Rules of Entry
The following notes of guidance are intended to help you enter the Campaign Big Awards. Please apply the information appropriately to each category you enter.
1. The closing date for entries has been extended until Wednesday 30 June 2010
2. If you are unable to finalise your entries by that date, you must notify Steven Lewis at Campaign Big Awards in advance of the official closing date.
3. Entries received after the deadline, but without prior notice, will incur a Late Processing Charge of £50.00 per entry + VAT.
4. An entry is eligible if it ran on or appeared in the United Kingdom between 1 June 2009 and 31 May 2010.
5. A date of publication, insertion or transmission must be included on the entry form to support your entry.
6. Check the entries you wish to submit to make sure that they comply with the rules on eligibility.
7. Any illegal entry (fly posters, or ads that may be the subject of an upheld ASA complaint, or of any other trade body or legal authority, any entry without a valid publication, insertion or transmission date) will be disqualified immediately, and the entering agency will forfeit any entry fees.
8. It is imperative that any entry you make is identical in every way to the execution that the targeted audience will have seen and that the client will have approved.
9. Any ad or execution entered in previous Campaign creative awards will not be eligible for the Campaign Big Awards (Campaign Digital, Campaign Direct, Campaign Poster, Campaign Press), except in the Integrated category.
10. The first stage judging for all categories and all media will be electronic, so please present your entries properly using the following information on resolution, file size etc:
Digital
- Work is to be hosted privately online and be available to view. Provide a unique link to view online.
- PDFs of supporting material (optional) – up to 1MB per file.
- Full size PAL Quicktime up to 8MB (optional, and only if entry contains animation)
- Your entry will be supported by a written submission of no more than 300 words.
Direct
- Creative work – PDFs up to 3MB. All images must be a minimum of A5 (approx 20cm width) at 300dpi.
- Digital work – to be hosted privately online and available to view. Provide a unique link to view online.
- Mobile – provide a link to view online and/or a mobile number if possible.
- Full size PAL Quicktime up to 8MB (optional, and only if entry contains moving image)
- Your entry will be supported by a written submission of no more than 300 words.
Outdoor
- Creative work – PDF up to 3MB. All images must be a minimum of A5 (approx 20cm width) at 300dpi.
- In situ reference shot (optional) – PDF up to 1MB. Please ensure this is no larger than A4.
- Full size PAL Quicktime up to 8MB (only if entry contains animation)
Press
- Creative work – PDF up to 3MB. All images must be a minimum of A5 (approx 20cm width) at 300dpi.
Radio
- Audio – MP3 up to 8MB
- Script – PDF up to 1MB
TV & Cinema
- Full size PAL Quicktime up to 60MB
Campaign Categories
- Please see the specifications above
Integrated
- The relevant mixture of files as listed above
The Paul Arden Award
- This will be determined by the nature of your nomination. You must upload your work using one or more of the specifications listed above.
11. After the electronic first-stage judging has been completed, all short-listed entrants will be asked to provide display-quality versions of their work (art prints of ads, mini poster prints, examples of 2D and 3D direct work, URLs for digital work etc). The quality of ads submitted electronically will be of sufficiently high quality for further display-quality versions to be needed.
12. In rare circumstances, the judges reserve the right to reallocate an entry, which, in their view, has been entered in the wrong category. The entry will only be judged in the new category.
13. Silver and gold awards will be made at the sole discretion of the judges. The organisers reserve the right to retain entries for reproduction and subsequent publication.
14. If for any reason a winning ad has to be withdrawn after the grace period has expired, all extra production costs incurred will be charged to the entering company. And the entry fee will not be returned. The grace period for the Campaign Big Awards runs for 14 days after the official closing date for entries.
15. If any form of advertising is banned (for example, tobacco), the relevant category will be closed or amended to take account of new legislation.
16. Entries will not be returned.
17. An independent panel will preview all entries to ensure they meet the entry criteria in full.
18. The decisions of the judges are final. No notice of award winners will be given before the presentation dinner.
Please check that you have completed all sections of the online entry form, uploaded your ads and made any payment due. Your entry may be disqualified and your fee forfeited if the forms are incomplete.
