The ADC 105th Annual Awards
The ADC 105th Annual Awards is now open for entries!
The ADC 105th Annual Awards : Art Directors Club is pleasant to announced its ADC 105th Annual Awards, competition that every year celebrate the very best in advertising, design, illustration, photography, packaging, motion and digital media, all with a focus on craftsmanship and innovation.
Short description
Art Directors Club is pleasant to announced its ADC 105th Annual Awards, the oldest continuously running industry award show in the world, design competition that every year celebrating excellence in design and craft.
Founded in 1920, this is the world’s longest continuously running awards program to recognize global excellence in craft and innovation in all forms of advertising and design.
This iconic award show honors the best creative talent and groundbreaking work across many different creative disciplines including advertising, digital media, graphic and publication design, packaging and product design, motion, gaming, experiential and architecture, photography, illustration, fashion design and all points in between.
Among the changes for the ADC 104th Annual Awards are:
This year’s awards will include the presentation of the Paul Manship Medal, now reimagined as an enterable category recognizing a single designer who best acts as a catalyst for change, demonstrates foresight and innovation, embodies a lasting legacy, and made the most significant contribution in the past year.
Other noteworthy changes for 2026 include the separation of Health & Wellness and Pharma into two distinct disciplines, and addition of four new categories for Film & Moving Image, Motion & Graphic Design, Experiential & Interactive, and Digital & Emerging Media within the Artificial Intelligence discipline.
Outstanding entrants are selected by highly respected juries, and honored with coveted Gold, Silver and Bronze Cubes, presented at the Annual Awards Gala in New York City. Beyond these Cubes, however, ADC Annual Awards winners join a rich legacy of past honorees that include some of the most influential artists of the past century.
Who may enter?
Entries must be submitted by industry professionals only, including freelancers.
Prize:
Outstanding entrants are selected by highly respected juries, and honored with coveted
Entry fees:
Fees start at $75 per entry and vary depending on the category and entry type.
The ADC Annual Awards also offers a tiered pricing structure designed to make it easier for smaller agencies, studios and freelancers to participate. Larger companies pay the standard entry fee; smaller shops get a discount on entries (amount varies by discipline) and freelance creatives and one-person shops are eligible for an even greater reduction in their entry fee.
