D&AD entries close on March 7

The entry deadline for D&AD Awards 2018 has been extended. You have until March 7 to enter.

What makes D&AD stand out? D&AD asked that questions. 71% say their D&AD Pencil has contributed to a promotion. 72% say their D&AD award has helped them grow their business. 87% say D&AD helps them find new talent for their creative team.

There are two brand new categories this year:

Collaborative, which will award the creative executions achieved through a long-standing relationship between an agency and a client.
Experiential, which will applaud excellent work that demonstrates the interaction between consumers and brands through experience-led activations.

Entry details are:

Work entered into D&AD Awards 2018 must have been commercially released between January 1 2017 and March 18 2018 and been produced in genuine response to a client brief.
It must not have been entered in previous years.
Full information on categories, pricing and dates can be found here.
The Awards ceremony will be held on April 26 2018 during D&AD Festival, April 24-26 at The Old Truman Brewery, Shoreditch. Awarded work will appear in the D&AD Annual, released in the autumn, and available to purchase exclusively through D&AD. Winning work will also be on display in an exhibition at the heart of D&AD Festival.

Last year, D&AD achieve a 50-50 gender split across all jury presidents for the first time. This year, it has exceeded that. More than half of the jury presidents are women.
To get your work in front of D&AD’s expert judging panel of top creatives, enter here.