Thank you for purchasing your ticket(s). Your ticket(s) will be available at the door on the night of the event.

All materials must have been created in the Twin Cities area and published/broadcast/posted distribute between the dates of July 1, 2009 and July 1, 2010. Entries may originate from any individual or organization that has created, produced, or directed the material. The purpose of this event is to celebrate the work that has local roots.

For student entries, all work must have been produced in the Twin Cities by students enrolled in a recognized program.

A subcommittee of The Show Committee will review all entries and will have authority to question, re-classify or reject any entry where eligibility is in doubt. Their decision is final. The Show Committee reserves the right to question the authenticity of any entry. Our goal is to provide everyone with the best opportunity to win an award in a fair and equitable arena.

To ensure judging impartiality, your entries must be presented without agency branding or any reference to your agency or anyone who has contributed to the entry. The Show Committee reserves the right to disqualify your entry or entries if they feel that an entry presents any reference to an agency or its employees.

All entries accepted for competition may be used in any and all presentations authorized by the Advertising Federation of Minnesota. By submitting entries to The Show, the entrant grants permission to The Show to duplicate, play or display the entries as the above deems appropriate for presentation or promotional purposes.

The Advertising Federation of Minnesota cannot, under any circumstance, accept responsibility for loss or damage to work submitted, and cannot be responsible for winning entries that have been misrepresented. While we will make every effort to ensure complete accuracy throughout the process, we cannot fully eliminate error and cannot entertain compensation for such errors. Upon entry, you understand and accept this possibility.

We will have people checking the central email box throughout the day until about 7 p.m. We may call or email you in response and we may even need to ask you follow-up questions to better serve you.

If you were a student, in a recognized school program, between the dates of July 1, 2009 and July 1, 2010 when you created the work, then yes.

Each entry or elements of entries may be entered into multiple categories. For example, elements of a print advertisement, such as illustration or photography, may be be entered separately in their respective individual categories as well as being components of a print ad entry. A piece can also be cross-entered as a single piece or in a campaign. Cross-entering maximizes your opportunities to win an award. However, you will be charged the entry fee for each submission.

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Upon signing up, and being logged in, you may submit your entries. Good Luck!

• 1) Make sure you have as much information about the entry as possible (ie. Title, Client, Credits, etc.), BEFORE starting the entry process
• 2) Login to your account, or sign up if you haven't done so already and go to the Submit Entry page.
• 3) Complete the Submit Entry form by entering all required fields and uploading your entry assets, making sure your files meet the requirements
• 4) Once you have completed your entry, you may submit additional entries, or proceed to payment by clicking the Submit & Pay button.
• 5) In order for your entry/entries to be submitted successfully into The Show, you must proceed through checkout and payment. However, you can save your entr(ies) and return later to complete entry, submit additional entries or pay.

You may pay upon submitting your entries, or you may log out, and come back later to pay. HOWEVER, your entries are not thrown into the pool of entries to be Judged until payment has been made. All payments must be made through PayPal. We are no longer set up to accept checks.

When naming/labeling your files, please use the following naming convention:

CategoryID_ClientName_EntryTitle_#.ext (_# is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 depending upon how many files you are uploading for that entry - file extension depends on file type; .jpg, .mp3, etc.)

You will provide a URL to a landing page which contains links to your individual entry(ies). These entries must be accessible without login or password. List EntryTitle, Category, CategoryID, ClientName, and Url on the landing page. The url that you provide is a direct link to the digital entry. Make sure to upload 3-5 screen grabs of your site. We will be using these screen grabs to verify your site. Also these screen grabs will be used for the book, reel and displays if your work gets in.
Please call Jeff DeKeuster at 651.270.7449 with question

Please enter credits using the pull-down menu. The credits are listed by job function, not by title. We ask that you limit your credits to 10 individuals, we cannot guarantee more then those 10 will be in the book or reel.

"Other" is a title field that you may fill in to accommodate a job function that is not specifically listed. Please use the pull-down functions whenever possible.

Please submit 3-5 files for your campaign entries.

Entries which use your agency logo, branding, or make reference to anyone who has contributed to your entry anywhere within your files, unless the submission is for Self-Promotion, will be disqualified.

Please complete all required fields in the SUBMIT ENTRY form. A description of your entry in the Entry Description field on the Entry form will help the Judges to understand how this entry reached the target audience, who the target audience was and what the objective was.

Depending upon which sub-category you are entering, will determine which file types are required. The following are a few of the specific requirements for certain categories: