HOME IAB MIXX AWARDS RULES & ELIGIBILITY

KEY DATES

Early Birds Deadline

1 March 

2024

Regular Deadline

1 April
2024

Last Minute/Final Deadline

 26 April 
2024

Online judging

beginning of 
May 2024

Winners announcement/
Awards Ceremony

29 May 

2024

RULES & ELIGIBILITY

  1. The organizer of the "IAB MIXX Awards 2024", here and after referred to as the "Competition", is the "BUREAU OF INTERACTIVE ADVERTISING UKRAINE" (here and after referred to as IAB Ukraine) together with the NGO All-Ukrainian Advertising Coalition together, LLC Advertising Coalition, Enterprise Advertising Coalition.
  2. The competition takes place on the territory of Ukraine.  The jury will include members of IAB Ukraine and representatives of advertisers.
  3. The IAB MIXX Awards is open to all creative, design or media agencies, advertisers, independent parties, media sellers, technology providers, members and non-members of IAB Ukraine.
  4. Each participant can submit any number of works/campaigns/projects in one or more categories.  Each case can be assigned to an unlimited number of categories, based on the logic of the appropriateness of the submission, but each case must be described differently to reflect the particular emphasis of the category, which means re-filing the application.
  5. 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.
  6. All of the works in the categories must be created/executed/realized in Ukraine between January 2022 and April 2024 by the company that submitted the application. The list of categories, evaluation criteria, application form, composition of the jury will be published on the website creative-stories.com.ua/en. Please note! When registering a work created/performed/implemented during 2022 year, it is necessary to select the year of creation as 2023 during registration, and include a note in the description of this work indicating that it is from the 2022 year.
  7. The organizer accepts applications for the competition from February 5, 2024 to April 26, 2024 at 23:59.  The organizer reserves the right to extend the deadline for accepting applications in any category in case of force majeure, epidemic or epidemiological threat, as well as for significant economic reasons caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which have a direct impact on the further conduct of the competition.
  8. Entry fee must be paid prior to submission of work/s.  Registered works must be paid for by May 1, 2024.
  9. Providing data, including personal data related to the contest, is voluntary but necessary for participation in the contest.  Information about the company will be available to the jury that evaluates the work, and will be published on the competition website if it makes it to the finals.  Privacy Policy.
  10. Employees of the organizer or auditor may not participate in the competition.
  11. Participation in the contest is voluntary.  By participating in the competition, you accept all the rules of participation.
  12. It is the responsibility of the applicant to obtain appropriate consent from the applicant to prepare such a report on his behalf and ensure that the applicant has read and accepted the rules/regulations.  The applicant shall provide the organizer at his request with confirmation of the relevant consent received from the applicant.
  13. The cost of submitting works is the same for all categories and depends on the application period.
  14. There is a 20% discount for IAB Ukraine and VRK members.
  15. A form filled out on the website with materials uploaded in accordance with the technical requirements is called a competitive work.
  16. Competition works must be submitted online on the festival website using the link creative-stories.com.ua/en
  17. The entry is not in relation to a project or client based in the aggressor countries.
  18. After uploading the work, you undertake to pay the cost of submitting the work.
  19. Works are evaluated according to 5 criteria: strategy, execution, creativity, innovation, results.  The weight of the evaluation criteria in each category is given in the description of the category
  20. The results of the competition and the awards will be announced during the award ceremony, the exact date and place of which will be announced on the creative-stories.com.ua/en website
  21. The organizer warns that for reasons beyond its control, such as force majeure, martial law, the duration of an epidemic or epidemiological threat, a ban on the organization of events by competent authorities, a serious economic crisis in the economy or other important economic considerations, the IAB awards ceremony  The MIXX Awards may be postponed or held in accordance with current quarantine restrictions.
  22. The winning works of the competition will receive creativity rating points: shortlist - 2 points, bronze - 4 points, silver - 6 points, gold - 8 points.
  23. All uploaded works will be automatically submitted for judging, payment for participation is mandatory.  Failure to pay an invoice is not an automatic cancellation of participation registration.
  24. Works registered on the website can be withdrawn from the competition program only in writing until May 1, 2024 inclusive.
  25. If you wish to withdraw the work after May 1, 2024, the participation fee is non-refundable and the participation fee must be paid in any case.
  26. If you wish to withdraw your work, you must notify us by e-mail: mixx.awards2024@iab.com.ua or by calling +3 8 (093) 711 12 73
  27. In the event that any other additional information from the project becomes available already after the registration of the work, the festival organizers may provide access to the updated information, but no later than May 1, 2024.
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