2021: Ageism

Tackling female ageism, presenting a modern perspective on how midlife women live, championing their participation in society, and representation in culture.

Challenging Ageism in Advertising

Following focuses on mental health, disability and gender representation, our brief to the industry this year was for creative treatments that would challenge ageism in advertising. 

Research has shown that people over 50 feel vastly misrepresented in the majority of ads, with 72% of those questioned feeling that people their age in adverts were outdated stereotypes. AMV BBDO’s ad for TENA was awarded £1m worth of airtime. Five runner-up positions were also offered £250k of funded commercial airtime.

Download 2021’s Brief

11/04/2022

Entries open

Early bird entry deadline: Wednesday 15 June 2022

Standard entry deadline: Wednesday 29 June 2022

Late entry deadline: Wednesday 6 July 2022

09/05/2022

Shortlist announcement

Register your submissions using the dedicated entry platform.

15/06/2022

Awards Ceremony

Register your submissions using the dedicated entry platform. Remember to use the criteria in the entry kit to perfect your entry.

General information

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Rising Star: Thursday 8 September

Agency of the Year Presentations: Tuesday 20 September

Sales Team of the Year Presentations: Thursday 22 September

Shortlisted entrants in these categories will be invited to attend a live presentation as part of the judging process.

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View our past winners

Since 2016 we’ve given away over £6million of airtime to advertisers who best respond to our briefs. Check out their award-winning work here!

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