Categories & Criteria

There are five major categories in which to enter work:

1. Advertising
2. Design
3. Craft
4. For Good
5. Student

Within each of these major categories there are numerous sub-categories designed to enable the broadest, but most relevant disciplines of the local advertising and design industry to be represented.

The team behind the AADC Awards are hard at work on reviewing and refining the 2025 Entry Kit which will be made available soon. For now, please see the 2024 Entry Kit below, which includes further detail and explanation of categories and sub-categories to help you determine the best place to submit your work.

Each entrant, where relevant, may submit an overall written description of the entry of no more than 200 words, and if in your judgement a supporting video is required, its duration can be no longer than 2-minutes.

Please note, the AADC and this award event represents the interests of the commercial creative communications industry and is not a vehicle to promote the fine arts or amateur productions (except in the case of student entries).

The overall intention of the awards is to celebrate and promote excellence in creativity and in doing so, encourage the highest possible creative standards.

Work which had a first publish/airing date between 01 January 2024 and 30 June 2025 is eligible for entry.

Entrants must be the creator or craftsperson responsible for the entry.

To enter, you must be an AADC member and resident of South Australia.