Due to the large number of entry extension requests that the ESA office received on the official cut-off day last Friday, we have decided to extend the submission deadline for a further week.
The new deadline for entries to the 2016 ESA Excellence Awards is Friday 7th October after which submissions will not be accepted.
Some of the new categories for this year are:
• Best Newcomer to Sponsorship
• Exhibition or Conference Award
• Film Industry Sponsorship Award
These new categories expand upon the already established discipline and sector focused* Awards:
• Arts & Culture Sponsorship Awards
• B2B Activation Award
• Best Use of Digital
• Best Use of Hospitality Activation
• Best Use of Innovation in Sponsorship
• Best Use of PR
• Best Use of Social Media
• Best Use of Sponsorship across Multiple Markets
• Community Sponsorship Award
• CSR Partnership Award
• Employee Engagement Award
• Live Music Sponsorship Award
• Mass Participation Sponsorship Award
• Media Sponsorship Award
• Rights Holder Award
• Sport Sponsorship Award
*These special categories cannot be entered:
ESA Best of Europe (nominated)
ESA Sponsorship of the Year (voted)
Full Awards information can be found here