Eligibility/Fees
AICP Show and Next Awards
Call for Entries opens: January 3rd, 2019
Work must have first aired/launched between:
March 5th, 2018 - February 24th, 2019
Entry Deadline: March 1, 2019 11:59 Pacific Time (PT)
Work must have first aired/launched between:
March 5th, 2018 - February 24th, 2019
AICP Post Awards
Call for Entries opens: January 3rd, 2019
Work must have first aired/launched between:
February 5th, 2018 - February 3rd, 2019
Entry Deadline: February 8th, 2019 11:59 Pacific Time (PT)
Work must have first aired/launched between:
February 5th, 2018 - February 3rd, 2019
Entry Fees for AICP Show, AICP Next Awards, and AICP Post Awards:
- A single entry, in one or two categories:
$295 each category
- A single entry submitted in three or four categories:
$250 each category
- A single entry submitted in five or more categories:
$235 each category
- An AICP Show Advertising Excellence Campaign entry (2 or 3 spots):
$550
- An AICP Next Awards Integrated Campaign entry:
$550
- An AICP Post Awards National or Regional Campaign entry (2 or 3 spots):
$550
Please note - to get the Single Spot-Multiple Category Submission bulk pricing, all category submission of the single spot must be finalized
at the same time
. The Single Spot-Multiple Category Submission bulk pricing allows for entries across all three award shows - AICP Show, AICP Next Awards, AICP Post Awards.There is a flat $40 fee for each uploaded file. An uploaded file may be submitted to several categories without incurring additional upload fees. Please note that upload fees are in addition to any entry fees.
Entries in the AICP Show Student Commercial category will be accepted without an entry fee.
Entry fees are non-refundable. AICP is not responsible for incorrect or incomplete entries.
Late Fees for AICP Show, AICP Next Awards, and AICP Post Awards
Entries for all three shows must be
Entries will not be accepted after the deadlines without confirmation from AICP.
Late entries are assessed a $75 processing fee per entry and will adjust total pricing to the following:
Please note - to get the Single Spot-Multiple Category Submission bulk pricing, all category submission of the single spot must be finalized
finalized
by their individual submission deadlines listed above, and payments received. Entries finalized at 12:00 am (PST) or later, after the listed deadline, will be subject to late fees of $75 per entry.Late fees will not be waived
. There are no exceptions. Late fees will also be applied to late payments that are received after deadline.Entries will not be accepted after the deadlines without confirmation from AICP.
- To request an extension for the AICP Show and Next Awards, please email Auroraw@aicp.com
- No late entries for the Student Category will be accepted after the deadline of March 1st, 2019. No exceptions
- To request an extension for the AICP Show and Next Awards, please email Shannonm@aicp.com
Late entries are assessed a $75 processing fee per entry and will adjust total pricing to the following:
- A single entry, in one or two categories:
$370 each category
- A single entry submitted in three or four categories:
$325 each category
- A single entry submitted in five or more categories:
$310 each category
- An AICP Show Advertising Excellence Campaign entry (2 or 3 spots):
$625
- An AICP Next Awards Integrated Campaign entry:
$625
- An AICP Post Awards National or Regional Campaign entry (2 or 3 spots):
$625
Please note - to get the Single Spot-Multiple Category Submission bulk pricing, all category submission of the single spot must be finalized
at the same time
.Eligibility
AICP Show
- Case studies should
not
be entered for any of these Show categories. Only the work as aired will be accepted. Airing is defined as commercial release, commissioned by a client, for television, theater, the Internet, mobile phone, or any other medium/screen able to deliver motion picture imagery.
- International work is eligible for entry in the craft categories (Animation, Editorial, Design, Musical Arrangement, Original Music, Sound Design, Visual Effects) if the craft was done at a company office located in the U.S. - e.g. the music for an international spot was composed by a New York-based music company.
- In order to be entered into Advertising Excellence/International Category, work must be produced by a production company outside of the U.S. for an agency whose office is located outside of the U.S. Work in a language other than English must be subtitled in English or alternatively must be accompanied by an English translation.
AICP Next Awards
- Case studies are appropriate to enter in all of the AICP Next Awards categories with the
exception
of the Viral/Web Film, and Pre-Roll categories where the actual film should be entered. Airing is defined as commercial release, commissioned by a client, for television, theater, the Internet, mobile phone, or any other medium/screen able to deliver motion picture imagery.
- Work entered in the AICP Next Awards categories may have been produced or aired anywhere in the world. Work in a language other than English must be subtitled in English or alternatively must be accompanied by an English translation.
AICP Post Awards
- All entries must be 5 minutes or less in length with the exception of entries in the Music Video category.
- Editor's and director's cuts are not eligible. Entries must be entered exactly as aired.
Airing is defined as commercial release, commissioned by a client, for television, theater, the Internet, mobile phone, or any other medium/screen able to deliver motion picture imagery.