Industry Eagles Awards - Eligibility and Rules
Terms and Conditions
Eligibility
- Timeframe: Any organisation can enter the Industry Eagles Awards provided the strategy or execution was developed, launched, or carried out between March 2022 and March 2025.
- Multiple Entries: A single organisation can enter multiple projects into multiple categories.
- Authorisation: Applicants must be authorised to enter their organisation into the awards.
- Non-Sponsorship: Organisations cannot be shortlisted for an award they have sponsored.
- Conflict of Interest: Judges are ineligible to score or comment on an entry made from their own organisation or if they have a vested interest.
- Eligibility Confirmation: Judges will verify that each entry meets the eligibility criteria before scoring.
Submission Guidelines
- Entry Form: All entries must be completed using an official Industry Eagles Awards entry form to be judged. Request the entry forms.
- Submission Deadline: All entries must be received by 23.59 GMT on 3 March 2025.
- Payment: All entries must be paid for prior to the judging week; any entries for which we have not received payment will not be reviewed by the judging panel.
- File Format: Each entry must be submitted as a PDF or Word file.
- Electronic Submission: Entries are only accepted electronically; please do not send us a hard copy.
- Permission: You must have permission to enter this work from the commissioning brand or brand-owning company. Proof of this permission may be requested directly from the brand.
- No Speculative or Banned Content: The entry must not be speculative or conceptual advertising and must not have been banned or withdrawn from the market.
- Language: The entry and all associated digital or physical materials must be understandable in English.
- Media Finality: All media included in your entries must be the final version at the point that you complete and pay for them. No replacement or additional media will be accepted after an entry has been finalised and received.
- Legal Rights: By submitting an entry, you confirm that you own all applicable legal rights for all media included in your entry.
- Entry Fee: By submitting an entry, you agree to pay the relevant entry fee.
Confidentiality and Integrity
1. Confidentiality: All judges are obliged to sign non-disclosure agreements to ensure the privacy and security of the submitted materials.
2. False Information: If it is found that any entrant has knowingly provided false information on their application, the Industry Eagles Awards reserves the right to withdraw any entry at any time submitted by that organisation.
3. Reputation Protection: If, in the opinion of the committee, a nomination is reasonably likely to cause material damage to the reputation of the Industry Eagles Awards or any of its sponsors, the committee shall, at its sole discretion, choose to disqualify that nomination.
4. Public Information: The information provided in the entry form will be used for the winners’ announcement text. If any information is strictly confidential, it must be clearly highlighted in the entry. We may create a brief overview of the winning entry for constructing social media posts and promotional content. Shortlisted and winners’ logos will also be used for social media announcements and other content to highlight their achievements. If you would not like to participate in such promotion, please let us know.
Judging and Awards Process
- Entry Review: Following confirmation of receipt of entry, the judging panel will consider nominations.
- Shortlisting: The awards team will contact organisations that have been shortlisted. Once the shortlist is published, organisations that have made the shortlist may publicise this fact (including using the official awards logos).
- Finalist Participation: Once a candidate has been announced as a finalist, it cannot withdraw from the competition.
- Winners Announcement: The award winners will be announced on 5th June 2025 at the awards ceremony. Winners may be requested to participate in post-event publicity.
- Photograph/Logo Requirement: All shortlisted finalists will be required to supply a high-resolution photograph in JPEG format or a logo in PNG format, which will be shown during the presentation ceremony at the award evening. These photos and logos will also be used for announcements on social media and other promotional content.
- Category Adjustment: Industry Eagles Awards reserves the right, after consultation with the entrant, to move submissions to a more appropriate category.
- Entry Retention: The awards committee will retain copies of all entries.
- Feedback: Judges may provide constructive feedback on entries. While this feedback is not guaranteed for all entries, it can offer valuable insights for improvement.
- Tiebreaker: In the event of a tie, the entry with the highest score in the “Overall Experience” category will be given the higher rank. If the judges decide, Industry Eagles Awards might give two entrants the same award in the event of a tie.
- Final Decision: The decisions of the judges are final and will not be subject to any appeal. All entrants must agree to be bound by them.
- Notification: All entrants will be notified of their status once the judging process is complete.
- Public Announcements: Winners will be announced on the official Industry Eagles Awards website and through associated media channels.
- Awards Ceremony: Winners will be invited to attend the awards ceremony, where they will receive their respective accolades.
- Promotion: Winning entries may be used for promotional purposes, including but not limited to social media posts, press releases, and case studies, unless otherwise specified by the entrant.
Conduct and Disqualification
- Integrity of Awards: No nominee shall engage in any activity that may damage the integrity of the awards scheme or ceremony. Any such actions shall be raised with the awards committee, who will take any decision on disqualification.
- Final Decision: The awards committee’s decision with respect to disqualification is final.
Communication and Data Use
Data Use: By entering the awards programme, your details will be added to our database to ensure you are kept up to date with the awards programme and its associated awards and conferences. To opt out, please email Awards@IndustryEaglesAwards.uk.
Agreement
Terms and Conditions: By entering or agreeing to participate in the Industry Eagle Awards, all entrants agree to the above terms and conditions.