Nominate for Datamatixx 2026
Awards

Entry Guidelines

Everything you need to know to nominate your work for DATAMATIXX 2026.

Eligibility

  • Any work / campaign executed between April 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026.
  • The work may have been launched earlier or still be live, but must have run at some point during this period.
  • Last day for submitting all entries is July 25, 2025.
  • We are pleased to announce that nominations are now being accepted from both the Far East and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) regions. We recognize the significance of these markets and are committed to including their voices in our nomination process. Whether you are based in Indonesia, Dubai, or any other location in the Far East or MENA, we welcome your submissions and look forward to receiving your nominations.

Entry Fees

  • Discipline Awards for Campaigns: INR 20,000 per individual entry, per category.
  • Same work in multiple categories: INR 20,000 per additional category.
  • Technology Awards: INR 20,000 per individual entry, per category.
  • Same entry for multiple categories: INR 20,000 per additional category.
  • Outstanding Awards: No submission fee. Allowed only when you have submitted at least 5 nominations in other categories.
  • Special Awards: No fees. Allowed only when you have submitted at least 5 nominations in other categories. For every 5 nominations from other categories you are eligible for 1 free entry in the special category.
  • Refunds: There are no refunds once an entry has been submitted, even if the entry is withdrawn. Entries cannot be removed from the competition.
  • There is no limit on the number of categories a submission may be entered into, nor on the number of submissions by one entrant.

Mode of Payment

  • Entrants may make a consolidated payment by cheque for all entries submitted, in favour of Adgully Network Pvt. Ltd.
  • All cheques should be payable at Mumbai at par. DD preferred.
  • All entries will be considered only after the cheque is cleared.
  • Note: DATAMATIXX material becomes the property of Adgully Network Pvt. Ltd. and will not be returned. Adgully Network Pvt. Ltd. reserves the right to make copies of selected creative material for education and publicity purposes.
Payments

Where to send correspondence & payment

Adgully Network Pvt Ltd

A Wing 105 Sheraton Classic,
Dr. Charatsingh Colony Road,
J B Nagar, Andheri East, Mumbai,
Maharashtra 400059 India

Details for Wire Transfer

Kotak Mahindra Bank,
Ground, Center Point Building,
Satelite Silver, Andheri - Kurla Rd,
Bhim Nagar, Andheri East, Mumbai,
Maharashtra 400059
Bank Account No: 06812560000018
IFSC: KKBK0000681

NOTE: You are requested to attach a print out of the online submission form along with the cheque.

The Details

Submission terms

Submissions

  • Click here to submit your entry now.
  • Entrants can submit entries for as many categories as they like and submit multiple entries for each category.
  • Work entered should be created predominantly by the submitting party. Collaborating parties (creative or media agencies as well as creative technology partners) and other key individuals should be referenced.
  • All entries must be submitted via the online form and include a written case study as well as creative samples.

Entry Information and Credits

  • Company and individual credits are a mandatory part of the online entry form.
  • Please make sure all information, including entry name, advertiser, submitting agency and credits, is referenced and spelled exactly as it should appear in information for the media, on trophies, in the DATAMATIXX Awards Winners' Gallery, and on printed and multimedia presentation materials for the Awards Gala.
  • The information supplied in the online entry form may be published and/or appear on trophies and promotional materials.
  • Company credits: You are required to credit all creative and strategic partners who contributed to the work. You must credit the brand and the primary creator of the work.
  • Individual credits: Space is provided to credit key team members. Please credit all main client and agency team members in the order you'd like them listed in official materials and make sure spelling is correct.

Judging

The screening committee — comprising Industry Leaders & Professionals — will evaluate and score each entry. Due to the volume of submissions, DATAMATIXX may not be able to contact all entrants.

The Objective, Idea and Execution
  • Is the idea to solve the brand's problem and meet the objective unique?
  • How well does a brand integrate into a piece of content?
  • Is the brand easily recognisable in this piece of work?
Innovation & Promotion Strategy
  • Strategy of a content marketing initiative in order to reach your precise target audience.
  • Whether any innovation in terms of strategy and promotion was executed.
  • Was it cost-effective? Reliance on owned vs paid vs earned media?
ROI
  • The end result — how did the brand achieve engagement, sharability and scalability.

Awards and Prizes

  • Awards are submission-based. If an entry is submitted by multiple companies for the same category, the submissions will be scored independently and only the highest-scoring submission will be eligible to win.
  • The judges will also select and honour a Best in Show winner that they feel displays the strongest characteristic of creativity and impact. Entries in all categories are eligible. The DATAMATIXX Awards jury reserves the right to award or not award work in any category as it sees fit.

Publication of Winning Work

  • Entries that become finalists or winners in the DATAMATIXX Awards may be showcased in various ways, including publication. This is at the sole discretion of DATAMATIXX.
  • Work submitted must be original or you must have secured rights to submit it.
  • By entering work into the DATAMATIXX Awards you automatically grant DATAMATIXX the right to make copies, reproduce and display the creative materials and written information for educational and promotional purposes such as but not limited to the website, newsletter, programming/conferences and the Awards show. DATAMATIXX respects that entries may contain confidential information and provides submitters the opportunity to opt-out within the entry form.

Trophies

  • Gold, Silver and Bronze winning entries each receive one trophy. A maximum of one brand and partner can be credited on the trophies. The entry name, brand and submitting party will be engraved on the trophy.
  • Trophies given:
    Outstanding Awards and Special Awards — Gold Trophy
    Discipline Awards for Campaigns and Technology Awards — Gold, Silver and Bronze

Contacts

General Conditions

  • By participating in this contest, entrants agree to abide by the following terms and conditions and by the decisions of the judges, which are final on all matters pertaining to this contest. All federal, state, local, provincial, and municipal laws and regulations apply. This contest is subject to the laws of India.
  • DATAMATIXX reserves the right to use and publish entrants' proper names online, in print and in any other media in connection with the contest. Acceptance of an award constitutes permission for DATAMATIXX to use the winner's name and likeness and entry submission for advertising and promotional purposes without additional compensation, unless prohibited by law. By entering, participants release and hold harmless DATAMATIXX, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees and agents from any and all liability arising from participation in this contest.
  • DATAMATIXX reserves the right not to award categories which, in the judgment of the panel and administrators, did not elicit entries up to top industry standards.