The nominator
Who is putting the person forward, their agency, and their relationship to the nominee.
The Next 50 · Class of 2026
Put a name forward.
Nominate someone from your agency whose contribution deserves to be recognised by the industry. Or enter yourself. Entries close 15 November 2026.
Write first. Pay at the end.
You do not need to pay to begin. Choose how many people you are entering, complete the nomination and read everything back before payment. Your answers save as you go and stay editable right up to the moment you submit. After that, an entry can be changed once.
- Write
- Review
- Pay
- Submit
Nothing is charged when you start. Once payment is complete, the entry enters the evaluation process. Payment guarantees evaluation. It never guarantees selection.
Entry fee
Pay at the endEarly-bird offer: ₹7,777 + GST per person against a standard entry fee of ₹9,999 + GST, until 30 September 2026. From 1 October 2026, ₹9,999 + GST per entry. The per-entry fee is the same across single and agency multi-entry submissions.
Single entry₹9,999 + GST₹7,777 + GST₹9,176.86 incl. GSTUntil 30 SeptemberOne nomination, billed on its own.
Agency multi-entry · 5₹49,995 + GST₹38,885 + GST₹45,884.30 incl. GSTUntil 30 SeptemberFive nominations, one billing contact, one GST invoice.
Agency multi-entry · 10₹99,990 + GST₹77,770 + GST₹91,768.60 incl. GSTUntil 30 SeptemberTen nominations, one billing contact, one GST invoice.
What you'll need
You do not need an awards deck. You do not need a professionally written case study. You need enough for us to understand what this person actually contributed.
The nominee
Name, current role, agency, city, LinkedIn profile and date of birth. The nominee must be 29 or younger on 31 August 2026.
Up to three pieces of work
Primarily from the previous 24 months. For each: what the project was, what this person's role was, what they personally contributed, and what happened because of it.
One problem they helped solve
A difficult problem. What made it difficult, what the nominee noticed, proposed or did, and how their contribution improved the outcome.
Beyond the brief
What they have started, challenged, fixed or improved without being asked. How they have made their team or agency better. Why the industry should know their name now.
A professional reference
Someone who can verify the nominee's role and contribution: a manager, senior colleague, client or another appropriate professional reference.
How to write a strong entry
Be specific
Do not tell us she played an integral role in an award-winning campaign. Tell us what she saw, what she proposed, what she made, and what changed because she was there.
Give us the person, not the press release
The biggest campaign is not automatically the strongest entry. A smaller piece of work where the nominee had real ownership may tell us far more.
Credit other people
Advertising is collaborative. Clearly acknowledging the team does not weaken an entry. It helps us understand the nominee's real contribution.
Show impact in the way that makes sense
Not every role has a sales number attached to it. Better work, a better client outcome, audience response, business performance, a better process, a stronger team, a problem solved: all of it counts.
You already know who deserves to be in the conversation.
Put their work in front of us.