Summit Creative Award
Celebrating 29-Years of Creative Excellence
Small and medium-sized agencies worldwide produce great amounts of outstanding advertising, yet creative competitions are dominated by large advertising agencies, large clients, and large budgets.
Since 1994, the Summit Creative Award has recognized creative firms and helped them stand out. This international advertising competition offers participants a unique opportunity to showcase their talents alongside similarly positioned agencies and to have their work judged by experts in the advertising field. Our exclusive award selection process means winners have earned the right to broadcast their achievements far and wide.
Companies and individuals from more than 50 countries and across five continents have participated in this prestigious 29-year competition – the first and best of its kind.
Our organization, whose aim is to laud the creative work from less-than-huge agencies, makes competition affordable and accessible. We offer streamlined internet submissions, many ways to tout winner’s achievements, and a friendly, knowledgeable customer service staff. Award certificates and internet medallions are free to winners, and elegant custom trophies are optionally available.
| Summit Awards offers: | Who Should Enter: |
| International recognition 29-year prominence Reputable blind judging Affordable entry Signature, custom trophies No required "acceptance fee" for winners Friendly, knowledgeable customer support Winner-controlled microsites | Advertising and digital agencies Client-side marketing/creative departments Interactive firms Video producers Website design companies Creative boutiques Graphic designers Freelancers |
Benefits
Association with the prestige of the Summit Awards competition is press-worthy and garners media and social exposure.
The Summit Awards is committed to helping winners make the most of their success. Winners are publicized through various platforms, social networks, and the award’s website: www.summitawards.com.
The Summit Awards is the only awards organization to offer winner microsite profiles. The microsites are free, fully customizable company profiles hosted on our highly trafficked website driving traffic to winners’ sites. Past winners have had thousands of visitors explore their microsite profiles, increasing their website’s online prominence and visibility.
These microsite profiles offer an easy-to-use, built-in editor, space to upload images of winning entries, and links to winners' portfolios. The meta tag spider locates winners' sites' meta tags which significantly increase web rankings. Companies searching for winners' accomplishments visit these profiles while deciding where to invest their advertising dollars.
Winners
Winning entries receive the coveted Best of Show, Gold, Silver, Bronze, or Finalist awards. Our signature custom trophies symbolize creative excellence and demonstrate that your firm has achieved the pinnacle of successful advertising and marketing communication.
Judges select Best of Show from among Gold-winning entries. To ensure the Summit Award and the winner’s integrity, the competition’s bylaws limit the number of winning entries. is committed to helping reduce barriers for freelancers who need financial assistance. Please email sia@summitawards.com for details.
Industry Assistance
The Summit Awards is the only awards organization that gives back to the industry by offering need-based assistance to qualified entrants and discounted student fee structures. Summit Awards is committed to helping reduce barriers for freelancers who need financial assistance. Please email sia@summitawards.com for details.
Eligibility
The Summit Creative Award is exclusively for companies, boutiques, and individuals with annual billings below $40 million (see Guidelines for more information).
| Organization | Maximum Size (billings in millions) |
| Advertising Agency, Interactive Agency, Public Relations Firm, Media/Publishing company | $40 |
| Advertiser in-house marketing department | $40 mktg budget |
| Video/audio production, web developers, animators, media company | $35 |
| Graphic design firm, Video/Film production, Display/Package design company | $30 |
| Not-for-profit organization, Creative boutiques, Commercial art/photography | $40 revenue |
- The submitter must have produced entries within the last two calendar years until the final deadline (all 2021, 2022, up through the final 2023 deadline.)
- Entries may not have been previously entered in the SCA competition unless 51% of the work is revised.
- All entries must be submitted for judging exactly as published, aired, or implemented and may not be modified for awards.
- The Summit Awards may request proof of initial production, publication, and/or air date.
- The Summit Awards reserves final determination on eligibility.
Judging scope
Each category employs slightly different judging criteria. Broadly, the following are the SCA judging criteria:
Strength of Concept/Ideation/Big Idea
Quality of Execution
Ability to Communicate and Persuade
Judges' Power Points
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