The 45^th AWARD Awards finalists have been announced. The entrants with the most finalist entries by category are: 

Advertising: VML Australia with 15; The Monkeys Australia, part of Accenture Song with 13; DDB Group Australia with 12; DDB Group Aotearoa with 11; Howatson+Company, Special Australia with 10.

Design: BMF and The Monkeys Australia, part of Accenture Song with 3; R/GA Australia, TBWA\HAKUHODO and The Nine Shanghai all with 2.

Craft: Revolver with 15; FINCH with 14; The Sweetshop with 10; DIVISION with 8; ARC EDIT with 7.

Film & Entertainment: The Monkeys Australia, part of Accenture Song with 8; Special Australia, Howatson+Company with 4; DDB Group Australia and Wolf BKK with 3.

Innovation: The Monkeys Australia, part of Accenture Song & VML Australia with 2; HERO, Eleven, a division of TBWA\Australia, TBWA\HAKUHODO all with 1.

Media: FCB New Zealand with 4; VML Australia & CHEP Network with 2.

Purpose: Special Australia & M&C Saatchi with 6, Dentsu Creative with 3, DDB Group Aotearoa, DDB Group Australia, Leo Burnett Australia & TBWA\Australia all with 2.

Strategy: BMF with 3; DDB Group Australia, Howatson+Company, Special Australia & The Monkeys Australia, part of Accenture Song all with 2.

The AWARD Awards ceremonies announcing Gold, Silver and Bronze winners will take place during This Way Up, Australia’s Advertising Festival of Creativity, August 13-15, a three-day feast of events at Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art that will celebrate the very best creative thinking in Australia and around the world.

View the full list of finalists here.

The AWARD Awards Special Awards finalists will be announced in the lead-up to the festival, with winners announced during the three-day event.

Chairs for the AWARD Awards juries are:

• Craft in Motion: Adrian Shapiro, Scoundrel
• Culture: Asheen Naidu, TBWA\Singapore
• Design: Lincoln Grice, BMF
• Digital: Stan Lim, Dentsu Creative Singapore
• Film: Hilary Badger, Ogilvy Australia
• Impact: Brigid Alkema, Clemenger BBDO Wellington
• Life-Changing: Avish Gordhan, Saatchi & Saatchi Australia
• Media Thinking: Virginia Hyland, Havas Media Network Australia
• Press, Poster and The Dark Arts: Katrina Alvarez-Jarratt, TBWA\Australia
• Sound: Dan Higson, Smith & Western Sound
• Strategy: Fran Clayton, DDB Group Australia

The AWARD Awards are sponsored by Google.