The One Club for Creativity has announced the finalists for The One Show 2026 – 1,345 finalists from entries from 51 countries and regions

All finalists will win Gold, Silver, or Bronze Pencils or Merits, to be announced during Creative Week 2026 on May 14 and presented at the The One Show ceremony on May 15.

Rethink Toronto has the most finalists in the world this year with 47, including 11 for Penguins International Protest March Of The Penguins, and 10 each for IKEA Sleep Talk Reviews and Kraft Heinz Heinz Dipper.  

Uncommon Creative Studio London has 34 finalists, including 14 for The Periodic Fable for The Ordinary, and seven for Britbox See It Differently.

Entrants with 26 finalists are Apple Cupertino, including eight for I’m Not Remarkable for AppleAccessibility; FCB Chicago, including 24 for Rakish Entertainment Caption with Intention; and VML New York, including nine each for Mondelez/OREO Name This OREO and SC Johnson/Ziploc Preserved Promos.

Courage Inc. Toronto has 23 finalist, including 11 for KFC Canada Kyle F*cking Connor.  

Area 23 New York has 21, including five each for Gavião Kyikatejê Futebol Clube Kyikatejê and Equality Health Foundation Zip Code Exam.

Other top 2026 One Show finalists are LePub México with 20, followed by DAVID Madrid, Special US Los Angeles, and TBWA\Canada Toronto with 17 each.

Find the complete searchable list of finalists for The One Show 2026 here.

The One Show, ADC 105th Annual Awards, and Young Ones Student Awards will all be announced during Creative Week 2026. The One Show ceremony on May 15 during Creative Week also includes announcement of the inaugural One Show Members Choice Award, voted from among this year’s top winners by The One Club membership, and 2026 Creative Hall of Fame inductees.

Other Creative Week 2026 programming includes The One Club AI Creative Challenge, exclusive Executive Creative Summit 2026, Client Pitch Competition, in person and virtual Portfolio Reviews, Type Directors Club TDC Lettering Walk, and informative daily Morning Buzz panels.

Find details and register on the Creative Week 2026 website.