Submitting your entries for the Marketing Events Awards is simple and completely online. The entry submission deadline is 25 April 2025 at 23:59hrs.

To ensure that your entries are submitted successfully and are given the attention they deserve, here are a few items to take note of when preparing your entries.

• Firstly, download and read the Entry Guidelines and follow the instructions and specific category requirements to ensure your entries are submitted successfully.
• Please download and use the Core Submission Template provided to prepare your Entry Submission Document.
• All entries, supporting documents, and required items can be submitted via the “I’m Ready to Enter” link at the bottom of this page.
• Entrants are strongly encouraged to gather all entry materials like photos, videos and charts before starting the entry process.
• Please ensure that all details you enter into the Entry Details are CONSISTENT with the details on the Core Submission Document you upload.
• Upon submission deadline, all entry details, including company names, credits and so on, are FINAL and cannot be changed and / or transferred to another party.
• Please include an event photo or image that represents your entry in your submission that can be used on all marketing material, on the screen on the night of the awards, and across all MARKETING-INTERACTIVE platforms.

Your entry will be evaluated on the following four key areas (please read the Entry Guidelines for full descriptions):

Context / Challenge (Max. 500 words) 20%
What were the primary objectives of the event? Who was the target audience? What key challenges did you face?

Strategy (Max. 500 words) 30%
Provide a clear rationale of why the specific event was chosen to help address the marketing problem. Outline the creative thinking behind it and how it was developed to conceive an impactful and meaningful idea. What was the core insight and creative thinking on which you based your strategy?

Execution (Max. 500 words) 30%
How was your strategy implemented and brought to life? Describe the experience through the eyes of the target audience. What other important factors were meaningful to the success of the initiative? What was unique? What was wild and new? What technology (if any) was leveraged?

Results (Max. 500 words) 20%
How did the event / initiative / campaign perform? Give clear evidence / metrics demonstrating its performance. Provide a case study for why it solved the marketing problem you faced and a clear rationale as to why you believe this qualified for a Marketing Events Awards.

Talent Categories (Category 42-43)
Please write a maximum 2,000 words (total) including evidence to support and address each of the specific category criteria bullet points outlined in the ‘categories & criteria’ section of the Entry Guidelines. Please ensure all areas mentioned are covered within your submission as the jury will be looking for these details. Each bullet point will hold a maximum potential value of 10 points.

• The eligibility period of work submitted is from January 2024 to April 2025. Entries should reflect results achieved during this period, and cannot have been submitted for the 2024 edition.
• Categories are open to marketers and their respective agencies, suppliers, and manufacturers involved in the event. Agencies and vendors may submit entries on behalf of their clients.
• Media owners and / or agencies who submit entries on behalf of their clients will only be credited if they were involved in at least 80% of the work in planning and executing an event marketing campaign with clients.
• Entries are sought from Southeast Asia, South Asia, ANZ and Middle East regions. Countries in the eligible regions include the following: Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Abu Dhabi.
• Entrants must have an office in the eligible region and work must have been carried out for a local and / or global market that includes at least one of the eligible countries.
• Entrants may submit entries across multiple categories but should outline how each fit the specific category at hand. There is no limit to the number of entries an entrant may submit but each individual submission will be charged as a single entry at SGD359 (before GST, this is applicable to entries from Singapore-based companies).

Entry Fee: SGD359 per entry
(Price is exclusive of Government Service Tax (GST). GST is only applicable to entries from Singapore-based companies.)

Payment Mode:
Credit card (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX).
All entries are non-refundable.

• Entry fees are non-refundable.
• The judges’ decisions are final.
• Without prior notice, MARKETING-INTERACTIVE’s team reserves the right to merge categories or dissolve any categories should it be deemed necessary. Should a category or categories be dissolved, entries in that category / categories will not be refunded.
• Should your entry be shortlisted, your entry details found on the online registration site will be reflected on the awards website, the screen on the night of the awards, trophy (presented on the awards night, should you win) and any other awards-related materials.
• Please note that after the submission deadline, all details on the entry submission form, including company names, credits and so on, are FINAL and cannot be changed and/ or transferred to another party. Any changes made after submission will be charged 10% of the entry fee per change.
• Finalists need to be present at the awards gala dinner in order to receive their trophy(ies) in case they win.
• Lighthouse Independent Media Pte Ltd reserves the right, without prejudice, to remove entries from being judged, should the company submitting their entries have a history of non-payment and payment arrears.

• The entrant agrees that MARKETING-INTERACTIVE or Lighthouse Independent Media will not accept responsibility for errors or omissions reproduced in the presentation of MARKETING-INTERACTIVE or for work lost or damaged under any circumstances.
• For the purpose of clarity, this exemption of liability includes any communications online and offline by MARKETING-INTERACTIVE, Lighthouse Independent Media Pte. Ltd. and its partners.
• Any confidential information should be written in red font or highlighted in red . Any text in red font or highlighted in red will not be disseminated beyond the judging panel in any way.
• The entrant otherwise grants MARKETING-INTERACTIVE permission to show material from the entries at the awards presentation, in any relevant marketing collateral/newsletters and at such times as deemed appropriate.
• Entries done in any other format may not be accepted.
• Any invalid or incomplete submissions will be subject to a penalty deduction of your total score.
• All judges are bound by a non-disclosure agreement covering confidentiality, conflicts of interest, and contact with entrants. To ensure a fair result, judges will not have access to entries submitted by their own organisation or that of their competitors