Submissions for the 2025 IABC/Toronto OVATION Awards are now closed
The schedule of deadlines for this year’s awards program is:
- Call for entries Open: December 2, 2024
- Early Bird Deadline: December 20, 2024
- On-time deadline: January 31, 2025
All deadlines are 11:59 PM Eastern Time.
Time Frame
All eligible work must be implemented, published or broadcast between January 2022 and the day of submission. If a long-term strategy was developed prior to January 2022 and has not previously been entered, it is eligible for entry. If you entered your work in 2023 or 2024 and did not win an award, you may revise and re-enter your project. Entries that have won in previous years may not be resubmitted.
Entry Fees
| Entrant Type | Call for entries open December 2, 2024 | Early Bird Deadline December 20, 2024 | On-Time Deadline January 31, 2025 |
| Member* | $250 | $250 | $270 |
| Non-Member | $330 | $330 | $350 |
Entry fees in Canadian dollars (CAD). Tax Included. All deadlines are at 11:59 PM Eastern Time.
*Members must be a key contributor to the project submitted. You will be asked to provide your name and Member ID for validation.
Payment
Payment is the final step in the submission process. Entries must be paid in full before the deadline to be eligible for evaluation via credit card in the online system. Cheque or cash payment are not accepted.
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The 2025 IABC/Toronto OVATION Awards are divided into four divisions and more than 26 categories, and are open to both professionals and students. You may submit your entry in more than one category. Make sure that it meets the requirements of each category.