To be eligible for AdPrint Festival, all prints must have been produced in one of the following countries:

Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican.

All prints must have been published or displayed for the first time between 20th of December 2008 and 20th of December 2009. The prints must not have been entered in the festival in previous years.

The organizers may refuse prints which offend national or religious sentiments or public taste.

All the Creative Teams are submitted in the competition by the Agencies they represent.

The participating agencies should respect these criteria and take full responsibility for the declared facts.

All entries must have been made within the context of a normal paying contract with a client, except in the Social Services, Public Awareness sections where it may not be the case. That client must have paid for all, or the majority of, the media costs.

Each ad constitutes one entry. Ads which form a campaign must be entered and paid for as single entries, but will be displayed consequently as a campaign.

The Jury reserves the right to move an entry from one category /section to another if they consider it was submitted into the wrong category.

Entries that are not in English should be translated (as long as the presentation is the same as the original version) or accompanied by a full translation. It will be in your own interest to explain or translate any specific word play or local, social, cultural or political references and nuances.

AdPrint reserves the right to request a full media schedule from each entrant creative team / agency to verify the authenticity of the ad(s) in the event that entry is shortlisted or a winner. You must make sure that no reference to your agency is included on the entry.

In the event of a complaint against any winning or shortlisted entry, the Festival organisers will conduct a full investigation into each case and will request detailed documentation from all parties concerned including the complainant, the entrants and the client. The Festival organizers will have no hesitation in withdrawing an award in cases where the complaint is upheld.

The Festival organizers may contact the client related to any entry at the request of the jury at any time during the voting process, should any questions about the implementation or presentation of the work arise.

Entries in the Social services, Public Awareness sections are excluded from gaining points, as well as from winning the Grand Prix in Category A.AdPrint OUTDOOR&POSTER

and in Category B.AdPrint PRESS&MAGAZINE.

Only the information contained in the forms will be reproduced if your entry is shortlisted or a winner. It is very important that this information is full and correct. Please carefully check and re-check the credits you have entered. If you are shortlisted or a winner, these credits will be published on our website during the Festival exactly as you have typed them here. Any amendments or additions to credits made after 15th of February 2010 will imply costs.

Image specifications: you must upload a web image: .jpg, .png, .gif (RGB) and a print image: .tif, 300dpi, CMYK, longest side should have maximum 420mm.

Direct & Collateral entries require also a physical sample of the item that will be displayed at the festival. The organizers must receive this sample by 1st of March 2010.

Entries in Unconventional Print Media category consist of a basic description of the project: one presentation page that will be a summary of the entry. It should contain some key visuals and a short synopsis (key points of your explanation) in English. The text must have no more than 100 words.

Any material submitted in the course of entering the awards becomes the property of the organizers and cannot be returned.

AdPrint and its partners are entitled to reproduce, copy, record, publish, distribute and broadcast the creative work registered in the competition in order to promote the Festival.

Each entrant accepts full responsibility for the quality of entries and discharges the Festival Organizers from any responsibility in respect of third parties.

All entrants will strictly observe the Entry Rules. Completion and signature/sending of the Entries Payment Form will imply full acceptance by each entrant of the Festival Rules.

Entries cannot be removed from the festival in any way after 15th of February 2010.