American Advertising Awards
Welcome to the American Advertising Awards!
The American Advertising Awards is a nationwide competition with nearly 35,000 professional and student entries. The mission of the awards is to recognize and reward the spirit of creative excellence in advertising.
Who submits to this competition? Ad agencies, graphic designers, in-house design teams, media outlets, film and production companies, student designers, corporate teams and others. With over 100 categories, your award-winning creative excellence is something that we want to celebrate with you and your peers. So if you have worked on film, website, product or graphic design, or any of the other many categories, we encourage you to submit your project to the American Advertising Awards.
Congratulations to all 2023 Award Winners!
We look forward to seeing you in 2024!
How to Enter
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Step 1
Research the categories. Each year the AAF updates the categories. When the new list of categories is published you will find them here.
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Step 2
Categories. Make a list of the categories you are interested in and use this time to collect your entry pieces.
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Step 3
Discounts and Timing. Enter early to get a discount on your submissions.
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Step 4
Become a member. If you are already a member, thank you—and we appreciate your already being a part of our club. If you are not, please consider this a perfect opportunity to join the club. You will receive a discount on your submissions if you are a member of AAF Daytona Beach.
Award Submission Help
Our team, especially our experienced award chair, is here to help. Please do not hesitate to email us with any questions that you may have.
The most important first step is to read the Call For Entries Document and the American Advertising Awards Rules and Categories 2023.
Bookmark this webpage as we will continue to update you with new information and some more tips and tricks for you when submitting for the competition.
Common Mistakes
Submitting work in the wrong market. Refer to the rules link above.
Video and audio entries submitted only as a YouTube or Vimeo URL link rather than uploading the actual file.
Submitting just a beauty shot of the cover of a multi-page entry (brochure, multi-page spread, invitation, annual report, etc.) rather than a PDF that shows all of the work. This is a real problem if virtual judging is necessary.
An agency, industry supplier and/or media company that submits the advertising for their own services in the general market category instead of the Industry Self-Promotion category.
Including too many pieces in your submission. Refer to the rules link above; each category has a different number of pieces allowed. Remember, digital and print pieces count separately, as do separate executions within a medium or campaign.
