D&AD extends entry deadline by a week

Entries during the extended one-week period will incur a 20% surcharge 

BestMediaInfo Bureau | Delhi | January 31, 2013

Entries for the annual D&AD Awards officially closed yesterday, January 30, 2013 at 12 midnight. However, creatives and agencies hopeful of winning a coveted Yellow or Black Pencil this year can still enter the awards for up to one week after this date – on payment of a 20 per cent surcharge for entering during the extension period which closes on February 6, 2013.

Over the last 50 years, D&AD has celebrated outstanding design and advertising that has influenced generations of creative talent. Unlike other shows, D&AD only awards work of the highest standard, meaning that the quantity of top awards given fluctuates year on year and that D&AD juries will not award any entry if it does not merit the accolade. The scrutiny and rigour imposed by the internationally acclaimed judges is legendary, and ensures that only very best work receives the coveted Yellow and Black Pencils.

Judges for the 2013 awards have been announced and this year's entries will be scrutinised by such Industry greats as theUK's Ab Rogers, France's Fred Raillard,Brazil's Alexandre Gama,Dubai'sShahir Zag,New Zealand's Nick Worthington, Japan's Morihiro Harano and digital design legend Joshua Davis from theUSAamongst others.

For information on how to enter this year's awards, visit: http://www.dandad.org/awards/professional/2013.

Work entered must have been commercially released between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2012 and been produced in genuine response to a client brief.  Submissions should be made in their original language by 30th January 2013. The Awards cost from just £95 to enter this year. Entries submitted after this date will be subject to a 20 per cent surcharge. Final entries should be made by the extended deadline of 13^th February to be considered.

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