Event Information
Please save the date for the main event on December 4th and prepare your entries; they’re due on October 31st!
Creative Best 2025 Submission Guide & Category Descriptions
Who can enter?
Creative Best is open to communicating arts professionals producing work in Central Ohio (Columbus +80 miles) and to students enrolled in an accredited college or university ANYWHERE in the state of Ohio.
Your work, before a panel of judges, could be selected for a Merit, Excellence, Best of Category, Judge’s Choice, or Best of Show Award. The annual Creative Best Awards Show will take place on Dec. 4, 2025 at The Century (Tickets on sale soon!).
What’s new in 2025?
We’ve added new categories for students: Student Animation & Motion is now separate from Student Video. We’ve also added Student Copywriting, Student Environmental, and Student Greater Good.
Review the submission guidelines and submit your best work by 10/31.