Communication Arts Advertising Competition 2026: Final Call for Entries
The 2026 Communication Arts Advertising Competition is open for submissions until June 26, 2026, with a late submission option available until July 10, 2026, which incurs a $10 fee. In its 67th iteration, the competition does not permit AI-generated entries. Projects must have been initially printed, published, or aired between June 2025 and June 2026 to qualify. Categories encompass a range of advertising formats as well as student work. The judging panel comprises nine creative directors, including Jason Apaliski and Laura Jordan Bambach. Winners will receive an Award of Excellence trophy and will be highlighted in the Communication Arts Advertising Annual. All entries must be submitted online; email and physical submissions are not allowed. Payments can be made via major credit cards or PayPal, and refunds are not available.
Key facts
- Deadline: June 26, 2026 (late deadline July 10, 2026 with $10 late fee per entry).
- AI text-to-image generated submissions are not accepted.
- Eligibility: work first printed, published, or aired from June 2025 through June 2026.
- Jury includes nine chief creative officers from agencies worldwide.
- Winners receive an Award of Excellence trophy milled from solid aluminum and certificates.
- Winning entries are published in the Communication Arts Advertising Annual and on commarts.com.
- Entries must be submitted online; no email or physical submissions accepted.
- Payment methods: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, PayPal, check, money order, wire transfer.
- Entry fees are nonrefundable.
- Notification of acceptance within two to three months after final deadline.
Entities
Institutions
- Communication Arts
- Pereira O'Dell
- Uncharted
- Rival
- Cossette
- DAVID
- VML
- THE REPUBLIK
- Solve
- Publicis Groupe APAC
- Visa
- MasterCard
- American Express
- Discover
- PayPal
Locations
- San Francisco
- California
- United States
- London
- United Kingdom
- Boston
- Massachusetts
- Montréal
- Canada
- Buenos Aires
- Argentina
- Kuala Lumpur
- Malaysia
- Raleigh
- North Carolina
- Minneapolis
- Minnesota
- Melbourne
- Australia
- Belmont
- USA