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This year marks a fundamental shift for Creative Circle. Here are just some of the new things you can expect:

A new president

This year, we welcome Ed Morris as our new President. Ed is one of the most awarded creatives of his generation, regularly sitting on global advertising juries and lecturing to students across the world. His career spans some of the best of the UK’s advertising agencies, including TBWA, BBH, DDB and Lowe, and he is now Creative Partner at Rapier. As a prior recipient of the Creative Circle President’s Award, Ed has high ambitions for our future.

A new website

After almost ten years, we thought it was about time we got a new site. Out with the old. Our new HTML5 site has been created by artist, coder, and graphic designer Stewdio (Stewart Smith), using the Bootstrap (Jürg Lehni) and Paper.js (Jürg Lehni, Jonathan Puckey) frameworks.

As time goes by, you’ll see a number of little dots appear around the logo; each tiny dot represents a particular piece of work. As judging happens, you’ll be able to watch these entries move towards the centre of the circle, live. With the winner of the Platinum Award finally taking the centre spot in the middle of the logo. Of course, you won’t be able to see the winning entries until the 2012 honours night.

A new venue

This year and for the first time, we’ll be holding our honours night at the Roundhouse, one of London’s most famous venues. It was here that The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd made their names and The Doors played their only UK gig.

As a space it’s incredible (and apt, being circular). But as an organisation, the Roundhouse is an even better fit—with a dedication to helping young people explore their creativity through their creative education programme Creative Projects.

A new award

Our new award is currently in the design process. Come back soon for interesting developments…

The Creative Circle is judged purely on creative excellence by the marketing creative community in the UK. Its about great ideas, fresh thinking and beautiful craft. If you want an award for response rates, effectiveness or ROI, youve come to the wrong place. The Creative Circle is about creativity, whatever the medium.

We've revised and extended some of the categories this year - new categories are highligted below. Hover over a category for a description of requirement.

Single Categories are judged separately to Campaign categories.
All entries have facility for the entrant to explain/describe the idea in 100 words or under.
All film entries must not exceed 3 minutes per film.

Download a copy (PDF) of the Terms and Conditions here.

Terms and Conditions of Entry

1. The Creative Circle Awards are open to all those involved in advertising and communication - Advertising Agencies, Production Companies, Advertisers, etc. throughout The UK.
2. It is the responsibility of the entrant to ensure that the commissioning client has the rights to use the intellectual property of the brand advertised. Entries cannot be made without the prior permission of the advertiser/owner of the rights of the advertisement.
3. The Creative Circle Award Organisers may refuse entries, which offend national or religious sentiments or public taste.
4. Entries must not have been entered in Creative Circle Awards in previous years.
5. Any entry which, up to and including the final day of judging, has infringed any voluntary or regulatory codes of practice, is not eligible. It is the responsibility of the entrant to inform the Creative Circle Award Organisers should any infringement have arisen prior to the judging and Awards Ceremony.
6. All Entries must be designed for screening, transmission or publication on television, cinema, on printed material, mobile phones, the internet, or public areas and must have been implemented for the first time between 1st December 2011 to the end of January 2013. Entries cannot be cancelled or removed from the competition after the 25th January 2013.
7. All entries must have been made within the context of a normal paying contract with a client, except in the charities and public services categories. That Client must have paid for all, or the majority of the media costs.
9. The Creative Circle Award organisers may contact the client related to any entry at the request of the jury at any time during the voting process should any questions about the implementation or presentation of the work arise.
10. All entry forms must be completed online at creativecircle.co.uk
12. An entry will not be considered complete until it has been paid for.

