We’re Back Baby – B&T Awards 2016 Is Officially Open!

The B&T Awards have officially returned for its strongest year yet, and boy do we have some reasons for you to get excited! For starters, it’s not held at the bloody Casino!

That’s right, this year the glorious, wondrous, rowdy crowd-pleasing B&T Awards returns from Melbourne to be hosted at none other than the Sydney Town Hall on Friday November 18. Naturally, a wicked after party will also follow, so stay tuned for details and dresscodes.

And if you want a chance to taste the sweet victory that comes with winning one of our prestigious awards, entries are now open.

But let’s not waste precious entry time. Here’s everything you need to know:

This year, we’ve listened to all of your feedback and created a few new categories. In the Agency of the Year section, we’re bringing you the Branding & Design Agency of the Year, Direct Response / Performance Agency of the Year, Production Company of the Year and Research Agency of the Year.

In the second round of Other Categories, we’ve also added an award for Best Use of Mobile to the bill.

Check out all the categories right here:

AGENCY OF THE YEAR CATEGORIES

Advertising Agency of the Year
Branding & Design Agency of the Year – NEW
Direct Response/Performance Agency of the Year – NEW
Emerging Agency of the Year
Experiential Agency of the Year
Independent Agency of the Year
Media Agency of the Year
PR Agency of the Year
Production Company of the Year – NEW
Research Agency of the Year – NEW
State Agency – NSW
State Agency – VIC
State Agency – QLD
State Agency – Other
B&T Agency of the Year – as chosen by B&T out of the field of entries

OTHER CATEGORIES

Best Ad Campaign
Best Digital Campaign
Best Media Campaign
Best PR Campaign
Best Programmatic Trading Team
Best Use of Mobile – NEW
Best Use of Real-Time Marketing
Best Use of Social Media
Best Use of Sponsorship
Content Marketing Strategy of the Year
Data-Driven Marketing
Employer of the Year >100 employees
Employer of the Year <100 employees
Media Brand of the Year
Media Sales Team of the Year
Marketing Technology Company of the Year
Marketing Team of the Year
Young Achiever of the Year

So what’s the timeline look like for all of this jazzy stuff? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered there as well:

Key Dates

Entries open – 8th June 2016
Entries close – 5th August 2016 – on-time entry fee $330 + GST/entry
Late entries close – 12th August 2016 – late entry fee $430 + GST/entry
Judging period (examples of work must have been active in market during this period) – 1 August 2015 – 31 July 2016
Shortlist announced – 20th September 2016
Live-judging day – 14th October 2016 – Sydney
Awards night – Friday 18th November 2016 – Sydney Town Hall

EVERYTHING you need to know when it comes to how to enter, who to enter, and all the other criteria type questions you have burning inside you can be answered in the Criteria Section here.

Want to get in early and nab tickets? Click right here. And already itching to get started on your entries? Well, my friends, click this link just here. Every other fun fact you need to know can be found on the website, so start gearing up for the industry night of the year! It’s going to be one hell of a night.

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Advertising Standards Bureau agency of the year Anne Markey David Hovenden Marketing Research