Finalists from 39 Countries Announced for ADC 105th Annual Awards

Apr. 22, 2026

The global Art Directors Club today announced the finalists entries from 39 countries for the ADC 105th Annual Awards.

Founded in 1920, the ADC Annual Awards is the world’s longest continuously running awards program recognizing global excellence in craft and innovation in all forms of advertising and design. 

Area 23 New York leads the way this year with 21 finalists, including five for Equity Health Foundation “The Zip Code Exam”, and four each for Mercy for Animals “Cracked” and Gavião Kyikatejê FC “Kyikatejê”.

McCann New York has 20 ADC 105th finalists, including 11 for Kotex “Own Your Flow” and nine for Instacart “For Papa!”.

With 19 finalists is Squarespace New York, including 15 for “Unavailable”. Klick Health Toronto has 18, including 11 for Second Nurture “18 Months”. 

Google Creative Team Mountain View has 16 finalists, including four each for “Thomas' Story” and Google/Netflix “Stranger Things in Search”.

Other top ADC 105th finalists are The New York Times Magazine New York with 14, Dentsu Inc. Tokyo and VML Health Spain Madrid with 13 each, Serviceplan Germany Munich with 12, and Rethink Toronto and TBWA\Media Arts Lab Los Angeles with 10 each.

This year’s esteemed ADC 105th Annual Awards global jury selected a total of 668 finalists from 39 countries and regions.  The complete searchable list of finalists for is available here.

All finalists will win coveted Gold, Silver, or Bronze ADC Cubes, or merits, which will be presented during Creative Week 2026 at the ADC 105th Annual Awards ceremony on May 13 at Capitale in New York.

Creative Week 2026

Now in its 17th year, Creative Week is a premier annual gathering for the advertising and design industries to come together and celebrate the creative excellence showcased in The One Club’s leading global awards shows: ADC Annual Awards, The One Show, and Young Ones Student Awards.  

Other Creative Week 2026 programming includes The One Club AI Creative Challenge, exclusive Executive Creative Summit 2026, Client Pitch Competition, in person and virtual Portfolio Reviews, Type Directors Club TDC Lettering Walk, and informative daily Morning Buzz panels.

For details and to register, please visit the Creative Week 2026 website.

This year’s global ADC 105th Annual Awards branding campaign was created by Dentsu Inc. Tokyo