frequently asked questions

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entering

No. You do not have to be a member of The One Club for Creativity or the Type Directors Club to participate in the Young Ones Student Awards.

However, members do receive discounts during the early and regular entry periods. For more details on membership, click here.

No, there is no limit to the number of students per team for most Young Ones Student Competitions. The exception to this rule is the client pitch, where teams can only be up to four (4) people.

Yes, but only one school can be listed as the Primary Credit. Additional schools should be listed under "Secondary Credits". Primary and Secondary schools will split points in the Global College Rankings.

Yes, Students can submit entries into more than one category in each discipline. Entries can only win up to two top awards in each discipline.

Finalists will be notified in April 2025. Winners will be publicly announced at the Young Ones Awards Show as part of Creative Week in NYC on May 12, 2025.

eligibility

Our entry requirements state that you must be a student or have graduated after the end of our 2024 Competition (March 15, 2024).

For our ADC, TDC and Portfolio Competition, any work created as a student is eligible. For our One Show / Brief Competition, the work must be created in response to one of our briefs between September 2024 and March 2025.

Work that has won (merit, trophy, or certificate) in a previous year at the Young Ones Student Awards is not eligible. This includes across ADC, TDC, and One Show disciplines (i.e. work that has won in the TDC 2024 Competition cannot be submitted to the ADC 2025 Competition, etc).

Work that has been submitted and has not won is eligible for resubmission. Work submitted as part of a Portfolio is eligible, regardless of it previously winning at the competition.

work & credits

All work generated for the Young Ones One Show/Brief Competition can only be added to your portfolio after the competition (May 12, 2025). Any work posted must contain a disclaimer stating that the piece was created solely for the purpose of the Young Ones Competition.

In rare cases, the Client or Brief Sponsor may request that the work not be added to an online portfolio or be embargoed until a specific date. In these cases, it will be noted on the brief.

Yes, but please ensure your professor is credited as a "Professor/Instructor". Do not credit your instructor or professor as any other type of creative. All creatives (copywriters, creative directors, illustrators, etc) credited on the project should be students.

Winners will be celebrated at the Young Ones Student Awards in New York City on May 12, 2025.

All finalists will be added to our Young Ones archive, and all finalists will receive an invitation to join The One Club for Creativity as a member for free for one year.

Each Gold, Silver, or Bronze Winner in the ADC, One Show, and Portfolio Competitions receive one physical award (Pencil, Cube, or Portfolio Award) per winning entry. Additional awards can be ordered at oneclub.org/store.

Winners in the TDC Competition will receive a TDC Certificate, as well as the opportunity to be part of the TDC Exhibition in New York City.

For clarification above, "Finalists" refers to Merit Winners, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Portfolio and TDC Winners. "Winners" refers to Bronze, Silver, Gold, Portfolio, and TDC Winners.

Reference Media is used by The One Club team for promotions and in our articles when judging media (specifically video pieces, websites, etc.) cannot be used in their entirety. Reference Media are often screenshots, single frames, or alternate angles of your work that represent your project. Reference Media may be made public, but will not be judged.

For image uploads, the reference media can be the same files as the judging media.

Reference the chart below to see which parts of an entry will be locked and when.

payment

Payment Codes are available for Faculty and Instructors to pay for their students together. We ask instructors/faculty to contact education@oneclub.org before anyone from your class enters their work.

Payment codes cannot be retroactively applied to entries that have been paid. When submitting work, students can select "Payment Code" as their Payment Method to add their entry to the group invoice.

No. By submitting entries into the competition, entrants are committing to pay for all entry fees in full.

Even if your payment was declined, your entries have been submitted. Confirmation can be found on the Invoices page in your account.

• Please contact your credit card provider to have your charge pre-approved.
• Once approved, go to the Invoices page and click "Online Credit Card" under Payment Status to launch the payment process again.
• Select Online Credit Card and proceed to pay using the pre-approved card, or select a different payment option.
• NOTE: DO NOT re-create the entries in your account and attempt to check out again. This will result in duplicate entries and invoices.

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