Ad Tribe Awards - South: Entries Are Open For The Inaugural Edition

Ad Tribe Awards - South, the inaugural edition of Ad Tribe's awards for the region's agencies, brands and work, is open for entries. The awards night is on 3 December 2026 in Hyderabad, and entries close on 15 November 2026.

South India produces a very large share of the country's advertising, and a great deal of it is judged, when it is judged at all, against work made for a different audience in a different language. This edition exists to look at that work on its own terms: 54 categories across 12 Agency Awards, 20 Brand Awards and 22 Work & Campaign Awards.

An award that is earned, or not given

Every entry is screened for eligibility before it reaches a juror, and judged by practitioners against published criteria rather than by popularity. There is no public voting. Where no entry in a category meets the standard, the category closes as No Award on a recorded jury vote, and nothing is given out to fill a gap in the running order.

Entry is open to agencies, brands and in-house teams whose work was made for the South, or by teams based in the South for audiences anywhere. The category list, the eligibility rules and the entry fees are all published in full, and the early-bird rate runs until 30 September 2026.

Suggest a member of the jury

The jury is built around three panels: Creative and Craft, Digital, Media and Effectiveness, and Agency and Business. It is assembled by the Ad Tribe desk from practitioners with the experience to judge the work in front of them. Suggest someone whose judgement the industry trusts, or put yourself forward.

Partner with the edition

Brands and organisations interested in partnering on the awards night can write to us here. Partners are part of the evening. They have no part in who enters, what is screened or what is selected, and no category is for sale.

How to enter

Entries are made through the entrant portal, which saves as you write, and payment is made at the end. The six steps are set out here, and the desk can be reached at hello@adtribe.world.