For more than a decade, ad:tech has recognized talented visual and technology designers and strategic thinkers who demonstrate excellence in interactive marketing.

They are thrilled to announce the kickoff of the 2008 ad:tech Awards Program. In keeping with last year, they will select award winners in the Limelight, People’s Choice, and Industry Achievement categories. With continuous development in the industry, the fusion of creative and strategy are being pushed to new heights. They are confident that 2008 will be a dynamic program, truly representing the successful work of the industry.

Entry deadline: Friday, 18 January 2008, 6pm PST. Visit the site to learn more.

The Summit Creative Award was created to recognize and celebrate the creative accomplishments of small and medium sized advertising agencies and other creative companies throughout the world with annual billings of under $30 million. Over the last decade, the competition has established itself as the premier arbiter of creative excellence for firms of this size.Using rigorous evaluative criteria, it is the only competition rewarding those firms truly deserving of top recognition for creativity. The fact that the Summit Creative Award has spawned imitators is validation of the need for smaller firms to be recognized for their often overshadowed efforts. Event endorsed by Icograda meets international guidelines for best practices.

The Summit Creative Awards® is exclusively for organizations with annual billings below $30 million, but there is no billing limitation for freelance individuals. Submission deadline is 28 January 2008. Visit the site to learn more.

MetalFX® will be honoring those printers and design agencies worldwide that have made excellent progress with the technology. Printers, graphic designers and advertising agencies employing the process in a commercial product during 2007 are eligible to submit their designs and final printed products for consideration.

The deadline for submissions has been extended to 1st December 2007. Visit the site for further details.

The Web Marketing Association has announced the launch of its sixth annual Internet Advertising Competition. The awards competition is open to all organization and individuals (advertising and interactive agencies, corporate marketing departments) involved in developing Internet advertising.

Awards will be presented in seven industry categories and advertising formats; online ads (including banners, pop-ups or interstitials), rich media online ad, email message, online newsletter campaign, micro-site (landing page), integrated ad campaign, and ads clients did not choose. Entries will be judged on creativity, innovation, impact, design, copywriting and use of the medium.

Entries may be submitted online at www.iacaward.org. The deadline for entry is 31 January 2008.

Via: Webwsite Magazine

The FAB Awards is an international Creative Awards program focussed entirely on work done for Food And Beverage brands. It’s the only international Food and Beverage Awards, recognizing creative excellence in the Media: Integrated Campaign, Digital Media, Print, Packaging Design, Press, Poster, Radio, TV/Cinema, Radio, Direct Marketing, and Sales Promotion.

Any organization anywhere in the world involved in Advertising, Design and Marketing Communications for Food or Beverage brands is eligible for this competition. Deadline is 16 February 2008. Visit the site for all the details.

Don’t miss the 18 January 2008 entry deadline for Professionals and the 31 January 2008 deadline for Students. It’s your chance to win a Gold Cube in the 87th Annual Awards. Enter your Advertising, Design, Interactive, Photography and Illustration, even unpublished work in “Playground.” There are also breakout categories, ADC Hybrid and ADC Design Sphere and sponsored awards from Corbis and Yahoo!

Look for two new awards - the ADC Hybrid Award for innovative advertising communications and the ADC Design Sphere Award for a sustained design program for a single client. Visit the site to learn more.

Via: Dexigner

Juried by nine leading creative directors, art directors and writers, the Advertising Annual displays 250 pages of the best in consumer and institutional print ads along with posters, television and radio commercials. Everything is reproduced in full color. You can actually read the fine print. The full television and radio commercial scripts and a complete index are included for reference.

Published each December, 70,000 copies of the Advertising Annual will be distributed worldwide, assuring important exposure to the creators of this outstanding work.

The Advertising Annual incorporates special reproduction techniques developed by Communication Arts, including quality 175-line color separation and printing on premium 80 lb. coated paper by one of the finest printers in the United States. Everything that was originally in color is reproduced in color at a size that allows the concept to be understood.

Of the 11,265 entries to the 2007 Advertising Annual, 243 were accepted, making the CA Advertising Annual one of the most exclusive major advertising competitions in the world. Deadline is 2 Jun 1008. Visit the site to learn more.