The American Advertising Awards
Our local competition recognizes the area’s best of the best - and it’s a pretty great party, too. The winners of these prestigious trophies go on to compete regionally, and the best then vie in the national competition. So yeah, winning an ADDY is kind of a big deal.
Announcing the Call for Entries!
We are now accepting entries for the 2025 American Advertising Awards, Seattle
This competition offers so many relevant categories that you may not be aware of, or even expect.
Essentially, if you created work that people saw, it could probably be considered for an ADDY.
Websites, songs, VR experiences, illustrations, print ads—freaking TikTok videos—it’s all there.
Enter here
Note: Issues with the late fee being incorrectly assessed have been resolved.
Entries submitted before 2/12 are not subject to a late fee. Members are never subject to a late fee and get a nice discount on each entry.
Entry Fees
Professional Member
Single: $120
Campaign $145
Late fee: $0
Professional Non-member
Single: $150
Campaign $169
Late fee: $30/entry beginning February 13th
Student
Single: $72
Campaign $84
Late fee: $20/entry beginning February 13th
Becoming a member could save you a lot of money on your entries, or let you send the same money on more entries. That’s just math.
Find out more about membership
Dates
Entries will be accepted through Wednesday, February 12th.
We all know about deadlines, so we’ll say up front: Late entries will be accepted through Wednesday, February 19, with a late fee for non-members.
There is no secret extra late week we’re hiding beyond this.
Rules and Categories
Homework time, but fun. Well, kind of, but it’s worth it.
Winning an Addy doesn’t end with Seattle…
Your ADDY could win at the District XI competition in April!
If you win a Gold or Silver Seattle ADDY (congratulations!) your entry automatically advances.
If you then win Gold at District (bam) your entry automatically advances to National competition.
If you win Silver at District (woo hoo) you can still pay a nominal fee to have your entry considered at the National competition. It’s definitely worth it: Many district Silver winners have gone on to win Gold at Nationals! The ADDY chair will be in touch to ask if you want your entry included.
Silver Medal Winner
We are accepting nominations for our 2025 AAF Silver Medal Award.
See the Silver Medal page for details and easy submission form.
The Awards Presentation
We are planning to have our awards celebration IN PERSON this year!
We’re working out logistics now, but our tentative date is March -April, 2025.
PlugS Needed for 2025
We’re looking for help in some key areas (referrals appreciated, too):
Award Show Volunteers - Want to help run the show?
Event sponsors - Want these eyeballs?
Show book production - Want to make a career keepsake?
Show reels - Want to make the show look really cool?
Show reel voiceovers - Got a golden throat?
Getting involved with AAF Seattle and the Awards process is a great way to show off your skills in front of a receptive audience (and we’re pretty nice to work with).
Contact us if you want to get involved or have any leads that can help us put on a great experience for this community.
Look back at 2024
Silver Medal Winner
Our 2024 AAF Silver Medal Winner was John Rubino!
The Seattle Awards Presentation
Our virtual awards celebration happened March 28th.
The National Awards Celebration
The in-person gala was held in Salt Lake City in June 2024.