Club Achievement Competition

The AAF’s Club Achievement Competition was established to honor the significant contributions of the AAF network of professional advertising clubs and to encourage excellence. The Tenth District conducts a District Club Achievement competition prior to the national competition. This allows books to be judged and returned in time for clubs to see the comments judges have made, make changes to the books and then submit these to the national competition.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE NEW DISTRICT CLUB OF THE YEAR POINT-SYSTEM

COMPETITION – THINGS TO KNOW.

The district competition is divided into three competitions;
• Ad 2
• Small Club (under 100 members)
• Large Club

A $200 cash award is provided for each 1st Place book at the district level. Books entered into the district competition also count as points towards the District Club of the Year Award.

The National competition is divided into 5 competitions:
• Division I (500+ members)
• Division II (250 – 499 members)
• Division III (100–249 members)
• Division IV (up to 99 members)
• Division V (Ad 2 Clubs)

Club or federation projects implemented from March 10, 2023 to April 1, 2024 to qualify for the 2023–2024 competition.

5 entry categories:

1. Club Operations
Policies, procedures and leadership development that contribute to the operations of a club or federation.

2. Cornerstone Initiatives & Events 
Designed with the intention of promoting diversity & multiculturalism, advertising education, awareness and activism with regard to government relations and championing creative excellence through the American Advertising Awards.

3. Membership Development & Communications
Activities designed to enhance a local advertising club or federation and its membership recruitment, retention and involvement and the communication collateral materials and/or websites produced and distributed for these purposes.

4. Programs 
Quality programming that fosters actively interested membership, well-attended meetings and membership growth.

5. Public Service
Projects that effectively use advertising techniques to support local, regional and/or national programs on behalf of public interests and/or for community betterment.

This is how it works for the Tenth District:

The deadline for submitting your book(s) is March 7, 2024 at 5pm CT.

District has set up separate Google Drive folders for each Club. During the entry time-frame, access is given to the Club President and Club Achievement Chair to upload entries into that specific folder.

Each President or Club Achievement Chair will place the final entries in the Google Drive folder. Name the entries: CATEGORY_CLUB NAME_YEAR.pdf  (NO OTHER NAMES WILL BE ACCEPTED!)

Each club should submit their entries as if they are mailing them; use the instructions from AAF National (i.e. spacing, grammar, evidence, etc.) to complete each book.

Once the deadline has passed, the DropBox folder will not be reviewed again for late entries.

The $8/per Entry fee can be paid two (2) different ways.

PAY ONLINE
Enter the number of Entries below and click Add to Cart to pay online.

OR MAIL TO:
AAF District 10
16080 Gardendale Rd., Gardendale, TX 79758
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(Payment is due on the same day as the deadline. Money is used for the judges’ gifts.)

Judges notes/scoresheets will be emailed to each Club President no later than TBD so that changes can be made and the books sent to AAF National to meet their new DIGITAL competition deadline of TBD.

At the national level, first, second and third-place awards are designated in each division within each category. A Club of the Year and President of the Year Award is given to the club in each division whose accomplishments receive the highest scores.

Winners are recognized at ADMERCIA, AAF’s annual national conference. Significant cash prizes are awarded in several categories.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW AAF NATIONAL GUIDELINES