Effie 2026 Entry Forms Templates & Entry Kit
Please find below all templates for your cases. Teams should use these documents while crafting the submission to enable easy collaboration with team members and partner companies. Still, the submission will be made online here! All info will be added online, in the dedicated fields – you do not have to upload these templates (except for the Authorization & Verification Form – which you will be generated by the online platform, the one shown here is just for you to see the info required)
please read the full Entry Kit for details for all needed information & materials
entry forms
for all categories (including Shopper Marketing)
for category Sustained Success
authorization & verification Form for all categories (including Sustained Success)
! This is just for you to see the info required, the final Authorization & Verification Form will be generated by the online platform once you fill in all info.
Updated Permissions Agreement: Our Competition Terms and associated permissions granted by entrants have been updated for 2026. Full details on publication, confidentiality and use of entry materials are available in the Effie Awards Authorization Form (which contains our Competition Terms) available in the Entry Portal. It is important that you read and understand this Form, which contains the Competition Terms of Entry, prior to submitting your entry to the Competition.
Required: Upload on the platform 1 signed copy of the Agreement (electronic signatures are accepted). All Company/Individual Credits & Publication Permission details must be completed in the online entry system before printing and signing this form.
The Authorization & Verification Agreement must be signed by an agency or client executive in a departmental or account leadership position (e.g. Head of Account Planning, Head of Client Services, Group Account Director, etc.).
Please carefully review the document in its entirety, complete the required details and sign in the designated space at the end of the document.
Useful tools for the entries
Acclaim Video Tutorial
Acclaim Video Tutorial about the Effie Online Portal – before joining the competition, see first this video tutorial for how this platform works. The tutorial is made Effie College 2022 – Tutorial Platforma Online (Acclaim), so keep in mind that:
a. small changes appeared from then
b. see it to understand better how to navigate the online platform, for Effie Romania rules & other requirements go back to the Entry Kit.
Multi-Category Submission Settings – Effie Romania Acclaim
See here the steps to use in the Effie Online Portal in order to enter multiple categories. The platform allows you to add one answer dedicated to one category and another answer for another category, while filling in the entry form at the same time for all chosen categories (since some questions will apply to multiple categories, others will be different, so you don’t need to copy-paste where the same answer applies)