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2009 Student ADDY Awards

The ADDY® Awards Competition is the advertising industry’s largest creative competition, recognizing creative excellence and the very best advertising worldwide. The competition is six times larger than Cannes and three and a half times larger than the Clio’s.

Sponsored by the American Advertising Federation (AAF), the ADDY Awards represent the true creative spirit of advertising by recognizing all forms of advertising, in all types of media, created by all types of entrants.

Download the Student ADDY Call for Entries (PDF)

3-Tier Competition

The ADDY Awards is unique among all advertising creative competitions. It is the only national competition that includes three rigorous levels of judging:

  • Entries are first judged at the local level through competitions organized by more than 200 local AAF chapters in February/March 2009
  • Local winners then advance to their respective District level of competition in March/April 2009.
  • Winners from the 14 District competitions are judged on the National level of the competition in June 2009.

A three-tier Student ADDY competition is run in conjunction with the professional competition.

The local competition deadline for entries is January 14th. If you’re thinking of entering the Student ADDY Competition please contact Lisa Ferrier at lisa.ferrier@yahoo.com with your contact information. She will provide the information on place and time to submit your entries.

Please provide the following when entering:

  • One Disc per submission, entry number labeled on disc.
  • High Res PDF
  • Original file format document
  • Hard Copy of Submission
  • Single 300 dpi flattened .jpeg

**Entrants must be enrolled full- or part-time in an accredited U.S. educational institution.


Winning an ADDY looks great to potential employers and there’s a $1,000 Cash Prize for National Best of Show. Entering the ADDY’s means you’re playing to win. Show your stuff at the Tallahassee ADDY Awards in February 2009.