AMERICAN ADVERTISING AWARDS FORT WORTH 2021

Last year was ... not good. But you wouldn't know it from the quality of the work. Show us how you perfected the art of the virtual brainstorm, designed an amazing website while home schooling, or just generally told 2020 to GTFO -- you had work to do.

ENTER YOUR WORK. OWN THE YEAR.

Get the Rules

Entry Guide

Get Questions Answered

Not from Fort Worth?

Local Categories

Entry Fees and Deadlines

Join AAF-Fort Worth

Meet the Judges

Sponsors

First, download the Rules and Category Descriptions:

         Professional                   Student

Entry Guide - just like everything else in your life, this year is a little different. Entries are all online; no physical entries, no entry envelopes. Email signed manifests to [email protected].:   Download Entry Guide 

>>> Enter your work homepage

Professional Entries              Student Entries

Questions about how to enter, changes this year or categories?  First, check the Rules and Categories Document. If you can't find the answer, or still need clarification, contact Katie Betik, AAF-Fort Worth President, via email at: [email protected]. Or call or text her at: (817) 845-1977.

If you're not in the Fort Worth area, but would like to enter our competition. Click on the appropriate Professional or Student link above and select Fort Worth. (If you are in a market where there is a club, you must enter in that market. If you are in a market with no close-by club, you may enter in the market of your choice. Of course, we invite you to enter ours.) 

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

• Friday, December 18, 2020 - Early Entry Deadline by midnight 
  
  
• Friday, January 15, 2020 - Final Entry Deadline by 5pm

• January 16-24, 2021 - Online Judging 
  
  
• February 2020 - ADDY Gala and Awards Ceremony (watch for details)
  
  

NEW CATEGORIES:

• The Pivot (aka The Ross Geller Award)

This award recognizes the fine art of turning on a dime to create COVID-19-inspired work that was relevant and effective without capitalizing on the crisis. 

• Canceled by COVID

Work that was thisclose to launch before hitting a big coronavirus-shaped wall gets its due in this category.

• Local Flavor

Whether it's promoting a locally based brand or celebrating the city itself, it’s all Fort Worth, all the time in this special category.

• How It Started / How It’s Going

Rebranding, repositioning or re-websiting (you know what we mean) gets recognized in this category, as long as you take us on the journey from there to here.

• The Do-Over

This category lets you call a mulligan on work that you entered in the past that SHOULD have won something but didn’t. Because everything deserves a second chance.

ENTRY FEES:

Entry fees remain the same as last year. Save by submitting your entries in December!

Early Entry Fees/SUBMIT BY December 18, 2020
    • Professional Members – $90 single, $105 campaigns
    • Professional Non-Members – $135 single, $150 campaigns
    • Students – $55 both single and campaign entries

Final Entry Fees/SUBMIT BY January 15, 2021
    • Professional Members – $110 single, $125 campaigns
    • Professional Non-Members – $155 single, $170 campaigns
    • Students – $55 both single and campaign entries

If you are planning to submit 4 or more entries and are
not a member of AAF-Fort Worth, you really should join

• You’ll save $45/entry by being a member
  
  
• 4 entries x $45 = $180
  
  
• 1 professional membership in AAF-Fort Worth = $185
  
  
• It doesn’t take the IRS to figure out that what you save on four entries will pay for all but $5 of your membership – and any entries after that are just money in your pocket! Not only that, but you’ll get so much by becoming a member!  Some of the benefits of membership include personal and professional development through regular meetings and workshops; networking opportunities; a voice in legislative issues; and member discounts on business-related services.

Here’s what to do:

• Before you enter the ADDYs, go to aaffortworth.com. Click on CONNECT, then select MEMBERSHIP from the drop-down menu.
  
  
• Select the type of membership you prefer (we used the professional membership in this example), complete the screens and pay for your membership.
  
  
• Then go to the entry site and select “member” when setting up your entrant profile. It’s that easy!
  

MEET THE JUDGES

Our judges are always well-qualified and have impressive resumes. And this year is no exception. In fact, we think our judges are particularly outstanding – but you be the judge (of the judges):

JUDGE #1 Kurt Thigpen, CEO - Ace Studios, Reno, NV

Kurt Thigpen is the CEO of multimedia creative agency Ace Studios, based in Reno, NV. He has been in the industry for over 10 years, and is the Lt. Governor of AAF District 14.

JUDGE #2 Jennifer Kohnhorst, Director of Content - Bluespire Marketing, St. Paul, MN
   

JUDGE #3 Anne Grigsby, Owner - Grigsby Design, Boca Raton, FL

If you'd like to sponsor the American Advertising Awards, please contact Colleen Fischer at 614-580-2438 or email her at [email protected].