Online Entry
& Judging Portal
Don't have an account? Choose an entry category below to begin. Logged in users may also click these to submit additional entries.
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.
Beyond Limits:
The 2026 American Advertising Awards
🚀 Enter the American Advertising Awards
Cleveland to creatives, do you copy?
The 2026 Addys are launching into a universe of innovation and imagination. We’re traveling beyond the ordinary to celebrate advertising that’s light-years ahead.
Has your team ventured into the beyond and returned with work worthy of the stars? We're on a mission to recognize the boldest ideas in the galaxy—calling on agencies to submit their brightest work from 2025 to shine on our celestial stage.
🚀 A few small steps for entry
Enter the contest. Shoot for the stars.
We are accepting entries from November 10, 2025 through January 18, 2026 at 11:59 pm.
Please read the rules and follow all instructions carefully:
Submitting is easy. Just follow the prompts, upload your work, and arrange payment. When you're done, email your manifest to us.
A few tips:
- Eligibility: Before submitting, double-check the rules to confirm that you and your work meet the contest's eligiblity requirements.
- Categories: Be sure to select the correct category. For example, in the Professional division, a Magazine Advertising Campaign should be entered in cateogry 012C, but a Newspaper Advertising Campaign should be entered in category 013D. See the rule PDF for a full list of categories.
- Digital assets: All work is submitted digitally. No hard copies are required. Some categories may request or require multiple files. Follow all instructions carefully!
- Desktop vs mobile: The submissions portal may be easier to navigate on desktop (not mobile).
🚀 Judging
The sky is not the limit. The 100-point scale is.
Our out-of this-world judges rate all submissions on a standard scale. To maximize impartiality, the judges hail from beyond our galaxy (uh, market), and judge's view the assets without seeing the entrant's info.
Based on the scores, the judges award:
- Best of Show (for the top creative of the night!)
- Gold ADDYs (to the top ~10% of entrants)
- Silver ADDYs (to the next ~12% of entrants)
- Judge's Choice (1 from each judge)
From the entire entry pool, the judges also select a winner of the Mosaic Addy, given to the submission in any category that best exemplifies a spirit of diversity and inclusion. Learn more about the Mosaic Addy.
🚀 The gala
Parties this good are once in a blue moon.
Save the date for February 26, 2026, when the eagles have landed and we'll gather to celebrate winning work at Music Box Supper Club!
🚀 Entry fees
Launching a rocket cost billions of dollars.
Entering the American Advertising Awards does not.
All AAF-CLE members get special rates, and our Corporate Members get a discount on top of that. If you are one of AAF-CLE's corporate members, contact Executive Director Amanda Terman to request your coupon code for special discounted entry fees.
Not a member yet? Join AAF-CLE now to get discounted entry fees, plus discounted gala tix and other benefits all year. Sign up on our website.
| Single | Campaign | |
| Member of AAF-CLE | $90 | $135 |
| Nonmember | $145 | $195 |
| Student | $25 | $25 |
