FAQ

Early Bird Entry Deadline: December 16th, 2022
Final Entry Deadline: January 31st, 2023
February: Executive Judging
March, 2023: Shortlist Nominees
May, 2023: Winner Announcement

The Native Advertising AWARDS trust all entries are original and the entrant either owns the work or has permission from a client or other appropriate parties to enter the work, with all rights granted.

In case an entrant without such rights submits an entry, the entrant will not be eligible for the competition and will be disqualified.

The Native Advertising AWARDS are not liable for any copyright infringement on the part of the entrant.

Submission of any entry acknowledges the right of the Native Advertising AWARDS to use it for publication in any medium. If parts of your submission should not be disclosed to the public, please indicate this on the entry form by stating CONFIDENTIAL – DO NOT SHARE. Such requests will be honored.

Yes. Up until the final deadline on January 31st, it is possible to make changes. You can do so by revisiting the award platform. Log in with the username and password provided when you first registered.

The award platform will show a confirmation page after your registration. You will also receive a confirmation email acknowledging our receipt of your entry.

Here are the entry essentials that have to be included in your entry as a bare minimum:

– All sections of the entry formula have to be filled and if possible, a video or pdf showreel should be included in the entry.

– Web-based material and video content on Youtube / Vimeo is preferred instead of video attachments.

– Supporting material should not surpass 5 MB if it is sent as an attachment.

The Native Advertising AWARDS offer two payment options:

– Paypal Express. This gives you the option of paying directly after submitting your entry.

– CreditCard. We accept the following cards:
– Visa
– Mastercard
– AmericanExpress

You can withdraw your entry at any time by emailing hello@native-institute.com

No refunds will be made once a submission is complete.

A submission that fails to meet the specifications will not be eligible for judging and will be excluded without notice. No refunds will be made.

Of course you can and your entry will be judged separately for each category. 

It is not uncommon that creative campaigns are using elements from more than one category.

Submit 4 entries for the price of 3 entries 

The jury is curated across nations and continents. The jury members are chosen on the basis of their experience in the field of native advertising. Jury members from agencies, studios, vendors, and platforms are not eligible for judging in categories where entries from their own work have been submitted. This rule will be honored at all times.

1. Judges score each entry within each category based on outlined criteria.

2. All jury scores are combined to create an overall score for each entry.

3. The scores are then totalled and the highest scoring entries will determine the shortlist.

4. Judges meet to discuss the highest scoring entries and then agree on the category winner.

The Native Advertising AWARDS do not offer individual comments to its entrants.

The jury will be looking for campaigns and companies that have demonstrated success and excelled with native advertising activities over the past 12 months. Entries should relate to work that has been active in 2022.

We kindly advise you to provide clear evidence to support and prove your success. This includes clear metrics around KPI’s, creative assets and links to your work that may help demonstrate the quality of your entry.

Your entry will be scored based on the following criteria:

– Innovation
– Strategic Excellence
– Creativity
– Consumer Relevancy and Value
– ROI related to KPI’s

If you are an expert in the many different formats of native advertising, we would love to hear from you. We are always looking for new bright minds for our Jury community. Send an email to hello@native-institute.com to find out more.

For each category, the jury will select three (3) Nominees that represent the three best in the category.

Out of the Nominees, the jury will aim at finding gold, silver and bronze winners in all categories.

HOWEVER, since we strive to acknowledge the very best native advertising work and honor entries at a high level it is not a given that a gold, silver and bronze winners are picked in each category.

Entries that are not chosen as gold, silver og bronze winners, but are notable in their achievement, may be recognized as an ‘Commended’ nominee by the jury. There may be multiple entries (or no entries) in each category designated ‘Commended’. We reserve the right to honor less than three nominees in any category should the quality of work not meet standards set by the judging criteria.

Yes. Additional awards, certificates, and merchandise can be purchased. Please contact hello@native-institute.com for more information.

Each statuette is custom produced. Typically, statuettes will be shipped to you approximately four weeks from the date that we received your order.

All shortlisted entrants receive a Nominee Badge that can be used on own marketing and media activities. If you end up winning an award, you will additionally receive a Winner Badge.

The NAI prepares a general press release announcing the shortlist and later the winners. This can be modified by nominees and winners and used to support publicity of your great achievements

All Gold Winners will receive one (1) award statuette and one (1) diploma. Additional statuettes and diplomas can be purchased.

All Silver, Bronze and Commended Nominees will receive one (1) diploma. Additional diplomas can be purchased.

A list of all Winners will be published on the Native Advertising AWARDS website.

Additionally, all winners will be honored on the Native Advertising Institute’s owned media channels.

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