Have you done it? Worked hard enough, eaten enough meals at your desk and woken up from enough fitful nights of solving problems in your sleep?
If you have, and if you’re as obsessed with creativity as we are, you can enter your work into the D&AD Global Awards 2006 for the chance of winning a Yellow or Black Pencil with your name on it. The closing date for entries is Friday 27 January 2006.
Last year, 24,000 pieces of work were entered from 59 countries. 751 of these made it into D&AD’s revered Annual, 60 went on to win Yellow Pencils and four won black. To see all the winning work from the 2005 Awards, become a member of D&AD to receive your free copy of the D&AD Annual & Showreel 2005 - the definitive global record of the best design and advertising from the year. To see what wins in 2006, book your ticket for the D&AD Awards Ceremony & Dinner 2006 on Wednesday 24 May 2006.
For general Awards information, please contact the Awards Team at awards@dandad.co.uk.
竞赛规则
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1. D&AD Global Awards competition rules
1.1 Every Entry must satisfy the core criterion of being a genuine piece of advertising or design, which was realised in a commercial environment. Concept designs or work created solely for the purpose of entering the awards are not eligible.
1.2 It is the Entrant's responsibility to ensure that each Entry accurately reflects the work that was broadcast, aired, printed or manufactured. No alterations may be made for the purpose of influencing the judges, such as altering colours, changing artwork or copy. The only acceptable alterations to work are those that are made solely for the purpose of satisfying specific competition requirements for the presentation of work, including re-sizing and mounting print advertising, dubbing non-English film entries with translated voice-overs and translating copy directly into English for print work.
1.3 No two companies may enter the same piece of work into the same Sub category. If the Entrant has collaborated on a piece of work with any other company or individual, it is the Entrant's responsibility to ensure duplicate entries do not occur. No refunds will be given for duplicate entries.
1.4 All work entered must have been created and broadcast, published, launched, circulated or aired for the first time between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2005. Entries may only be entered in the calendar year when they first became eligible for entry, and once entered may not be resubmitted the following year, unless the idea or realisation has been developed or significantly changed.
1.5 Entries which, up to and including the final date of judging, have infringed any of its country-of-origin's laws or voluntary or regulatory codes of practice are not eligible. In the case of the United Kingdom, this will include the The British Code of Advertising, OAA, Sales Promotion and Direct Marketing and BSI. It is the responsibility of the Entrant to withdraw such work, should an infringement have arisen prior to the Awards Ceremony. If for any reason a winning or nominated piece of work has to be withdrawn, all production and other costs incurred will be charged to the entering company. Entry fees are not refundable except as stated in these Terms and Conditions.
1.6 All outdoor advertising work entered into Print & Editorial, Ambient, Integrated or any other relevant category must have been advertised on legally paid-for advertising space. No fly-posted Entries will be accepted. Ambient works entered into the Guerilla category must have been released with permission.
1.7 Judges may edit campaigns as they see fit.
1.8 Where supplementary material is required all information must be factually accurate and verifiable, on request, from either the client or a third party.
2 Enforcement of D&AD competition rules
2.1 On Entry D&AD Awards supervisors check through every element of an Entry in order to verify its eligibility. Any queries are referred to the Awards Programme Director for investigation.
2.2 At judging all juries are reminded of the rules and judges are asked to be vigilant. In the event that a jury queries the eligibility of an Entry, the Entrant will be required to provide documentary evidence or supplementary information. If the investigation cannot be resolved in time, the work is re-introduced to the competition until such time as the investigation has been concluded. D&AD reserves the right to remove work from the competition at any stage following investigation if it is not fully satisfied that the work is eligible and the competition rules have been followed.
2.3 Following the judging in April and prior to any announcement of nominations or publication in the D&AD Annual, Entrants will be required to provide editorial and other verification for work which has been successful.
2.4 Successful Entrants will be contacted after judging and requested to supply materials as will be specified in this correspondence for reproduction in the D&AD Annual.
3 Action against Entrants who infringe the D&AD rules
3.1 If the D&AD Awards Programme Director establishes that an Entrant has, to D&AD's knowledge, infringed the competition rules the offending work is immediately withdrawn and a written case is submitted to the D&AD Executive Advisory Group on Awards Rules and Standards. The Rules and Standards Group is tasked to establish facts around the case and to advise the Executive Committee of trustees on further action or sanctions against the Entrant.
3.2 D&AD shall be entitled to take punitive action and/or seek compensation in the case of any breach of the competition rules. This may involve temporary or permanent disbarment from the Awards for either individuals or companies, and expulsion or suspension from the membership, including the publication of this information.
4 Non English Language Work
4.1 All advertising and design work that has been broadcast, printed or released in the English language is immediately eligible for entry.
4.2 All advertising and design work that has been broadcast, printed or released in a language other than English is eligible for entry, but a translation must be supplied in the form of subtitles, dubbing, narration, translation of radio script or printed translation depending on category requirements.
