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The brand new Hive Awards Show honors: coders, programmers, user experience designers, content strategists, information architects, planners, etc. The goal is to compare "apples to apples" and insure that websites and applications are rewarded within specific industry groups.
Deadline: January 31, 2010
Fees: $29 for blog and podcasts / $179 for all other entries
The Hermes Creative Awards will announce its call for entries this February. The Hermes in an international competition "honoring the messengers and creators of traditional and emerging media." This award program recognizes excellence in the concept, design, and writing of traditional and emerging technology programs. Entries come from organizations large and small.
Deadline: March 12, 2010
Winners announced: April 26, 2010
Cost: $60 per single entry, $150 per campaign
Presented by: The Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP)
The CLIO Awards, celebrating their 51st year, are one of the world's most recognized advertising and design competitions in the industry. The CLIO maintains a commitment to celebrate and reward creative excellence by honoring a powerful form of communication and its impact on modern culture.
Deadline: Entries must be submitted on-line and arrive at the CLIO Awards offices in New York, NY no later than January 22, 2010.
Fees: Range from $150 - $1,000 depending on category.
Please find additional information here.
All entries are judged on three criteria: Visual Design: The appearance of the site Creativity: Is the website unique? Content: Is the subject matter worthwhile? Deadline: Friday, December 18, 2009 Late entries are accepted until December 31, 2009. If you intend to submit a late entry, please notify webwawards@sxsw.com beforehand. Fee: $25 Enter you site in the SXSW Interactive Web Awards Winner notification: Finalists for each category will be notified in early February. Awards will be given on March 14, 2010 at the SXSW Interactive Web Awards Ceremony. These awards are sponsored by the 2010 South by Southwest Conferences and Festivals. This competition uncovers the best new websites and celebrates those who are building tomorrow's online trends. Awards are available in 20 categories. Only websites that have been launched or completely redesigned in the 2009 calendar year are eligible for entry in teh 2010 competition.
The finalists for the 5th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business were announced last week. This competition recognizes the outstanding work of women executives and business owners. There were more than 1,200 nominations submitted in 50 diffeent categories by companies from around the world. This competition is part of the American Business Award series. The winners will be honored at the November 14th dinner at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. Some of the leading finalists are Credit Solutions, MUG Solutions, Plantwise, Krugersdorp, Royal Neighbors of America, SMART Technologies, VerticalResponse, and Wipro Technologies. Check out a list of all the Stevie Awards Women in Business finalists.
The 2008 Create Award winners will be displayed at Create Chaos 2008 at the Orlando World Center Marriott on October 14-16. At this event, winning pieces will be displayed while judges and winners mix and mingle. The Best of Industry and Best of Show will be announced on October 14. The Create awards received over 1,500 pieces this year from around the world. The Create Awards are for creative professionals and students in the advertising, film & video, motion graphics, graphic communications, photography, printing, interactive media, and copywriting industries.
The Web Marketing Association announced the 2008 winners of its twelfth annual WebAward Competition for Web site development. More than 2,400 sites from 45 countries were adjudicated in 96 different industry categories. Entries were judged on design, copy writing, content, innovation, technology, interactivity, and navigation. Trailer Park won the Best of Show for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix website. The site was also awarded Best Movie web site. Risdall Advertising was named the top agency taking home 29 awards this year. Biggs/Gilmore came in second with 20 awards.
A complete list of the winning sites can be found at the WebAward Web site at http://www.webaward.org/.
Each year, a team of independent, Internet professionals from a variety of disciplines adjudicate entries from across the globe. Web sites compete head to head with those in their industry for the Best of Industry award and entrants across all industries compete for the coveted Best of Show. Outstanding web site and Standard of Excellence awards are also given out to entrants who have qualifying scores. The Web Marketing Association works to create a high standard of excellence for Web site development and marketing on the Internet. They have become the premier event for web developers and marketers worldwide.
The Marcom Awards gives marketers and communications professionals the chance to show off their best work. Entries come from marketing and communications departments, PR firms, Ad agencies, design shops, production firms, or freelancers. Organizers of the Marcom Awards keep the entry fee low by having all winners buy their own awards. There are two levels of winners: gold and platinum. AMCP also accepts entires produced pro bono for outside non-profits. Creativity is highly prized!
Deadline: September 12, 2008
Cost: $60 per entry/ $100 per campaign
Presented by: Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP)
The Summit Emerging Media Award - EMA - is geared for communication professionals who lead the industry in the best emerging media practices. EMA recognizes all forms of emerging media including display advertising, email marketing, internet marketing, websites, social media, interactive media/advertising, specialty, and bleeding edge media. This award program appeals to interactive agencies, freelancers, pr firms, seo managers, bloggers, marketing firms, video/film/audio production firms, mulitmedia producers, graphic designers, or any other creative communication professional.
Deaadline: September 24, 2008
Winners announced: NOvember
Cost: $95 single, $140 campaign, $125 website categories
Presented by: Summit International Awards
The WebAward Competition is an international award program that recognizes excellence in website development. Now in its 12th year, the WebAwards has received entries from over 20 countries worldwide in 9 different languages. The WebAward competition will name the best website in 96 different industry categories. Last year, the Best of Show honor went to The Walt Disney Internet Group for Disney.com/Disney XD. Websites are judged on technology, innovation, interactivity, ease of use, content, copywriting, and design. This competition offers feedback to the entrants in the form of judge's scores, and often judge's comments, which most other competitions do not. The entry form is entirely online making nominating a site very easy. The marketing opportunities for winning a WebAward are tremendous. Having their logo on your site is like having a "Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval" in website development. This competition is a must!
Deadline: May 31, 2008
Late entry deadline: June 13 with $50 late fee
Cost: $195USD per category, $99 reduced fee for non-profit category
Winners announced: Mid-September
Presented by: Web Marketing Association
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