2024 AYA Inclusion Award

2024 AYA Inclusion Award

Entry Form

The CC:DC presents the 2024 AYA Inclusion Award – a creative recognition of profound distinction, aiming to transform the advertising, marketing and communications industries – spaces that control how we view the human condition and each other. The award is a symbol of why inclusion is good for the world and good for business. The idea is that to have world-bending ideas you must include the world.

Rules and Eligibility

The AYA Inclusion Awards celebrates culture-shifting creativity in the areas of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, religion, disability, neuro, age and body diversity:

Entries will need to demonstrate ideas intended to reshape the world; work that sets out to positively impact ingrained inequality, imbalance, or injustice, and should illustrate how the work tackles, highlights or redresses issues of diverse representation and/or shatters stereotypes or stigmas.
Ensuring the team that created the spot is also inclusive will be important.
The same piece of work can only be entered once for the AYA Inclusion Awards.
Entries for the AYA can be for any commercial or non-commercial company/client, regardless of the product or service or the medium of communication.
The AYA Inclusion Awards is an important acknowledgment that recognizes the power of creativity to reshape the world. By celebrating work that promotes diversity and inclusion, the AYA helps to make the world a more just and equitable place. After all, the world never looks the same once creativity gets a hold of it.

For example, an AYA Inclusion Award-winning entry could:

Challenge stereotypes abouut a particular group of people.
Promote inclusion and understanding of people with disabilities.
Highlight the contributions of people of color to society.
Raise awareness of the challenges faced by neurodivergent people.
Show the positive impact of older adults in the workforce and on society.
The possibilities to change the industry narrative are infinite.

To qualify for the AYA Inclusion Award all entries must be completed and submitted by Sunday May 19, 2024, at 11:59 A.M. New York Eastern Standard Time.

Entry Title

The name you are giving to the work being entered.

Product/Service

The product or service featured in the work (e.g. Ancestry, Arm & Hammer Toothpaste, Choco Milk)

Brand

The name of the brand, company or organization that commissioned the work (e.g. P&G, Adidas)

Brand Owner

The name of the brand, company or organisation who owns the brand (e.g. Microsoft, P&G)

Sector

Entry Company

This is who gets the trophy/certificate.

Contact

Someone from your company who made the entry, reachable anytime during judging weeks (before & during festival).

First Name

Last Name

Title/Position of Contact

Tel/Mobile Number

Country

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Email Address

City

This city where the Contact's Headquarter Office is located in.

Location

The country or region where the Contact's Headquarter Office is located in.

Was an AI (Artificial Intelligence) tool used in the work or the entry materials for submission?

Campaign Start Date

YYYY

Campaign End Date

YYYY

Team Representation

Please describe in 250-500 words how the team who worked on this campaign represented the community centered in the campaign.

Team Diversity

Please describe in 250-500 words the demographic makeup of the team who worked on this campaign. Please feel free to include categories such as ethnicity, gender, religion, neural, or any other description you feel adds to the diverse make up of your team.

Case Study Video

Please provide a link to an accompanying case study video. No more than approximately 2:00 minutes maximum.

Privacy

Should you place in the AYA Inclusion Awards, do we have permission to share all or part of your case study video? If not, the video will only be used for jury consideration.

Password Protection

Please provide us with a password if your video link is password protected.

Verification

Please provide any links to social media, news websites, or any other relevant website links verifying your campaign was active during the Campaign Start Date and End Date indicated for this entry.

RSVP Opening Night Award Ceremony Invite

If you will be requiring RSVPs to the Opening Night Award Ceremony, please provide the full name and email of your representative(s) who will be in attendance.