5 Licence
5.1 By submitting an Entry the Entrant hereby grants D&AD, its servants, agents and assigns an irrevocable, royalty free, non exclusive licence throughout the world to use the Entry in various ways (including without limitation performing, showing, playing, broadcasting, publishing, distributing or transmitting it by wireless, electronic or other means, whether now or hereafter invented, or issuing copies to the public) for the furtherance and promotion of D&AD's activities and goals. These activities and goals will comprise the promotion and running of the D&AD Global Awards and the presentation of a showcase of design and advertising in such a way as D&AD considers appropriate from time to time, including (without limitation) inclusion of the Entry (including credits and images) in the D&AD Annual, in a presentation or exhibition, in a film, videotape, CD-ROM, DVD ROM, MPEG file or an internet site, and any other activity which would enable D&AD to fulfil its charitable objective to advance the education of the community by encouraging the understanding, appreciation, and commission of good design and advertising in communications media of all kinds.
6 Warranties
6.1 By submitting an Entry the Entrant warrants that it is entitled to grant the licence referred to above.
6.2 The Entrant warrants also that the credits indicated on the completed editorial form are correct, if an Entry is successful, and that D&AD's publication of these credits in the form submitted will not infringe on any moral or other right of the Entrant or any third party.
7 Indemnity
7.1 In the event of any claim by a third party that any use of an Entry by D&AD in accordance with the licence infringes any third party rights, by for example (without limitation) constituting a defamation, infringement of intellectual property rights or wrongful use of or disclosure of confidential information, then the Entrant who submitted the Entry shall indemnify D&AD and hold D&AD harmless from and against all and any such claims and all costs including without limitation legal costs, expenses, liabilities and damages which arise out of or in connection with such claims.
8 Governing Law
8.1 The terms and conditions of this Licence shall be governed and construed in all respects by the laws of England and Wales. D&AD and the Entrant hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England in relation to any claim or dispute of any nature arising in relation to this Licence or any alleged breach of it.
9 Payment Terms
9.1 An Entry is not considered to be an Entry by D&AD until such time as full payment is received. On arrival at D&AD the fee paid in respect of each Entry will be checked and the Entrant will be liable for any underpayment of fees. D&AD will contact the Entrant to collect any additional fees.
9.2 All Entries must be paid for in full at the time of entering online by credit card, or within 5 working days from Entry for Bank Transfers. Work that has not been paid for will not be submitted for Judging. D&AD reserves the right to withdraw Entries for which the full payment of the Entry fee has not been received. No refund of any fees paid will be given if an Entry is withdrawn due to underpayment.
9.3 Any declined credit card transactions or unpaid cheques will attract an administration fee of ?0.00 (including VAT) in addition to any fees already owed to D&AD.
9.4 Entrants are to ensure that all carriage and shipping costs are fully paid before items arrive at D&AD. Any items sent to D&AD without carriage and shipping fees fully paid will be returned to sender. The shipping invoice should be clearly marked "Competition Material - No Commercial Value". The value indicated should be purely nominal. D&AD cannot be held responsible for items damaged or lost in transit.
10 Refund Policy
10.1 D&AD will under no circumstances refund payments made for either individual entries or groups of entries.
11 D&AD's Right to Withdraw Entries
11.1 D&AD reserves its right, in its absolute discretion, to withdraw an Entry from the judging process at any time. D&AD may do this where it is discovered, for example, that the entry does not meet the criteria laid out under Section 1 above. If D&AD does so the entry fee will not be refunded.
12 Correspondence
12.1 Official correspondence with regard to dispute or terms and conditions should be addressed to The Chief Executive, D&AD, 9 Graphite Square, Vauxhall Walk, London SE11 5EE, United Kingdom. Telephone: +44(0)20 7840 1111, Fax: +44 (0)20 7840 0840
12.2 D&AD is a registered charity No. 305992. Registered office: 9 Graphite Square, Vauxhall Walk, London SE11 5EE, United Kindgom. http://www.网址未加载 Registered in England. Company No. 883
13 Copyright
13.1 D&AD Global Awards 2005: The 44th Competition of the Best in Design, Advertising and Communications.
14 Competition Results
14.1 The person named in your Entry as the main contact for the submission will be contacted with the competition results. Judging will take place between Monday 3 April and Friday 7 April 2006. Entrants will be required to submit full credits by Wednesday 19 April 2006. Failure to comply will result in lack of credited work on the D&AD website and at the Awards Ceremony on Wednesday 24 May 2005.
14.2 Credit details and images for entries accepted into the D&AD Annual but not nominated for an award, must be supplied to D&AD, in the formats as requested, by Wednesday 19 April 2006. Failure to supply requested images and credits by dates specified may result in lack of inclusion in the D&AD Annual 2006.