Enforcement of the Rules

1. All entries must be submitted for judging exactly as published, aired or implemented and may not be modified for awards entry.
2. Directors cuts, spec ads and conceptual advertising are not eligible.
3. The Creative Circle Award organisers reserve the right to request a full media schedule from each entrant company to verify the authenticity of the ad(s) in the event that entry is shortlisted or a winner.
4. In the event of a complaint against any winning or shortlisted entry, the Creative Circle Award organisers will conduct a full investigation into each case and will request detailed documentation from all parties concerned including the complainant, the entrants and the client.
5. The Creative Circle Award organisers will have no hesitation in withdrawing an award in cases where the complaint is upheld.
6. Entrants or companies who are proved to have deliberately and knowingly contravened any rules relating to eligibility may be barred from entering the awards for a period of time following the Awards as specified by the organisers.

Judging

All entries will be judged by a UK based jury of creative people. There are 3 rounds of judging. Two of these are conducted online with the final, Gold round being chaired by the President at a UK venue. Round One will involve each entry being scored out of 10. The juries here are made up from the Creative Circle registered creative’s from around our industry. The 5 highest scoring entries in each sub category will go through to Round Two. In Round Two, Senior creative’s that have been invited by the President from around the industry will again score entries out of 10. The combined average score out of 10 from Round One and Two will decide which 3 entries from each category are shortlisted to go into the final Gold Judging round. The Gold jury will be made up of 20 senior creative’s with expertise in each field represented. Here debate and discussion will proceed the voting. Each vote here is conducted using a hand held device so each voter and result is completely confidential. In each main category there is at least one Gold winner as well as Silvers and Nominated winners. Once all the Gold’s have been decided it is then left to the President to decide which of the Gold’s is the Gold of Gold’s winner of which there shall only be one. At all voting stages, a judge is prevented from voting for any entry submitted by his/her agency(ies). The decision of the Juries in all matters relating to the awarding of prizes will be final and binding.

Awards

The Awards given are as follows:
• There is one Gold of Gold’s winner awarded. In each category there is a Gold winner as well as Silver and Nominated winners. At the Awards ceremony only the Gold of Gold’s and the Gold winners are awarded with segments of the Circle. All awards will be given to the entrant companies. Duplicate trophies can be purchased by other participating parties after the awards ceremony.
• Certificates are produced and two are given to the winners of each Gold, Silver and Nominated winner. Duplicate certificates are also available for purchase.

Treatment and Publication of Entries

1. Entrants may be required to supply additional material of any shortlisted or winning work for the publication of the winners and any promotional publication and exhibitions held after the Awards ceremony.
2. In order to promote the awards, each entrant authorises the Organisers to screen or publish his ads with or without charge at public or private presentations, wherever and as often as the Organisers think fit.
3. In addition, each entrant undertakes to allow the lending or selling by the Organisers of the entries to any interested public or private organisation with a view to promoting the awards either directly or indirectly.
4. Any entry may be compiled by the Organisers into a collection of entries. Such a collection may not, nor may any extracts of it, be copied, marketed or sold by any organisation other than the awards Organisation or any organisation authorised to do so by the awards Organisation.
5. Each entrant agrees to assist the awards Organisers in supporting any legal action that may be taken to prevent a breach of this condition and to supply information to the Organisers immediately should they become aware that an unauthorised collection or compilation is available for sale or distribution.
6. Each entrant agrees to hold the award Organisers harmless of any claims that may be made against them by reason of any such screenings or publishing. Winners have the right to use any award given to them for promotional purposes on condition that this is correctly described.
7. All entrants must accept that their entries may be used in the Creative Circles Archive.
8. Each entrant confirms to the Organisers that they have the legal right to enter the awards on the terms of these Entry Rules. Each entrant indemnifies the Organisers against all liability to any other person, firm or company and all loss arising from a breach by the entrant of any of these rules.

