauhinnad
Kuldmuna

Finland
Grafia – Vuoden Huiput

Georgia
ADC Georgia – AD Black Sea Festival (only Georgian winners)

Germany
Art Directors Club für Deutschland – ADC Wettbewerb

Greece
EBGE Awards

Iceland
FÍT – FÍT Keppnina

Italy
Art Directors Club Italiano – ADCI Awards

Latvia
Latvian Art Directors Club – ADWARDS

Lithuania
Lithuanian Design Association – ADC*LT Awards

Netherlands
ADC Netherlands – Dutch Creativity Awards

Portugal
Clube da Criatividade de Portugal – Festival CCP

Romania
Art Directors Club Romania – ADC*RO Top 3

Slovakia
Art Directors Club Slovakia – Zlat
ý Klinec

Slovenia
ADC Slovenia – SOF

Spain
ADG-FAD – Laus Awards
Club de Creativos – Premios c de c

Switzerland
ADC Switzerland – ADC Awards

United Kingdom
Creative Circle – Creative Circle Awards

Ukraine
Art Directors Club Ukraine – ADC*UA Awards

ADCE Non-Members

The Art Directors Club of Europe welcomes the participation of winners from non-member European national associations responsible for the country’s premier competitions.

National Gold, Silver, and Bronze, as well as shortlist, are eligible to participate in the ADCE Awards.


Armenia
AD Black Sea Festival (Armenian winners only)

Belgium
Creative Belgium – 
CBA (Creative Belgium Awards)

Denmark
Creative Circle Awards 

France
Le Club des DA Awards
Cristal Awards (only French winners)

Hungary
Golden Blade Awards

Ireland
Institute of Creative Advertising and Design – ICAD Awards

Norway
Kreative Forum – Gullblyanten
Grafill – Visueltkonkurransen

Poland
Konkurs KTR

Sweden
Guldägget

*If your local competition is not listed above, please contact us to check about eligibility.

How to submit
1

Registrations will must to be done online.

Each entry form will be assigned an Entry ID number (automatically generated by the system).

Works can only be entered once for each award received locally. The work must be entered in the category where it was locally awarded when possible. In case the ADCE categories do not match the local categories, the work should be entered in the closest fit possible.

2

All necessary images, video or sound files for the submitted works must be uploaded to the online entry platform.

Depending on the category, entries may only be required to upload digital material to the online entry platform, while in some cases (i.e. Design) printed samples of works will also be required for Judging Day and must be sent to Barcelona by post. These must be labelled with the corresponding Entry ID number, and include an attached printed copy of the entry form (look for the PRINT icon on the online platform).

3

Works submitted for judging in more than one category must be individually entered in each category.

Note

Entry forms and work descriptions must be clear and correctly spelled in English, as this information will come from the form and used for promotional purposes (annual, exhibition, etc.).

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