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ADC 106th Annual Awards 2027
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Organizer: The One Club for Creativity, a global nonprofit organization headquartered in New York; the ADC Annual Awards was founded in 1920 and is the world's longest continuously running awards program recognizing global excellence in craft and innovation
Region: United States (New York), open to international entries
Deadline: Three submission phases
- Early Deadline: Friday, 22 January 2027
- Standard Deadline: Friday, 12 February 2027
- Final Deadline: Friday, 5 March 2027
- Awards Ceremony: 19 May 2027, at Capitale, New York City
Competition Categories: Covering a remarkably broad range of creative disciplines, including:
- Advertising
- Architecture / Interior / Environmental Design
- AI Filmmaking – CapCut AI (special category)
- Artificial Intelligence
- Book Design
- Brand / Communication Design
- Brand-Side / In-House
- Design for Good
- Experiential Design
- Fusion Cube
- Gaming
- Health / Wellness
- Illustration
- Interactive
- Magazine / Newspaper Design
- Motion / Film Craft
- Packaging Design
- Paul Manship Medal
- Pharma
- Photography
- Product Design
- Type Design / Lettering
- Typography
Eligibility: Open to industry professionals (including freelancers) worldwide; school work and spec work are not accepted in any category (students should enter the separate Young Ones ADC competition); personal projects may only be entered in designated Personal Project categories; non-English work requires English translations; entrants based in Ukraine receive 50% off entry fees
Entry Fees: Tiered by discipline, entrant size, and submission period (in USD). Representative Early-tier fees:
- Freelancers: $125 single or series in most disciplines
- Small studios and agencies: $150–$300 single, $200–$450 series
- Larger companies: $250–$500 single, $300–$650 series
- Personal Projects: $75 single, $125 series
- Paul Manship Medal: $300
- AI Filmmaking – CapCut AI: Free to enter
- Fees increase in Standard and Final tiers
Prizes/Awards:
- Main awards: Gold, Silver, and Bronze Cubes, plus Merit honors
- Winners receive: trophies, certificates, archive features, and one year of free Individual Membership with The One Club
- Special honors: Best of Discipline, Best of Show, Best of Non-Profit, Fusion Cube, Designism Cube, Freelancer of the Year, and the Paul Manship Medal (recognizing a single advertising or design professional for contribution to the profession over the past decade)
- AI Filmmaking – CapCut AI cash prizes (theme: "Imperfection"; minimum 1 minute, created primarily in CapCut Video Studio):
- First Place Gold: $6,000
- Second Place Silver (3 awards): $4,000 each
- Third Place Bronze (6 awards): $2,000 each
- Social Impact Award (1): $2,000
Core Introduction: Running for 106 years since its founding in 1920, the ADC Annual Awards is the world's longest continuously running awards program honoring excellence in craft and innovation across design, advertising, film and video, product design, gaming, AI, photography, illustration, creator content, experiential design, and publication design. The 2027 jury presidents represent top talent across each creative discipline. Entries are evaluated on creativity, craft execution, innovation, and cultural impact. The awards ceremony will take place on 19 May 2027 at Capitale in New York City. Entries are submitted online via adcawards.org. The AI Filmmaking category (presented with CapCut AI) asks creators to respond to the brief "Imperfection" with an original film of at least one minute, created primarily in CapCut Video Studio.
