New ideas competition awards prizes for online advertising concepts

 The portals StudiVZ.net, Handelsblatt.com, Wiwo.de and Zeit Online, which all belong to the German publishing house Holtzbrinck, are launching a joint ideas competition for web design professionals and students. The competition is intended to help promote students with good and innovative advertising ideas and offer them a platform for their ideas, as reported by New-business.de. The prize is awarded to the best online advertising concept. It should consist of proposals for the design of the advertising material and a brief explanation of the advertising strategy. The competition is also open to Swiss participants, as Handelsblatt spokeswoman Nina Rauschenbach told Werbewoche. The jury, which is made up of various representatives from the online portals, will select five nominees who will be presented with their concepts on the portals in advance. The winner will receive two tickets for next year's Cannes Lions Festival including flight and hotel. In addition, Handelsblatt.com, Wiwo.de and Zeit Online will report on the award winners. Their works will be made available and explained on the websites. The award ceremony will take place on September 25 at the OMD trade fair in Düsseldorf.