Entries open for 2016 Newspaper Ad of the Year Award with $10k cash prize; deadline Fri, Sept 2

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AOTY 2016 (1).jpgEntries are now open for the 2016 $10,000 Newspaper Ad of the Year award, the largest cash prize in the NZ industry.

Entry is free and easy, and any ad that has run in NZ newspapers or on NZ Newspaper Brand websites between 1 July 2015 and 30 June 2016 is eligible. Entrants have until 5pm on Friday 2 September to upload entries. Winners will be announced early October with more details released in the upcoming months.

As well as the highly desirable $10,000 cash prize for The 2016 Ad of the Year, this year’s awards include five other categories: best topical, best digital, best craft (art), best craft (copy), and best news brand campaign recognising excellence in integrated campaigns across print and digital newspaper platforms.

This year’s judging panel include NZ creative judges comprising top NZ ECDs, NZ media judges comprising top NZ MDs and an international judge/s who will make the final call on the $10,000 Ad of the Year.

Established in 2005, the annual Newspaper Advertising Awards recognise creative and media excellence in newspaper and digital news site advertising, with last year’s $10,000 Newspaper Ad of the Year winner being DDB for the BMW April Fool’s Day ad.