2025 NYX Awards

Description

The NYX Awards is a prestigious international competition that recognizes and celebrates excellence in the creative and marketing industries. Our categories encompass Advertising & Design, Strategic Communications and Marketing Campaigns, as well as Digital Media, including web, video, and social media. Spanning the spectrum from boutique studios to industry giants, NYX Awards warmly welcomes entries from agencies of all sizes. Our mission is simple: to recognize and honor the brilliance that lies at the heart of the creative and marketing industries.

The awards program is open to all creative and marketing professionals, individuals, agencies, companies, organizations, and institutions involved in advertising, marketing or communication practices, as well as media practitioners for internal or external audiences. To be eligible, an entry must have been produced after January 1, 2023. Entries may originate from any country.

Categories:
The NYX Awards categories include Advertising & Design, Website, Video, Audio & Podcast, Mobile App, Social Media, Content Marketing, Strategic Campaign, Integrated Marketing, Marketing Campaign, Public Relations Campaign, People & Team, Special Achievement and Pro Bono.

Eligibility:
The NYX Awards accepts submissions from marketing professionals, individuals, agencies, companies, organizations, and institutions involved in advertising, marketing or communication practices, as well as media practitioners for internal or external audiences.

Submission Requirement:
Entries must have been produced after January 1, 2023. Entries may originate from any country. All entries must be submitted for judging exactly as published or implemented and may not be modified for the competition. The awards reserve the right to re-categorise incorrectly classified entries.
Judges reserve the right to withhold an award in a category if submissions do not meet their expectations.

Entry Brief:
We recommend each synopsis to be kept at approximately 350 words. Use this section to elaborate on the piece as well as providing the jury with a better understanding of your subject. A written translation or adaptation must accompany non-English entries.

Image Submission:
Submissions should be saved in a flattened JPEG or JPG format. (keep them under 4MB, 1,200px wide is preferable, 300dpi, RGB).

Audio/Video Submission:
Upload video/audio to Vimeo/YouTube/Youku or any other related platforms.
Paste the URL link into the URL field.

Entries with audio/videos must be submitted with a direct URL that will take judges directly to the work. If it is password-protected, you must provide a username and password for judging purposes. Web Videos entered are judged solely on the content provided. Upload a PDF brief if explanation is required before evaluations of the work.

2025 Entry Deadline & Fees:
Early Bird: Nov 1, 2024 — Nov 27, 2024 ($130)
Regular: Nov 28, 2024 — Jan 8, 2025 ($140)
Final: Jan 9 — Feb 12, 2025 ($160)
Final Extension: Feb 13 — Mar 13, 2025 ($180)

There are THREE (3) levels of achievement in the competition:

NYX Grand (85-100 points)
NYX Gold (70-84 points)
NYX Silver (50-69 points)

Judging:
Judging is blind. All incoming information is removed from entries to prevent bias/conflict of interest.

The prestige of the NYX Awards competition relies in large part on the high calibre of the juries who convene each year to review submissions. NYX Awards has made a special effort to find a suitable panel of judges whose works exemplify the qualities of top designs. The jury panel comprises experienced professionals in their field and industry, including creative designers and art directors from international agencies, architects, interior designers, product designers, educators, marketers or business owners, and exemplifies diversity in professional experience, geography, gender, and ethnicity. . All judges are selected based on experience, availability and credibility in their respective industry.

Evaluation Criteria:
Individual criteria differ by category, but the emphasis is on the overall quality of the entry: the merits of the entry, relative to the judges' experience and the claims in other entries, as well as the quality of the entry's narrative itself .

Judges score on a scale of 1-100, based on the following criteria:

1. Creativity / Concept / Idea
2. Content / Quality of Message
3. Production & Execution
4. Innovation / Effectiveness
5. Overall Experience

Results Announcement: May 9, 2025

Prizes:
One professionally designed certificate commemorating the winning entry, which includes entry title, entering company/winners' name and category. Decal will be affixed indicating the level of win. A press release template sent to major industry outlets, celebrating your win. Professionally designed logos for use on websites, in email signatures, etc. In addition to the complimentary certificates, Grand, Gold, and Silver winners may purchase extraordinary NYX trophies, and/or additional customized certificates.

2025 NYX Awards is calling for entries now, join the fray to creative stardom now!

Enter here: https://nyxawards.com/