Rules & Criteria

The Bees Awards invite you to Submit Your Entries and get recognition for your work!

Awarding Criteria

• 3 points for Strategy
  Respects and proves clear understanding of the challenge. Provides an efficient and interesting way to respond.
• 3 points for Creativity
  Demonstrates innovation, originality, or great elegance in the entry or the campaign.
• 3 points for Fabulous Results
  Brings quantitative results (ex: increase of 10% of sales, decrease of customers' complaints by 15%, has 10,000 registrations, etc.) or qualitative results (ex: customers comments, new partnerships, new products, etc).
• 1 point for “Royal Jelly"
  Ability to inspire the profession and of exceptional quality.

Rules

• Jury proclaims one winner per category (ex aequo are allowed). 
• Jury reserves the right to grant an entry with the mention of “Royal Jelly” for exceptional and inspiring quality for the profession.
• Jury reserves the right not to grant any award in any category where the highest standard of best practice is not received.
• Jury reserves the right to change an entry category or to consider an entry extract.
• Entry must be real from a real campaign for a real client and that took place between January 1, 2010 and April 15, 2011.
• Entry is NOT limited to the US market only. Any consultant or agency around the world can enter.
• Entry must be in English or have an English translation joined.
• Each entry charge is $300. An entry is one piece in one category. The same entry in 2 different categories will be charged at $600 (2 x $300).
• The entry charge will increase as follow:
  - $220 until Feb 11, 2011;
  - $260 from Feb 12 to March 4, 2011;
  - $300 from March 5, 2011 until the Deadline of Entry.
• The student entry charge is $25 for the categories: Best Student Work and World Student Brief
• The Deadline of Entry is April 15, 2011 at midnight PST (Pacific Standard Time).
• Applicants will need to certify that they own the rights to entries or have their client's permission to submit the entry. Once the client agrees to submit the entry to the Bees Awards, they will allow the results to be verified.
• Potential winning entries will have results verified prior to announcement.
• Recommended work will be considered as an official award entry upon the recommended contact completing an official award entry and making the application payment. 
• All entry costs are non-refundable.
• All traveling, shipping, printing and filing costs will be at applicant's charge.
• All entries, except nominees and winners, will be kept confidential prior to, during and after the award ceremony.
• Organizing committee reserves the right to refuse entries based on lack of completion, clarity or quality that meet basic professional standards.
• All entries must be completed and paid in full by April 15, 2011 at midnight PST (Pacific Standard Time).
• Nominees will be announced two weeks before the award ceremony.
• Awardees will be announced during the award ceremony.
• The award ceremony date will be announced shortly.

Should you have any questions, please write at [email protected].