2025 American Advertising Awards
AAF Fort Wayne Annual COMPETITION
The 2025 ADDY® Awards are officially OPEN! 🎉
Calling all ad agencies, in-house teams, freelancers, and college students—now is the time to gather your very best work and enter the industry’s largest and most prestigious advertising competition.
This is the first of a three-tier advertising competition—the largest in the nation. For the 2025 calendar year, advertising professionals as well as college students will compete to win an Addy, and for the chance to compete at the district and then national level.
New this year: Fort Wayne is proud to host the ADDY Awards for all of Northern Indiana! From Indianapolis to Muncie, Lafayette, and South Bend—we want to see your work represented, with all Gold entries moving onto our regional competition!
Entry Deadline: January 23, 2026 Eligibility Window:
Work must have been created between January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025
Showcase your creativity. Celebrate your team. Compete with the best in Northern Indiana.
To learn more, visit our FAQ page.
2025 Awards timeline
Dec 15 - Entry opens
January 23 - Deadline for Submissions (closes at 11:59pm)
January 26-31 - Judging of Entries
Feb 28 - Awards Ceremony at The Pearl Event Center (Details coming soon!)