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Returning Entrants: click here to access your past submissions or select a category from above to make an additional entry.

Judging for the American Advertising Awards will be conducted online.

In some categories, entrants are allowed and/or required to upload additional digital examples of an entry. This is intended to provide more appropriate content for the judges.

Please carefully follow all online submission guidelines provided within the entry system, to ensure that your work is properly represented during all three tiers of the American Advertising Awards competition.

AdClub Cincinnati / Call For Entries / 2025

About the American Advertising Awards

The AdClub Cincinnati local award competition is the first step of the three-tier creative competition of the American Advertising Awards. Each year, over 35,000 entries are submitted annually from over 160 clubs throughout the United States. One must enter the local competition to be considered for a District or National award. All local GOLD winners are automatically submitted to the District competition at no cost to the entry holder. SILVER winners can also submit their work to the District Competition for an additional fee. The National American Advertising Awards are distributed at the National Admerica Conference in June.

Remember

The American Advertising Awards login information may be different than your Ad Club Cincinnati Login information. All Ad Club Cincinnati members get a discount on all entries in the competition. You can purchase an Ad Club Cincinnati membership at any time to be eligible for discounted entries: Go to: https://aafcincinnati.org/join.php

First time entering?

Whether you are a freelancer, agency, or production company, if you have never entered your work into the show, or it's been several years, send an email to your competition organizer at charlie.martinbranch@gmail.com with the subject line: First Time Addy Submitter to receive a discount code good for 15% off one entry.

Deadlines

  • Early Bird from December 1 to December 17
  • Regular Price from December 18 to January 15
  • Late deadline from January 16 to January 24

What to submit?

You’ll find all the 3-tier categories that you’ve seen in the past few years. We have contacted a panel of high-profile creatives from across the country to judge the work. So, review all the great work you created in 2024. Select the work you want to be judged. There’s a place for almost anything you have created!

Pricing

                                       Enter by January 15, 2025 to avoid late fees
                                       MEMBER                       NON-MEMBER                 STUDENT  

Single                         $ 95                                       $140                                    $45                                

Campaign                 $130                                       $175                                     $45                               

Late Fee                  + $30 /ea                              + $ 30/ea                        (no extra fee)         

Not a Member? Join Now!  Go to: https://aafcincinnati.org/join.php

If you have questions, please call the AdClub Cincinnati office at (513) 984-9990.


SUBMISSION GUIDELINES 

SUBMIT ALL WORK ONLINE.  Visit www.CincinnADDYs.com to register and submit work.  Payment for submissions can be made online to AdClub Cincinnati/AAF Cincinnati. Submit your payment with your manifest. All payments must be received by the deadlines to be eligible for the competition. 

All entries will be submitted online.
No hard copies of materials will be needed.