Eligibility & Rules

Review the below eligibility dates, rules, and restrictions for The One Club Awards Miami to ensure that your work meets our requirements for entry.

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Eligibility Dates

All work (except students) must be published or aired between the dates listed below.
"Published" means the advertisement or work appeared in a form of mass media exposed to a substantial audience.

Entry Eligibility Dates:
August 1, 2023 – July 31, 2024

Rules & Regulations

Entries must be submitted by industry professionals only, including freelancers.
All work must be produced by companies and freelancers registered/located in Florida and undergrad/grad students attending a school in Florida.
Work produced on behalf of The One Club for Creativity and its programming, including The One Show, ADC Awards, Type Directors Club, Young Ones Student Awards, etc. is not eligible.
The One Club reserves the right to disqualify entries submitted without proper documentation verifying the creation of the advertisement.
ALL ENTRY FEES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE AND NON-TRANSFERABLE.
By submitting entries into the competition, entrants are committing to pay for all entry fees in full.

Submission Restrictions

The exact same piece may only be entered into a maximum of 3 different categories per discipline (excluding craft categories).
The exact same piece may NOT be entered multiple times into the same category.
Different executions of the exact same piece may NOT be entered into the same category.
The exact same piece may be entered into The One Club Awards Miami two consecutive years ONLY IF:
– The work falls within the eligibility requirements for both seasons.
AND
– The work did NOT win an award (Medal or Merit) in any category in the previous season.

Non-Compliance

The One Club reserves the right to review all entries questioned during the judging process. Not complying with the rules and/or attempting to enter a fraudulent advertisement will result in the following consequences:

An agency, the regional office of an agency network, or the independent agency that enters an ad made for nonexistent clients, or made and run without a client's approval, will be banned from entering The One Club Awards Miami for 5 years.
The team credited on the fake ad will be banned from entering The One Club Awards Miami for 5 years.
An agency, the regional office of an agency network, or the independent agency that enters an ad that has run once, on late night television, or has only run because the agency produced a single ad and paid to run it themselves, will be banned from entering The One Club Awards Miami for 3 years.
NOTE: The One Club reserves the right to review "late-night, ran-once" and launch versions, at The One Club's discretion. If it is determined that the ad was created expressly for award show entry, the penalty will hold.

Terms & Conditions

The One Club for Creativity will require proof of publication for all entries. The One Club has the right to request additional proof of initial publication and/or air date, to be submitted within 15 days of the request.

All entry fees are non-refundable and non-transferable. By submitting entries into the competition, the entrant is committing to pay for all entry fees in full.

The entrant grants permission to The One Club to show, copy or play the entries at such times as The One Club deems appropriate. The One Club reserves the right to make available for educational and reference purposes, including electronic publishing, any material entered into the competition. The entrant or person submitting the work is responsible for ensuring that any copyrighted material has been approved or released and does not hold The One Club legally responsible for any matters pertaining to the creation of the work. If any network or local television or radio station shall agree to telecast a news or other program relating to The One Club Awards Miami, the entrant further agrees to obtain any permissions and to absorb talent or other residual charges incurred by inclusion of his or her entry in the program, if required.

All entries are subject to the rules of The One Club Awards Miami as stated on the entry site. Decisions of judges on all matters during judging, including qualifications and categories, are final. Any disputes that may arise will be decided by The One Club Miami Board of Directors. The One Club reserves the right to disqualify work that it finds to be fatally compromised as to originality or veracity after review and final decision by The One Club Miami Board of Directors.