Online Entry
& Judging Portal
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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.
The American Advertising Awards, home of the ADDY® Award, is one of the industry's largest creative competitions, attracting nearly 35,000 professional and student entries each year through competitions offered through local AAF clubs. The mission of the American Advertising Awards is to recognize and reward the creative spirit of excellence in advertising.
Conducted annually by the American Advertising Federation (AAF), the local Ad Club phase is the first of a three-tier, national competition. Concurrently, all across the country, local entrants vie to win ADDY Awards—recognition as the very best in their markets. At the second tier, local ADDY winners compete against winners from other local clubs in one of 15 district competitions. District ADDY winners are then forwarded to the third tier, the national stage of the American Advertising Awards. Entry in your local Ad Club competition is the first step toward winning a national ADDY.
To ENTER the PROFESSIONAL 2025-2026 Categories:
PROFESSIONAL ENTRIES - CLICK HERE
To ENTER the STUDENT 2025-2026 Categories:
STUDENT ENTRIES - CLICK HERE
AAF-Orlando has decided to conduct this year's competition through remote online judging there, for all submissions will need to be submitted digitally, and no physical entries will be accepted. To be eligible for consideration of an American Advertising Award, all work must have been published or aired between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025.
SUBMISSIONS
Open Date: November 15, 2025
Soft Close Date: January 8, 2026 5:00 PM
Late Submission Deadline: January 14, 2026 5:00 PM
For details about the 2025-2026 categories and the official contest rules:
PROFESSIONAL RULES & CATEGORIES - CLICK THIS LINK
STUDENT RULES & CATEGORIES - CLICK THIS LINK
To be eligible for consideration of an American Advertising Award, all work must have been published or aired between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025.
ENTRY FEES: Every Gold and Silver Winner will now take home a trophy and all Silver Winners will automatically advance to the District Competition at no cost.
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$180 $299 |
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NEW FOR 2026! Every Gold and Silver Winner will now take home a trophy — and that’s not all!
All Silver Winners will automatically advance to the District Competition at no cost.
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