2013 YGA Professional & Student Awards and 20Guns call for entries – 2013 YGA deadline Fri, Jan 31 – 20Guns voting deadline Tues, Dec 17

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YGAAwards.jpg2013 YGA Professional & Student Award and 20Guns are now open for entries with the entry deadline for the 2013 YGA Awards closing on January 31, 2014 and voting for 20Guns will close on Tuesday December 17, 2013. Midnight (Sydney time GMT +10).

Besides being the only global award show solely focused on young talent, YGA launches its 2013 Award with two initiatives that really help young talent.

The YGA jury will be formed by the best talent under 30; the industry rising stars; the “wannabe” peers to the YGA entrants.

While other award shows use the same rotating set of industry talent the YGA jury will be selected through the YGA Draft, where we invite creative, digital, design, media & PR agencies to recommend their best rising talent to sit on the YGA jury.

The YGA Draft ensures that we are on the cutting edge and reflecting the constantly changing

communications landscape. It also provides the young talent on the jury the opportunity to connect with peers from around the globe and raise their profile.

Each year the jury chairman is an experienced and widely respected individual. This adds the steady hand of experience to the heady dynamism of youth.

The 2013 jury’s and chairman will be announced across October 2013.

The 20Guns initiative was created in 2012 with 500+ young talent entering work for free, activating their social network to vote and support them for a free YGA entry.

In 2013 the number 1 voted peoples choice will join the 2013 YGA Jury in Sydney Australia, all expenses paid, plus win a special Black Bullet Trophy. The other 19Guns will each receive a Samsung tablet. Not bad for doing what you love, being young and talented.

Same rules as last year – enter for free at www.ygaward.com and get your social network voting.

2013 YGA Professional & Student Award and 20Guns are now open for entries at

2013 Key Dates

YGA – Creative, Digital, Design, Mobile, Media, PR and Student Award.

2013 YGA Open for Entries- Now Open

2013 YGA Entry Deadline – Friday January 31, 2014

2013 YGA Shortlists – Across week commencing March 10, 2014

2013 YGA Winners and Finalists Announced – Monday March 17, 2014

20Guns

Open for Submissions – Now Open

Deadline for Voting – Tuesday December 17, 2013. Midnight (Sydney time GMT +10).

Winners Announcement – Wednesday December 18, 2013

YGAward recognizes the “tomorrow” of the communications industry; who and what to watch out for. YGA celebrates the future, not the past. It celebrates potential. The young talent involved and recognized in YGA are the ones who are changing the world we live in. If you want to be one the worlds most sought after young talents then enter your work into YGA and prepare for your career to take off.

YGA is a barometer for the future.

YGA has been recognizing and supporting young talent since 2001.

For more details either contact kristian@ygaward.com, livia@ygaward.com.