To be eligible for AdPrint Festival, all prints must have been produced in one of the following countries:

Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Georgia, Gibraltar, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,Moldova,Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Ukraine, Vatican City State.

All works must have been published or displayed for the first time between 1st of January 2011 and 31st of January 2012. The works must not have been entered in the festival in previous years.

The organizers may refuse prints which offend national or religious sentiments or public taste.

All Creative Teams are submitted in the competition by the Agencies they represent and all individuals can enter themselves or can be registered by the agencies they worled for. In order to enter the competition, all entrants must have the permission of all co-authors of the work (client / agency).

The participating agencies should respect these criteria and take full responsibility for the declared facts.

All entries must have been made within the context of a normal paying contract with a client, except in the Social Services, Public Awareness sections where it may not be the case. That client must have paid for all, or the majority of, the media costs.

Each work constitutes one entry. Ads which form a campaign must be entered and paid for as single entries, but will be displayed consequently as a campaign. Branding schemes will be considered one entry.

The Jury reserves the right to move an entry from one category /section to another if they consider it was submitted into the wrong category.

Entries that are not in English must be translated: on the work - as long as the presentation is the same as the original version or accompanied by a full written translation (use the translation field in the entry form). It will be in your own interest to explain or translate any specific word play or local, social, cultural or political references and nuances.

AdPrint reserves the right to request a full media schedule from each entrant to verify the authenticity of the works in the event that entry is shortlisted or a winner.

You must make sure that no reference to your agency (name / logo / signature) is included on the entry.

The Festival organizers may contact the client related to any entry at the request of the jury at any time during the voting process, should any questions about the implementation or presentation of the work arise.

In the event of a complaint against any winning or shortlisted entry, the Festival organisers will conduct a full investigation into each case and will request detailed documentation from all parties concerned including the complainant, the entrants and the client. The Festival organizers will have no hesitation in withdrawing an award in cases where the complaint is upheld.

Entries in the Social services, Public Awareness sections and in the Crafts and Best Individuals Categories are excluded from gaining points.

Only the information contained in the forms will be reproduced if your entry is shortlisted or a winner. It is very important that this information is full and correct. Please carefully check and re-check the credits you have entered. If you are shortlisted or a winner, these credits will be published on our website and materials exactly as you have typed them here. Any amendments or additions to credits made after 1st of April 2012 will imply costs.

AdPrint and its partners are entitled to reproduce, copy, record, publish, distribute and broadcast the creative work registered in the competition in order to promote the Festival.

Each entrant accepts full responsibility for the quality of entries and discharges the Festival Organizers from any responsibility in respect of third parties.

All entrants will strictly observe the Entry Rules. Completion and signature/sending of the Entries Payment Form will imply full acceptance by each entrant of the Festival Rules.

Entries cannot be removed from the festival in any way after 1st of April 2012.