The hunt for the Golden Drums is on
The Golden Drum advertising festival will take place in Portorož, Slovenia, from October 14 to 19, 2007. The deadline for submissions to the Open Competition is September 10, 2007. In addition, Corbis—represented in Switzerland by Specter—is hosting a competition that recognizes the creative use of photos in advertising.
From October 14 to 19, 2007, the Golden Drum advertising festival will take place in Portoroz, Slovenia. Workshops, seminars and exhibitions will be held over the five days, with evening events rounding off the program. Around 1,800 delegates from Southern and Eastern Europe are expected to attend. The festival ends with a grand awards ceremony on October 19. The Golden Drum New Europe Competition is open to agencies from Central and Eastern Europe, while the Golden Drum Open Competition is open to agencies from all over the world. The following categories are available for the latter competition: Design & Art Direction, Interactive, Media Campaigns, Film & TV Promo, Advertising Campaigns, Open Ad TV, Open Ad Print and Open Ad Web Design. Entries must have been published for the first time between January 1, 2006 and September 9, 2007. The deadline for these two competitions is September 10, 2007.
There are also other competitions: the Portorož Piran Advertising Awards, the Corbis Photography Award, the Prologue and the Western European ICAC Pre-Selection (see
). Entries for these awards must be submitted by August 31, 2007. The Corbis Award for Creative Photography is organized by Corbis, which is represented in Switzerland by the Ringier subsidiary Specter. The competition rewards the creative use of photos in advertising with 5,000 euros. The following categories are on offer: Print, Online, Promotion, Direct Mailing, Packaging and Outdoor. Every European agency and every photographer is eligible to take part. The work may or may not have been published. The prerequisite is that they were created in 2006 or 2007. The shortlist of the award will be exhibited in the Minorit Monastery in Piran (neighboring Portoroz).
There are also other competitions: the Portorož Piran Advertising Awards, the Corbis Photography Award, the Prologue and the Western European ICAC Pre-Selection (see
). Entries for these awards must be submitted by August 31, 2007. The Corbis Award for Creative Photography is organized by Corbis, which is represented in Switzerland by the Ringier subsidiary Specter. The competition rewards the creative use of photos in advertising with 5,000 euros. The following categories are on offer: Print, Online, Promotion, Direct Mailing, Packaging and Outdoor. Every European agency and every photographer is eligible to take part. The work may or may not have been published. The prerequisite is that they were created in 2006 or 2007. The shortlist of the award will be exhibited in the Minorit Monastery in Piran (neighboring Portoroz).
