{"id":33044,"date":"2026-05-22T06:26:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T20:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/?p=33044"},"modified":"2026-05-22T08:10:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T22:10:26","slug":"win-a-free-effie-entry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/news\/win-a-free-effie-entry\/","title":{"rendered":"Win a free Effie entry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"79\" data-end=\"237\">Think your work deserves an Effie, but the entry fee is holding you back? Here\u2019s your chance to win a complimentary entry to the 2026 Australian Effie Awards.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"239\" data-end=\"426\">To enter, create your own <strong data-start=\"265\" data-end=\"286\">Effie cake<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; a creative interpretation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/736x\/04\/fc\/42\/04fc42827bc27d326c81d557ce77c03d.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iconic, three-tier Effie Award<\/a>. Bake it, sculpt it, or generate it using AI. The more inventive, the better.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"428\" data-end=\"493\">This is a <strong data-start=\"438\" data-end=\"455\">game of skill<\/strong>, so originality and creativity count.<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"fjsayt\" data-start=\"495\" data-end=\"511\">How to enter<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"513\" data-end=\"597\"><strong data-start=\"513\" data-end=\"526\">1. Create<\/strong><br data-start=\"526\" data-end=\"529\" \/>Bake, mould, sculpt or AI-generate your version of the Effie trophy.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"599\" data-end=\"669\"><strong data-start=\"599\" data-end=\"614\">2. Stage It<\/strong><br data-start=\"614\" data-end=\"617\" \/>Photograph or render your creation in all its glory.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"671\" data-end=\"759\"><strong data-start=\"671\" data-end=\"686\">3. Share It<\/strong><br data-start=\"686\" data-end=\"689\" \/>Post the image to your public LinkedIn, Instagram or Facebook account by midnight next Wednesday 28 May.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"761\" data-end=\"834\"><strong data-start=\"761\" data-end=\"783\">4. Tag and Hashtag<\/strong><br data-start=\"783\" data-end=\"786\" \/>Tag @EffieAustralia and include <strong data-start=\"818\" data-end=\"833\">#WinAnEffie<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"7c4q1e\" data-start=\"836\" data-end=\"845\">Prize<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"847\" data-end=\"944\">The most creative entry will win <strong data-start=\"880\" data-end=\"907\">one complimentary entry<\/strong> to the 2026 Australian Effie Awards worth up to $2,990 (dependent on entry status).<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"ue5dge\" data-start=\"946\" data-end=\"968\">Entry requirements<\/h3>\n<ul data-start=\"970\" data-end=\"1231\">\n<li aria-level=\"1\">The competition is open for a period of 7 days from 08.00am 22 May 2026 (AEST) to 11.59pm 28 May 2026 (AEST)<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1owi1m8\" data-start=\"970\" data-end=\"1038\">Your submission must feature a visual concept of the Effie trophy.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1qat34v\" data-start=\"1039\" data-end=\"1107\">Entries may be created physically or using AI text-to-image tools.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"11uveog\" data-start=\"1108\" data-end=\"1164\">Posts must be made from a public social media account.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1a6x001\" data-start=\"1165\" data-end=\"1231\">You must tag @EffieAustralia and use #WinAnEffie to be eligible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1233\" data-end=\"1394\">So whether you bake it from scratch or cook it up with AI, show us your sweetest interpretation of the Effie trophy for your chance to enter the awards for free.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1396\" data-end=\"1461\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Because when the proof is in the Effie, it pays to bring dessert.<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"ue5dge\" data-start=\"946\" data-end=\"968\">Terms and conditions<\/h3>\n<p>Read <a href=\"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/effie-awards-general-terms-and-conditions\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1396\" data-end=\"1461\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":33045,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33044"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33060,"href":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33044\/revisions\/33060"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}