RULES & ELIGIBILITY

Before entering to ADC*UA Awards competition read the rules and conditions. By entering the contest prorgram, entrants agree to be bound, and abide, by the rules.

1. ADC*UA Awards is organized by the NGO All-Ukrainian Advertising Coalition together with LLC Advertising Coalition, Enterprise Advertising Coalition.
2. ADC*UA Awards is open to all Ukrainian advertising & communication market participants involved in advertising, production, media, PR, design and creative industries. The contest is national, entries are accepted from participants from Ukraine only.
3. All submitted entries must demonstrate works by the original fresh creative ideas and their solutions.
   Entries that have been created, aired, launched or run during January 2023 – April 2024 incl. are accepted for participation.
   Concept and open-brief works which have not been launched are not accepted for participation except for contest YOUNG & STUDENTS.
4. In the case, when different entrants want submit the same entry in the same category, only one entrant may submit an entry within a category , i.e. either the agency or the production company may enter a piece that both parties have worked on, but not both. One entry/campaign may be submitted into the different categories.
5. You have permission to enter your entries from the commissioning clients/brand-owning companies. We may request proof of this permission at any time and contact the client related to any entry at the request of the Jury at any time during the voting process.
6. The entry has been submitted exactly as published/aired/released.
7. The entry is not speculative or conceptual advertising, and has not been banned or withdrawn from airing.
8. A senior officer (CD, CEO or Chairman) from your company has given permission for entries to be entered.
9. The entry (all texts)  must be formed in English.
10. The entry is not in relation to a project or client based in the aggressor countries.
11. All entry materials and documentation must be submitted till the last deadline. Payment must be received until 10 May 2024.
12. By uploading and submitting entries to the competition online, entrants undertake to pay entry fees. Failing to pay the invoice does not automatically imply cancellation of the entry registration. All entries submitted to the competition will be judged, and the payment of fees will be due, unless the entries are withdrawn, in writing, before 1 May 2024. Entries cannot be cancelled or removed from the competition after 1 May 2024. You understand that, if you withdraw your entry after 1 May 2024 you will not receive a refund, and payment for enteries should be done in any case.
    If you wish to withdraw your entry, you must notify us by email  to festival@vrk.org.ua, project@vrk.org.ua or call (044) 490 90 30.
13. In the case that additional information of the campaign becomes available after you have submitted your entry,  organizers will accept updated and additional information relating to the results section only up to 26 April 2024.
14. By making an entry and paying the entry fee in full, the entrant confirms that they have the legal right to enter the Contest on the terms of these rules. You guarantee abidance by copyright (legal use of music, photos, texts, etc.) and agrees to settle all possible disputes on this issue with third parties by self-acting.
15. In order to promote the Contest, the organizers may screen, publish or reproduce all materials submitted to the site for purposes of promoting the Contest.

ENTRY SUBMISSION RULES

1. All entry forms must be completed online at https://creative-stories.com.ua/.
2. Entry is a filled-in online form with correctly uploaded materials according to technical requirements.
3. All entries must be compliant with these rules, technical requirements, and must have been launched to the public (published/aired/released).
4. Advertisements forming a campaign (or series) of several works must be submitted as a series/campaign of entries. Each entry in the series is paid separately.
5. Entries must be formed in English. The entry materials (video, image, sound video, case film) can be submitted in Ukrainian or English at your choice.
   All materials must be submitted for judging exactly as published, aired or implemented and may not be modified for awards entry.
6. All judging materials will be shown to the jury in digital format. Please make sure that any material provided can be easily understood and shown to the jury.
7. Confidentiality of judging: Entry should not include an agency’s name or logo anywhere in the entry form or creative materials. The jury shouldn’t know whose entry they judge.
8. When registering an account, make sure that the information entered is correct and up-to-date, as it is used by the Organizing Committee to contact the participant.
   The content of the field "Entrant name" is duplicated on the website, in the diploma and the Awards Ceremony, so please enter the name of the agency/company without quotes, brackets and ownership.
   Please carefully check and re-check the credits you have entered. These credits will be published on our website exactly as you have typed them.