Competition Rules

1/ Dates

• The ADC Awards 2023 are open to original advertising projects published
  between the 1st of August 2021 and the 31st January 2023.
• Regular Deadline (Early birds): 9th-31st January 2023
• Extended Deadline (Entries): 1st-28th February 2023
• Publication of The Gallery of Entries: 29th March 2023
• Jury Session: 18th-19th April 2023
• Shortlist publication: 20th April 2023
• The Ceremony: 10th May 2023

2/ Fees

BASIC FEES IN DUE COURSE

6 000,- CZK excluding VAT for each entry, admitted until 31st January 2023 (not valid for the Campaign category)
12 000,- CZK excluding VAT for each entry, admitted until 31st January 2023 in the Campaign category

INCREASED FEES IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD

8 000,- CZK excluding VAT for each entry, admitted from 1 February to 28 February 2023 (not valid for the Campaign category)
16 000,- CZK excluding VAT for each entry, admitted from 1 February to 28 February 2023 in the Campaign category

VOLUME DISCOUNT

If you pay for more than three applications on one invoice, you will receive a 10% discount on the total invoice amount.
If you pay for more than six applications on one invoice, you will receive a 15% discount on the total invoice amount.

3/ How to enter the ADC Awards

• User registrations from previous years automatically expire, so a new registration is necessary for the current year of the Competition.

• Individual entries can only enter the Competition after creating their user account in the login application via the "Login" link in the header of this website.

• After the user has entered the application, the entry of individual works into the Competition is then carried out in the main menu "Submit your work to the competition".

• You must fill in at least the basic mandatory information for each entry. After saving the mandatory data, proceed to upload the files according to the specified technical specifications for each category.

• Please attach attachments in the format:
  Image file format: Best possible quality JPG, no compression, min. 1920  px x min. 1080 px
  Video file format: Full HD 1920 x 1080 px, MP4 H.264, Format 16:9, 8 MB/s – 12 MB/s (medium quality)

• As the Jury will be international, all entries must be accompanied by a translation into English, preferably in the form of original + subtitles.

• The completed Entry can be duplicated into another category. In the menu "My Entries" you can select the Entry from your list and then duplicate it for another category.

• If all the entries you submit meet the technical specifications, they can be closed by submitting them to the Competition. By entering the Competition, the entrant agrees to the terms and conditions of the Competition as defined in the Competition Statutes.

• Lock your entry in the moment you are 100% sure of its accuracy. Locking an entry fixes its price based on the date of the lock. Locked entries cannot be changed, only Credits can be changed.

• Payment should be made based on a proforma invoice payment of the relevant fees and required within seven days after the locking of the last entry, which has to be no later than the 28th of February.
  The proforma invoice will be sent to your email. The tax invoice will be sent to you after the payment has been credited to our account.

• In case of providing physical samples for the jury session, please mark the package with "ADC Awards" and the entry number and send it to WPP Campus, Bubenská 1, 170 00 Prague 7, by 7 March 2023

4/ Statutes of the 2023 Competition