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Newsworks Awards: Vote for your ad of the year
48 fantastic campaigns from four seasonal polls have been whittled down to our final 12: which one do you think deserves a shiny Newsworks Awards trophy?
While most of our Awards winners have already been chosen by our esteemed panel of judges, the honour of ‘ad of the year’ remains very much up for grabs.
From Burger King's dinner of (marathon) champions to the return of absolute McVitie's classic, we’ve seen a fantastic array of print and digital campaigns take the crown in our seasonal polls.
Now it’s time for one final public poll to see which of this year’s cream of the crop rises to top and bags a hotly coveted Newsworks Awards trophy to boot.
Simply vote for the shortlisted ad below you believe deserves to be named 2026’s ‘ad of the year’. What’s more, we’re bringing a little bit of early festive cheer with our prize draw — each vote cast will be in with a chance of finding an Apple Watch under this year's Christmas tree.
Get your vote in by 12 noon on Thursday 19 November to make sure your voice is heard. We’ll be announcing our prize draw winner in our monthly newsletter the following week, with our ‘ad of the year’ unveiled at our Awards party on Tuesday 1 December.
Get voting and good luck!
Terms & conditions
Everyone is welcome to join in, but only those working inside the media industry will be eligible to win the prize (Apple Watch). The prize is non-transferrable and not redeemable for cash.
Newsworks’ Ad of the Year competition is closes at 12 noon on Thursday 19 November.
Participants may enter as many times as they like.
The prize winner will be picked at random at the close of the competition and will be announced in that month's newsletter. The winner will be announced at our Newsworks Awards party on the evening of Tuesday 1 December.
The ads selected for the competition are based on the three most popular ads in each of our four 'ad of the season' competitions in 2026. Participants are encouraged to vote for their favourite ad from the selection to be entered into the prize draw.
