IMPORTANT DATES
- Entry Opening – 10th June 2024
- Entry Closing – 5th September 2024, 11:59 PM Gulf Standard Time
- Entry deadline is final and there will be no extensions provided. The system will automatically prevent entry submissions after the deadline
- All entries must be for work completed between 1st September 2023 and the entry deadline 5th September 2024
- Finalists announced WC 14 October
- The 2024 Awards Presentation Ceremony and Winners Announcement: 28th November 2024
ENTRY COST
MEPRA members benefit from the exceptional 20% discount on all award entries.
Members: AED 865 per main entry
Members: AED 435 per additional entry for the same submission in each additional category
Non-members: 1295 AED per main entry
Non-members: 649 AED per additional entry for the same submission in each additional category
ENTRY GUIDELINES AND PROCESS
The Middle East Public Relations Awards are open to all parties involved in the use of public relations for communications purposes; public relations consultancies, freelancers, in-house communications departments, digital agencies, media owners, students and academia.
The submitting company, agency or their client must be headquartered or have an operational base within the Middle East region.
Companies or individuals may submit entries on behalf of themselves or others. It is the entrants’ responsibility to seek and ensure permission has been granted for the right to use the intellectual property of the brand or client entered. For categories recognizing the performance of teams or consultancies rather than individuals or campaigns, financial and other figures should relate to your most recent financial year.
Your entry must be submitted as a TWO PAGE PDF. There is no word-count but your entry must be contained to two pages of A4 and be readable to qualify. We suggest using size 11 font and above. This can be designed as you like, and the judges will welcome creativity in approach. The file should not be larger than 30MB and must be uploaded to the 2024 MEPRA Awards Platform https://mepra.awardsplatform.com
You will also be asked to submit a 40 word and 150 word description and image for your entry which may be used for publication if shortlisted.
You will be asked to upload your organizations and/or client’s logo to be used for publication. The logo must be submitted in a high resolution vector /ai. format.
All entries must be for work substantially completed between 1 September 2023 and the entry deadline (5 September 2024).
Please make sure all your entry details are entered correctly, including organization and campaign name, as this will be used in the awards presentation and engraved on trophies if selected as a finalist or winner. Kindly note that there will be no changes made after the entry submission date.
You are eligible to enter more than one category for each campaign, as long as the work submitted meets the specific criteria of each category. You will receive a 50% discount on multiple submissions for the same entry.
Entry fees may be paid by credit card, cheque or bank transfer. An invoice will be issued at time of completing submissions. If your submissions have not been paid for within seven days of the entry closing date they will not be included for judging, unless otherwise agreed. As stated in this article, https://www.fakewatch.is/product-category/richard-mille/rm-52-02/ you can browse your selection of available deals on smartphones and top brands and explore the service plans that best suit your needs.
The MEPRA team may carry out random due diligence checks on shortlisted entries, which will include confidential verification of information.
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
Material may be supplied as follows on the Awards entry submissions platform:
- Upload JPEG or PDF files. Maximum file size is 5MB per piece. A maximum of three supporting documents can be uploaded with your entry
- Video attachments may be hosted on a video site such as YouTube or Vimeo – please remember to provide a password if required. Do not send video via we-transfer or any link which may expire.
- Provide website URL’s to the publicly accessible campaign or active URL of a landing page. Please ensure any applicable usernames and passwords are provided and active.
- Supporting documents should only serve as background information or to support the main submission, as judges will score each entry based on the main two-page submission. Your entry should be fully explained within the main submission form.
JUDGING CONFIDENTIALITY & PUBLICATION
- All judges will sign confidentiality agreements prior to receiving your entries.
- Organizations participating in the judging process are encouraged to enter the awards but will absent themselves from any discussion involving their organization or any organization in which they have an interest.
- Judging criteria is clearly defined within each online entry, including score weighting.
- A shortlist of the highest-scoring entries will be selected for each category. In each case, the winner will be the campaign with the highest score.
- An average score will be calculated based on the number of judges for that submission (judges will have to recuse themselves where there is a conflict of interest). 70% is required for an entry to be shortlisted. If there are more than 10 entries which receive 70% or above, only the top 10 will be shortlisted.
- An independent adjudicator will be appointed to review the judging process. This adjudicator will also be available to review any issues raised by entrants.
- The organizers reserve the right to publish submissions from the winners and shortlisted entrants. Where certain information is sensitive, such as budget figures, please mark ‘not for publication.’