Everything you need to know about The Drum Awards Festival
The entry deadline is fast approaching for this lighthouse event for the global marketing community.
The Drum Awards Festival: deadline nears
The Drum is gearing up for our annual Awards Festival. During the two-week-long event, we will host 15 award ceremonies recognizing creative brilliance across the industry. Here’s what you need to know about the flagship event.
When and where does it take place?
Put the date in your diary: Monday, November 27 to Friday, December 8
Where: The Drum Labs, 25-27 Curtain Road, EC2A 3LT
The event will bring the best in class from across the industry to The Drum Labs, our very own bar, event and film studio in central London. The ceremonies will also be broadcast live to a global audience on thedrum.com.
When’s the entry deadline?
The official deadline is August 16, but we have now announced an extended deadline of September 6 at 11:55pm.
Nominations will be announced on October 25 at 3pm.
For more information, visit the Awards Festival website.
What are the 15 competitions?
The Drum Awards for Experience: ceremony on November 27
The Drum Awards for Search: ceremony on November 28
The Drum Awards for Social Media: ceremony on November 28
The Drum Awards for Design: ceremony on November 29
The Drum Awards for B2B: ceremony on November 29
The Drum Awards for Media: ceremony on November 30
The Drum Awards for Digital Industries: ceremony on November 30
The Drum Awards for PR: ceremony on December 1
The Drum Awards for Social Purpose: ceremony on December 4
The Drum Awards for Creativity: ceremony on December 5
The Drum Awards for Out of Home: ceremony on December 5
The Drum Awards for Content: ceremony on December 6
The Drum Awards for Digital Advertising: ceremony on December 6
The Drum Awards for Metaverse: ceremony on December 7
The Drum Awards for Agency Business: ceremony on December 7
Who’s judging the work?
Preparing to review and award this year’s entries is a stellar panel of nearly 900 judges, including top marketers from PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Ikea, Jaguar Land Rover, Mars, Glossier, Droga5, WPP, Publicis, Dentsu and more. You can find a list of judges for each competition here.
Why should I enter?
Entering your work into The Drum Awards Festival is not just a chance to take home a coveted gong.
The annual World Creative Rankings – which benchmark the agencies, advertisers, campaigns and people most awarded in the ad industry’s major global awards shows in the previous calendar year – are compiled by exhaustively analyzing the performance of thousands of pieces of creative work that won at 19 major industry awards programs, including Cannes Lions, D&AD, Clios and The Drum Awards.
That means that winning work across any of the categories at The Drum Awards Festival will contribute to your and your agency’s ranking.
“The World Creative Rankings are the definitive guide to the best agencies, brands and individual talent in the advertising industry. Inclusion on the list can make careers,” says The Drum’s co-founder and editor-in-chief, Gordon Young. “So, it really is a no-brainer to enter your best work into The Drum Awards to improve your chance of making it on to the 2023 rankings.”