ADC 105th Annual Awards: Finalists from 39 countries announced
The global Art Directors Club has announced the finalists for the 105th Annual ADC Awards. The entries come from 39 countries. Area 23 New York leads with 21 finalists, followed by McCann New York with 20 finalists.
The global Art Directors Club has announced the finalists for the ADC 105th Annual Awards. A total of 668 entries from 39 countries and regions have made it to the final round. The ADC Annual Awards is the world's longest continuously running awards program, recognizing global excellence in craft and innovation in all forms of advertising and design since 1920.
Area 23 New York at the top
With 21 finalists, Area 23 New York leads the ranking. Five nominations go to the campaign «The Zip Code Exam» for the Equity Health Foundation, four each to «Cracked» for Mercy for Animals and «Kyikatejê» for Gavião Kyikatejê FC. Area 23 was closely followed by McCann New York with 20 finalists, including eleven for the Kotex campaign «Own Your Flow» and nine for «For Papa!» by Instacart.
International top performances
Squarespace New York has 19 finalists, 15 of which are for the «Unavailable» project. Klick Health Toronto has 18 nominations, including eleven for «18 Months» by Second Nurture. The Google Creative Team Mountain View is represented by 16 finalists, four each for «Thomas‘ Story» and the Netflix collaboration «Stranger Things in Search».
Other leading agencies are The New York Times Magazine New York with 14 finalists, Dentsu Inc. Tokyo and VML Health Spain Madrid with 13 each, Serviceplan Germany Munich with 12 and Rethink Toronto and TBWA\Media Arts Lab Los Angeles with 10 finalists each.
Award ceremony in May
All finalists will be awarded Gold, Silver or Bronze Cubes or Merits at the awards ceremony on May 13, 2026 during Creative Week 2026 in New York. Now in its 17th year, Creative Week brings together the advertising and design industry to celebrate the creative achievements of the One Club's leading global awards shows: ADC Annual Awards, The One Show and Young Ones Student Awards.
The complete List of finalists is available online. This year's global branding campaign for the ADC 105th Annual Awards was created by Dentsu Inc. Tokyo.
