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American Advertising Awards
The American Advertising Awards is one of the industry's largest creative competitions, attracting nearly 35,000 professional and student entries each year through local club competitions. The mission of the American Advertising Awards is to recognize and reward the spirit of creative excellence in advertising.
2025 AMERICAN ADVERTISING AWARDS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2026
Time: 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Join us at the show!
Don't miss your chance to feel the creative energy blasting through the city and join us as we amplify the most electric work in the Columbus advertising scene.
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2025 AMERICAN ADVERTISING AWARDS
CALL FOR ENTRIES IS OPEN!
But first, take a moment, and look through Official Rule & Category Book.
Early Call for Entry Closes: January 9th
Call for Entry Closes: January 16th
If you have any questions, please reach out to addys@aafcolumbus.org.
INTERESTED IN BECOMING A SPONSOR?
AAF Columbus is a bustling community for professionals and students in the prominent circles of advertising, marketing, and creative. Our club’s uniqueness is our professional diversity, not defined by industry or discipline, brought together by a passion for craft and message.
Contact addys@aafcolumbus.org to learn more about how you can be a part of the American Advertising Awards.
American Advertising Awards 2025
The 2025 American Advertising Awards was our chance to feel the creative energy blasting through the city as we amplified the most electric work in the Columbus advertising scene.
American Advertising Awards 2024
Carpe diem! Seize the day. Impossible in nothing. The message comes in many shapes and sizes, but the meaning remains the same. Take the leap. It takes a certain mindset, and we all know it takes courage. There's a chance of falling and failing. But we as an industry throw logic and reason aside when we take a leap of faith. See the 2024 winners in the book below.
American Advertising Awards 2023
The 2023 American Advertising Awards honors the those who hook into our emotions and outlooks, leading us to follow their white rabbit into wonderland. Curiouser and curiouser.
American Advertising Awards 2022
Outstandingly ingenious industry talent. Hair-raisingly evocative creative ideas. They’re among us every day, hidden in plain sight. This year’s American Advertising Awards spotlights the most meritorious work of 2021, as judged by some of our industry’s most passionate and scrupulous influencers from around the nation.
American Advertising Awards 2021
Our Mission: To recognize and reward the spirit of creative excellence in advertising.
What a stellar night of creative!
This year’s award show was streamed directly to your device from cyberspace. But don’t worry, we’ve got some interstellar surprises that will rock your world.
Thank you to all our planetary entrants, visionary sponsors, our literal astronaut guest speaker, and our intrepid crew of committee members and volunteers!
American Advertising Awards 2020
The Show of Wonders was a spectacle like none other!
Marvin Scholarship Fund
Marvin Scholarship Fund Info
The purpose of this scholarship is to provide a $500 award to a deserving high school student who is going to attend an accredited college or university to undertake studies in the area of Marketing, Communications, Journalism and/or Advertising.
