D SHOW CALL FOR ENTRIES IS OPEN

Ready to enter? Here’s the lowdown.

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WHO:

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The D Show recognizes the amazing breadth and depth of the creative talent in Detroit.

Call for entries is proudly open to any Detroit-based agency, client, design studio, broadcaster, publisher, production house, freelancer, student artist or individual responsible for the development and/or execution of creative work.

All entries must have been first published, posted or aired in their original form between June 1, 2019 and December 31, 2020. Yes, this year the eligible time period is longer than in years prior.

Entries are open January 11th.

Regular deadline is February 12th.

(Extended deadlines are Feb 26th and March 5th — Note: entry fee increases the longer you wait.)

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The Shortlist will be announced at the end of April and the Best Of notices will start to go out in May.

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The categories have been streamlined, updated and optimized. So take a good long look and enter wisely.

Check all the categories out in detail at the link.

RELIVE THE 2019 D SHOW

DIVERSITY IN THE D

Adcraft, in partnership with the Detroit marketing community, is committed to supporting diversity within the Detroit marketing industry. Through this partnership and the "Diversity in the D" scholarship, we support minority students in their Juniors and Seniors college years by providing them with mentorship, financial support, and experience gained through internships. 

Here’s how it works:

• College Junior Year (2021): $5000 Scholarship + Mentorship

• College Senior Year (2022): $5000 Scholarship + Mentorship 

• 10-week paid internship to be completed during Junior or Senior year

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Scholarship funding, mentorship and internship for the 2021-2022 program cycle is generously provided by Imagination. Imagination is an experience design agency, independent for 50 years and founded on the principle of Independent Creativity.

Sarah Hua, Diversity in the D awardee and Jenn Kerasiotis, SVP, Group Creative Director, Leo Burnett Detroit, 2019-2020 program sponsor

Noor Jamaladin, 2020-2021 Diversity in the D awardee and Sue Mersch, SVP, Group Creative Director, GTB, 2020-2021 program sponsor