Miscellaneous

1. Each entrant accepts full responsibility for the quality of entries and discharges the Organisers from any responsibility in respect of third parties.
2. All entrants will strictly observe the Entry Rules. Completion and sending of the Entries Payment Form will imply full acceptance by each entrant of the Creative Circles Rules. Non-compliance with any of the Entry Rules will result in automatic disqualification of the entry.
3. The decisions of the Creative Circle awards Organisers in all matters relating to the awards show shall be final and binding.
4. In the event of a win, any duties, fees and charges accrued from the transporting of the trophy, will be covered by the recipient, not the Creative Circle.
5. The Creative Circle Ltd, shall not be deemed to be in breach of this Agreement or otherwise liable to the Client for any failure or delay in performing its obligations under this Agreement as a result of an event or series of connected events outside the reasonable control of The Creative Circle (including, without limitation, acts of God, floods, lightning, storm, fire, explosion, natural disaster (including, without limitation, ash cloud), war, military operations, acts of terrorism or threats of any such acts, any strike action, lock-outs or other industrial action, or governmental or regulatory order (including prohibitions on public gatherings) and a pandemic, epidemic (such as swine flu or other disease) or other widespread illness, individually or collectively being an "Event of Force Majeure").

The Creative Circle is judged purely on creative excellence by the marketing creative community in the UK. It’s about great ideas, fresh thinking and beautiful craft. If you want an award for response rates, effectiveness or ROI, you’ve come to the wrong place. The Creative Circle is about creativity, whatever the medium.

All entries will be judged by a UK based jury of creative people.

Every creative is a judge. Each and every day, we watch, read, interact with and download ad after ad after ad. We consume more than any other demographic out there. It’s kind of an obsession. And we can’t help but have a say on it all.

That’s cool. That’s crap. That’s boring. That’s smart. That’s funny. That’s awesome. That’s a ripoff. Wish I’d done that. Bet the client fucked that up. Visual pun. Erroneous apostrophe. Done in Brazil in 1979. Bound to pick up a ton of awards. Turkey of the Week. Best. Ad. Ever.

Of course, when it comes to big awards ceremonies, very few of us actually get our say. And in fact, it becomes less about the opinion of the industry, and more about the opinion of an elite few. They’re the best of us, yes – but shouldn’t everyone’s opinion count?

That’s why, in 2013, we’re inviting every creative to be a judge.

If your agency has entered the Creative Circle awards in the past, or intends to this year, we’ll be getting in touch to invite your creative department to take part as online judges.

Small groups of creatives will then mark entries out of 10. The highest scoring of those will be judged again by a jury of senior creatives. And they will select the work that goes on to the Gold jury – those elite few who decide the final winners.

Now doesn’t that sound a bit fairer.

Below is a brief description of how the three rounds of Judging will be conducted 3 rounds of judging. Two of these are online with the final, Gold round, being chaired by the President at a UK venue.

Round One will involve each entry being scored out of 10. The juries here are made up from the Creative Circle registered creatives from around our industry. The 5 highest scoring entries in each sub category will go through to Round Two.

Round Two, Senior creatives that have been invited by the President from around the industry will again score entries out of 10. The combined average score out of 10 from Round One and Two will decide which 3 entries from each category are shortlisted to go into the final Gold Judging round.

The final round, the Gold jury, will be made up of 20 senior creatives with expertise in each field represented. Here debate and discussion will proceed the voting. Each vote here is conducted using a hand held device so each voter and result is completely confidential. In each main category there is at least one Gold winner as well as Silvers and Nominated winners.

Once all the Gold's have been decided it is then left to the President to decide which of the Gold's is the Gold of Gold's winner of which there shall only be one.

At all voting stages, a judge is prevented from voting for any entry submitted by his/her agency(ies). The decision of the Juries in all matters relating to the awarding of prizes will be final and binding.

We at the Creative Circle intend to have the fairest and most democratic voting process of all the advertising/marketing awards bodies. To be eligible, you must be employed as a creative and working in the advertising/marketing industry.

Thursday 14th March 2013 at the Roundhouse

Arrival from 6:30pm

£199 pp until 31 January
£225 pp from 1 February

Please complete and submit the form below.

