The One Club for Creativity has announced the ADC 106th Annual Awards. The 106th edition of the world’s longest continuously running awards program for craft and innovation is open for entries.
The competition invites industry professionals, including freelancers, from around the world. It seeks work in design, advertising, film and video, product design, gaming, artificial intelligence, photography, illustration, experiential and publication design.
The best works will be awarded with Gold, Silver and Bronze Cubes and Merits. Winners will also receive trophies, certificates, archive features and one year of free Individual Membership. A separate free-to-enter filmmaking category offers cash prizes up to $6,000.
Special honors include Best of Discipline, Best of Show, Best of Non-Profit, the Fusion Cube, the Designism Cube, Freelancer of the Year and the Paul Manship Medal. The Paul Manship Medal recognizes a single advertising or design professional for contribution to the profession over the past decade.
Competition disciplines cover a broad range of practices, including:
- Advertising
- Architecture / Interior / Environmental Design
- Artificial Intelligence
- Book Design
- Brand / Communication Design
- Brand-Side / In-House
- Design for Good
- Experiential Design
- Gaming
- Illustration, Interactive, Photography, Product Design, Packaging Design, Typography and related craft fields
Eligibility is limited to industry professionals. School work and spec work are not accepted in any category. Students may enter school work into the separate Young Ones ADC competition. Personal projects may only be entered in designated Personal Project categories. International entries are accepted, with English translations required for non-English work.
The AI Filmmaking – CapCut AI category is presented with CapCut AI. It asks creators to respond to the brief “Imperfection” with an original film of at least one minute, created primarily in CapCut Video Studio. Cash prizes include $6,000 for First Place Gold, $4,000 each for three Second Place Silver awards and $2,000 each for six Third Place Bronze awards, plus a $2,000 Social Impact Award.
The awards ceremony will be held on 19 May 2027 at Capitale in New York City.
Founded in 1920, the ADC Annual Awards recognizes global excellence in craft and innovation across all forms of creative work. The program is presented by The One Club for Creativity, a global nonprofit organization based in New York.
Please check the official website for further information.
The ADC 106th Annual Awards – Entry Fees
Entry fees are tiered by discipline, entrant size and submission period, with all amounts in USD.
Representative Early-tier fees include:
- Freelancers: $125 single or series in most disciplines
- Small studios and agencies: $150–$300 single, $200–$450 series, depending on discipline
- Larger companies: $250–$500 single, $300–$650 series, depending on discipline
- Personal Projects: $75 single, $125 series, where offered
- Paul Manship Medal: $300
- AI Filmmaking – CapCut AI: Free to enter
Fees increase in the Standard and Final tiers. Entrants based in Ukraine receive 50% off.