The One Club for Creativity has announced its shortlist for the ADC 102nd Annual Awards. These entrants now go into the second round of judging. This year’s finalists — entries which will win a Gold, Silver or Bronze Cube or Merit — will be announced later this month.

Rethink in Toronto, Montréal and Vancouver leads the way with 35 shortlisted entries, including six for IKEA The Trolls, and five each for Kraft Heinz AI Ketchup, and Penguin Random House The Unburnable Book.

Squarespace New York is close behind with 32 entries shortlisted this year, including 11 each for The Singularity and The Singularity BTS.

R/GA US has 26 entries on the shortlist, including seven for the Ad Council, Love Has No Labels The Gentle Giant, and five each for Verizon Pepsi Halftime Ultra Pass and Procter & Gamble The Name.

HEIMAT Berlin, Klick Health Toronto, McCann New York, Serviceplan Germany Munich, and Spotify In-House New York all have 24 shortlisted entries, followed by Goodby Silverstein & Partners San Francisco and The New York Times Magazine with 23 each.  

Dentsu Tokyo, Leo Burnett Toronto, and Performance Art Toronto have 22 shortlisted entries each.

Australia and New Zealand have 23 shortlisted entries between them.

Leading Australia is Google Events + Experiences Sydney with five shortlist spots, all for YouTube Shorts Drive-Thru on behalf of YouTube.

Bear Meets Eagle On Fire Sydney has four on the shortlist, including three for IAG/NRMA Insurance Until Then.  

Also with four is M&C Saatchi Sydney, all for Tourism Australia G’Day. 

Thinkerbell Melbourne has three, all for Lion, Furphy Furphy What The Truck?!  

Universal Favourite Sydney has two on the shortlist, including illustration work for Flaus and Reframing Art for The Other Art Fair. 

Blurr Bureau Melbourne has one, for Toaster Pastries – Logo & Brandmark on behalf of Flings.

Four shops in New Zealand have one shortlisted entry each: Matt Grantham Auckland Cuthill Spiced Rum packing design for Kingsliquor; Monolith Auckland Stuff Type Suite typography for Stuff; Osborne Shiwan Auckland Kaha typography for Altamira Dance Company; and Practise Auckland for Redaction publication design for W. W. Norton.

A total of 2,216 entries from 52 counties and regions are shortlisted this year.  The top five countries are the US with 977, Canada with 242, Germany with 210, mainland China with 180, and Japan with 116.

The complete ADC 102nd Annual Awards shortlist is available here.

Tickets are on sale now for the ADC 102nd Annual Awards ceremony, taking place on Wednesday, May 17 at Terminal 5 in New York during Creative Week 2023.