If you have a query or are having trouble booking, please contact honoursnight@creativecircle.co.uk or call 0207 636 1223.

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Pre-order drinks for your table from The London Kitchen** The London Kitchens will be in touch to process your drinks order. Drinks can be paid for via credit card.

Champagne		1 bottle 2 bottles 3 bottles 4 bottles 5 bottles 6 bottles 7 bottles 8 bottles 9 bottles 10 bottles
Prosecco Spumante (£29.50) St Evremond Champagne (£47.00) Perrier Jouet (£65.00)
White Wine		1 bottle 2 bottles 3 bottles 4 bottles 5 bottles 6 bottles 7 bottles 8 bottles 9 bottles 10 bottles
Pinot Grigio Rosato Ca'Lunghetta (£25.00) Ironbark Chardonnay (£27.50) Sauvignon de Touraine Caves de la Tourangelle (£30.00) Chablis 1er Cru Vaillons 'Church Label' (£36.00)
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Merlot Ca'Lunghetta (£25.00) Côtes Du Rhône Villages De Genets (£30.00) Pinot Noir Clifford Bay (£35.00) Malbec Lagarde, Lujan De Cuyo (£38.00)
Beer		1 set 2 sets 3 sets 4 sets 5 sets 6 sets 7 sets 8 sets 9 sets 10 sets
6 bottles of Becks (£20.00)6 bottles of Peroni (£22.00)
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** drinks pre-orders will be accepted until Friday 8 March 2013. After this time it may still be possible to pre-order, but only a reduced wine list will be available. The same is applicable on the night. Prices will differ on the night. A cash bar is available on the night.

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If you have any queries about your booking please contact honoursnight@creativecircle.co.uk or call 0207 636 1223.

Deadline

All entries must be submitted prior to end of day on Friday, 25 January Friday 1 February. Entry deadline has been extended by one week!

Eligibility

All entries must have been produced in the UK and paid for to appear in the UK media or on-air promotions between 1 December 2011 and 15 January 2013.

Entry fees

Television
Single entry £195
Campaign £275

All other media
Single £175
Campaign £250

Submitting media

Film and Film Craft categories. You are required to upload a video (H264 Quicktime .MOV 250MB max).

Radio categories. You are required to upload an audio file.

Press, Press Craft, Outdoor and Outdoor Craft categories. You are required to upload a JPEG with a brief synopsis of no more than 100 words.

Digital and Digital Craft categories. You are required to submit a URL which links directly or indirectly to the work in its live or ‘as live’ form. This should allow the jury to interact with your work. A video (H264 Quicktime .MOV 250MB max) may be submitted to support the entry but a video alone will only be considered where it is felt that there is no other way for the jury to experience the work.

Direct and Direct Craft categories. You are required to upload a JPEG with a brief synopsis of no more than 100 words.

Experiential categories. You are required to upload either a video (H264 Quicktime .MOV 250MB max), or a JPEG with a brief synopsis of no more than 100 words.

Design and Design Craft categories. You are required to upload a JPEG with a brief synopsis of no more than 100 words.

General categories. You are required to upload either a video (H264 Quicktime .MOV 250MB max), or a JPEG with a brief synopsis of no more than 100 words.

Buy your tickets for 2013 at 2012 prices

Tickets for the 2013 Creative Circle Ball and Awards are £225 per person. But if you book before 14 February 2013, we’ll give you the 2012 price of just £199pp.

Back at the Roundhouse

Since last year was so big, so much fun, and just so right, we’ll be back at the Roundhouse next year. We’ll have another big musical number. More great work. More great people. More great drinks. And loads more students and young people desperate to impress you in any way they can. (Google Map)

Students

Student tickets are now available for only £10pp. Spaces are limited. Please email students@creativecircle.co.uk.

After the huge success of last year, we're opening up the 2013 Creative Circle Ball and Awards to students once more. As ever, spaces are limited and the tickets will remain £10 each.