14.3 It is essential that D&AD is informed if the main submission contact person changes. It is the Entrant's responsibility to ensure the accuracy of all information supplied especially for updated contact details. Entrants who do not comply with this will not be informed of the results of the competition.
14.4 All Silver and Gold Awards will be presented at the D&AD Global Awards Ceremony on Wednesday 24 May 2006 at Old Billingsgate, 16 Lower Thames Street, London, EC3R 6DX. An exhibition showcasing the successful entries to the D&AD Annual 2006 will run from Wednesday 3 May to Saturday 6 May 2006.
15 Property in Entries
15.1 All materials which accompany or form part of an Entry will be retained by D&AD and physical property in all artwork, beta tape, CD, CD-Rom, DVD, Console Game or other item which comprises an Entry will pass to D&AD on receipt by D&AD. Accordingly, D&AD will not return any items entered and D&AD cannot in any circumstances accept responsibility for loss of or damage to them.
16 Certificates
16.1 A certificate will be given at no cost to all those credited for Gold and Silver Award winning work and Silver Nominations. Entrants who have work accepted in the Annual may purchase certificates.
参赛办法
STEP 1 - Check your work's eligibility
Work must have been first broadcast, published, launched for the first time between 1 January 2005 & 31 December 2005. Read the Terms and Conditions for further information.
STEP 2 - Avoid duplicate entries
No two companies may enter the same piece of work into the same category. If you have collaborated on a piece of work with any other company or individual please liaise with them to avoid multiple entries of the same piece of work into the same category
STEP 3 - Choose your Category
Use the Category Finder to search the Categories. Here you will see definitions of the Categories, prices and detailed formatting instructions.
STEP 4 - Read all formatting Information
There are different formatting options for each category so please read the formatting instructions carefully.
There are three methods of submitting your work into the D&AD Global Awards 2006. Not all categories accept each method so please see individual formatting information for each category's requirements. You will be asked to choose your formatting method to complete your entries online.
a. Upload work online from your Beam Archive
b. Upload work online from your desktop
c. Submit by Post
STEP 5 - Enter your information online
Complete your entry information online following these easy:
a. Click on Enter Here
b. Create your Submission - Complete the short registration form
c. Create an Entry - Choose your category by following this selection process:
Awards Sector
Medium
Single or Campaign/Range/Series
Choose a Category from the list of options
d. Complete your Entry Credits. Provide:
Titles
Launch date
Industry Sector
Original Language
Translation & Project Description if required
Identification information
Credits
STEP 6 - Choose submission method
Select how you would like to submit your media depending on the specified category format options:
Upload Digital Entries from Beam.tv archive
Upload Digital Entries from desktop
Post Physical Entries
Give URL Address
If, at this stage, you are not ready to upload your digital files, the entry will be saved within your Current Submission page. Before completing your entry you will be able to open and edit this entry as often as required and upload any digital assets when ready to do so. Once the digital files are uploaded the entry will be complete. Ensure you upload the correct files as you will not be able to re-upload at this stage.
From here you can enter as many entries as required until you are ready to complete and pay for your submission. Once your entry is complete you will be able to duplicate it and enter it into another category by simply choosing the Duplicate button.
Please note that if you have chosen Upload as your format method, you will not be able to complete and pay until all digital assets have been uploaded.
STEP 7 - Complete & Pay
This year there are two payment options:
a. Pay by Credit Card online
b. Pay by Bank Transfer
Download the personalised Transfer Form and pass it to your finance department. Payment by Bank Transfer is required within 5 working days of completing your entries online.
You will be required to agree to the Terms & Conditions before completing payment.
Once you have completed and paid you will be unable to change any information or delete any entries. By completing and paying for your Submission you are confirming your intent to submit these entries into the Awards.
If you then wish to enter more work you can start a new Submission and create further entries.
Please be aware that all late entries will incur a 10% late fee on top of your normal entry costs.
Labels, Submission Summary and Payment Details will be emailed to you once your submission has been completed and paid for.
STEP 8 - Prepare Physical Entries
You must provide a copy of your work for each entry you make, The only exception is work submitted via Beta Tape - here you may submit one copy of a spot or campaign regardless of how many different categories it is entered into.
Read the formatting information for instructions on preparing your work for judging. Each entry you send us must be attached with the correct label.
Labels for your work are created from the information you provide online, These will be emailed to you on completion of your submission. Print the customised labels and attach to each entry with removable tape.
Package your entries carefully to avoid damage during transit.
Please ensure the address label is attached to the outside of your package with multiple packages clearly numbered in sequence - for example 1 of 4, 2 of 4 etc.
STEP 9 - Track Payment & Packages
Return to your account as often as you wish to check the status of your payment and posted submissions.
STEP 10 - Credits
If your work is successful you will be contacted via email on Wednesday 12 April 2006 with instructions to provide full credits, images and supporting information for your successful work by Wednesday 19 April 2006.
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