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You can enter online from Wednesday 14 October 2009. Create an account by clicking Enter Now

Below is a list of all the craft categories available in the D&AD Awards 2010.

Jury/Category

Jury: Art Direction
Art Direction/Outdoor Advertising
Art Direction/Press Advertising

Jury: Digital Advertising
Digital Advertising/Direction
Digital Advertising/Art Direction
Digital Advertising/Writing
Digital Advertising/Sound Design & Use of Music
Digital Advertising/Animation

Jury: Direct
Direct/Art Direction
Direct/Writing

Jury: Illustration
Illustration/Outdoor Advertising
Illustration/Press Advertising
Illustration/Graphic Design
Illustration/Packaging
Illustration/Magazine & Newspaper Design
Illustration/Book Design

Jury: Music Videos
Music Videos/Cinematography
Music Videos/Editing
Music Videos/Special Effects
Music Videos/Animation

Jury: Photography
Photography/Outdoor Advertising
Photography/Press Advertising
Photography/Graphic Design
Photography/Packaging
Photography/Magazine & Newspaper Design
Photography/Book Design

Jury: Radio
Radio/Writing
Radio/Sound Design & Use of Music

Jury: Typography
Typography/Typefaces
Typography/Outdoor Advertising
Typography/Press Advertising
Typography/Graphic Design
Typography/Packaging
Typography/Magazine & Newspaper Design
Typography/Book Design

Jury: TV & Cinema Crafts
TV & Cinema Crafts/Production Design
TV & Cinema Crafts/Direction
TV & Cinema Crafts/Cinematography
TV & Cinema Crafts/Editing
TV & Cinema Crafts/Sound Design
TV & Cinema Crafts/Use of Music
TV & Cinema Crafts/Special Effects
TV & Cinema Crafts/Animation

Jury: Websites
Websites/Writing
Websites/Sound Design & Use of Music
Websites/Animation
Websites/Interface & Navigation
Websites/Illustration
Websites/Photography
Websites/Graphic Design

Jury: Writing for Design
Writing for Design/Graphic Design
Writing for Design/Packaging

Jury: Writing for Advertising
Writing for Advertising/TV & Cinema Advertising
Writing for Advertising/Outdoor Advertising
Writing for Advertising/Press Advertising

To find out more information about craft categories.
Select the type of work you are entering or use the search function in the category and price finder.

To make an entry into a craft category.
Register and log into your account.

1. Go to the 'Items' page
2. Click on 'Create Item' then choose the type of work you are entering. For example, if you want to enter a book to be judged by the Photography jury, choose 'Book Design' in the drop-down menu
3. Save this item, you will be redirected to your list of items
4. Select the new item
5. Click on 'Create Entry'. This will give you a list of categories where this item can be entered, including Photography, Illustration, etc.

Complete and pay for your entries by Wednesday 18 November 2009 and you will receive a 10% discount.

If you entered the D&AD Awards last year you are eligible to take advantage of an alternative offer. Click here for further information.

The deadline for completing your entries online is Wednesday 27 January 2010. The deadline for entry packages to be delivered to D&AD is Wednesday 10 February 2010.

Anyone. The D&AD Awards is an international awards scheme, with entries from 64 nations last year. You do not need to be a member of D&AD to enter.

To be eligible, work must have been commercially released between 1 January and 31 December 2009. Work must not have been entered in previous years. For full details on our entry criteria for the Awards please read the entry and competition rules.

Two different entrants cannot enter the same work in the same category. If you have collaborated on a piece of work with another company or individual check if they plan to enter before making your entry. In case of duplicate entries, only the first entry to be paid for and received will be accepted.

Clients can enter work produced for them internally or by an external agency (as long as it has not been entered by the external agency in the same category, see previous question).

Self-promotional work (e.g. corporate identity for your own company) is eligible only if it was released commercially and distributed/made available to potential customers. This excludes reels and portfolios.

Work done by an agency pro-bono for a charity can be entered if it meets the following conditions:
a. The charity must have a contractual relationship with the entrant agency.
b. The work must have been approved to run by the commissioning charity.
c. If the media/airtime was provided pro-bono, we reserve the right to ask for confirmation from the media owner.

Use the Category & Price Finder to access the list of categories and prices.

D&AD is a not-for-profit organisation, entry fees contribute to funding global education programmes.

Use the Category & Price Finder to access the list of categories and prices.

You can enter the same work into as many categories as you choose, both as a single entry and as part of a campaign. The entry fee will be charged for every category.

No, our guidelines currently request that you 'Post the original work unmounted', by which we mean a copy of the book or magazine and not the original artwork.

Visit Juries to see who will be judging this year's entries.

You can pay by credit card or bank transfer. Cheques are not accepted. If paying by bank transfer the total amount has to be transferred within seven days of completing your entry online.

Once you have chosen the bank transfer option, you will be able to print out D&AD's bank details from a PDF.

Once you have completed your payment, you will be able to download an invoice from your account.

Full instructions on what to submit for each category are available in the Preparing Your Entries PDF.

Judges often find that presentation films don’t successfully communicate the entry.

To give your work the best possible chance at judging, follow the recommendations below:

Judges Tips: Use the first 30 seconds to clearly and concisely summarise the entire entry, show the brief (outlining the aims and objectives of the project), the solution and the context in which it was experienced by the user/consumer. Elaborate, if necessary, within the remaining time. Emphasise the creative idea, and its relevance to the audience, rather than its effectiveness. After all, D&AD is a creative award scheme.

D&AD Advice and Criteria: Do not use your company logo or branding anywhere on the film. Do not wait until the end of the film to reveal the project solution. Show the elements of the project as they were originally presented, e.g. include any audio that formed part of the work.

It is not necessary to show ‘the making of’ unless it is integral to the entry. Keep the film to the specified length or shorter. You do not have to fill the time allocated. You do not need to create an elaborate, costly film. As long as the idea is presented well, simple films can be just as effective.

For examples of successful narrative films view our past winners

Basic credits such as the title of your work, brand and client are required for entry. You do not have to supply credits for individuals at this stage. This will only be requested if your work is successful.

Use the Preparing Your Entries PDF to find out the information required for each category. You will submit this information when making your entries online.

You will need to supply a translation if your work was not originally released in English. Refer to the Preparing Your Entries PDF for guidelines on how to supply translations. Please do not supply your translation in a format other than that listed. Our official creative translation partner is Mother Tongue. For more information on their services visit: http://www.mothertongue.com

Mark all international packages as 'Competition Material - No Commercial Value'.
If you need to indicate the value of the goods you are shipping, use a token value, for example £1 per entry.
Ensure all shipping costs and customs fees are paid before sending your package. This will avoid entries being held up in customs or refused at our offices because of extra shipping costs.

You will not be notified when we receive your package. We will contact you if we do not receive the corresponding package to your online entries.

As results are confirmed they will be announced at http://dandad.org/awards. An official confirmation of these results will also be sent to the person who registered as the main contact for the entry during the week beginning 26 April 2010.

Successful work will be published in the D&AD Annual, both in print and online. It will also be showcased at the Awards Ceremony & Dinner and promoted at D&AD exhibitions and events worldwide. Successful entrants will be able to reference any D&AD Award status accorded to them for promotional purposes. For further details please visit Winners Resources