Global award programs

Curious Felis Awards is an annual, globally open strategy case competition for marketing campaigns, operated by Kapital Media London Limited. Established in Istanbul in 2021, it recognizes work driven by strategic thinking and accepts entries from creative, communications, media and digital agencies, consultancies, and independent consultants. The program focuses on the strategic journey behind a campaign as well as its outcome, asking entrants to explain how insight, planning and execution contributed to impact. Entries are judged in two rounds by an international panel of strategy experts from advertisers, agencies, and media and technology providers. Jurors are excluded from categories involving their own organizations, and work is evaluated across problem solving and strategic approach, implementation of strategy, and results.

The Drum Awards Festival is the annual lighthouse awards event for the global marketing community, celebrating work across every key marketing discipline, including Design, Media, Advertising, PR, Social, Creator Marketing, Experiential and Digital Experience. One of the world’s largest marketing competitions and award shows, it brings together nine standalone discipline awards, each with its own categories, specialist jury and jury president, within one global celebration. The Festival also covers Social Purpose and Agency Business and culminates in discipline-specific awards shows. It is organised by The Drum, the marketing and media publisher owned by Carnyx Group Limited.

The Cannes Lions Awards are the undisputed global benchmark for creative excellence, brand storytelling, and high-impact communication. Since its inception in 1954, the festival has served as the "Oscars" of the advertising world, providing the most prestigious stage for the industry to celebrate work that drives progress and defines cultural moments. Its unparalleled credibility is rooted in a rigorous, multi-stage judging process conducted by world-class juries of global industry leaders who evaluate thousands of entries from over 90 countries. Winning a Cannes Lion—ranging from Bronze to the legendary Grand Prix—is the ultimate career milestone, signifying that a campaign has achieved the highest level of creative innovation, strategic brilliance, and effective implementation on a global scale.

The D&AD Awards are widely regarded as the world’s most prestigious benchmark for creative excellence in design and advertising. Established in 1962 by a group of London-based designers and art directors, the program’s credibility is defined by its famously rigorous judging process and the iconic D&AD Pencil—an trophy so difficult to win that it remains the ultimate career ambition for creatives globally. Unlike many other programs, D&AD is a non-profit organization that reinvests all surpluses back into the creative community to nurture next-generation talent. Winning a Wood, Graphite, Yellow, or the legendary Black Pencil signifies that a piece of work has reached the absolute pinnacle of craft, innovation, and aesthetic brilliance on a global scale.