FAQ
Thank you for your interest in The Anthem Awards. Below are some of our most common questions. We hope you find the answers you’re looking for quickly but if you need additional assistance, please don’t hesitate to reach out to The Anthem Awards team at info@anthemawards.com.
GENERAL
What are the Anthem Awards?
The Anthem Awards honor all forms of social impact work happening across the globe in an effort to amplify the voices that spark global change.
The Anthem Awards accepts work across five areas of impact work including: Awareness, Fundraising, Community Engagement, Product, Innovation & Service and Team & Internal Initiatives for seven causes: Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Education Art & Culture, Health, Human & Civil Rights, Humanitarian Action & Services, Responsible Technology, and Sustainability, Environment & Climate.
What is the submission process?
The Anthem Awards accepts entries through its simple online entry system. Entrants will be able to navigate through the relevant cause and categories, upload work and supporting documents and complete their entries with a very simple process. Here are some helpful guidelines for making sure that the process goes smoothly.
There are 3 fields on the submission form where you can provide a write-up describing the 1) Summary of the Project and Strategy, 2) Goals or Objectives and the 3) Results & Impact. Additionally, you can include up to 5 uploaded or 6 url digital assets for the work including websites, images, PDFs, case study page, etc.
Keep in mind, judging is based on the criteria for each category as determined by the Academy as well as industry leaders from non-profits, foundations and purpose-driven brands. Depending on the category type, judges will consider the concept, execution, engagement, inclusivity and impact of the work.
When do you accept entries?
Entries for the 5th Annual Anthem Awards will open in Spring of 2025.
How can I be sure you have received my entry?
You will see a confirmation page noting your entry number and will also receive a confirmation email acknowledging receipt of your entry. If you do not receive an email confirmation within 24 hours, please email info@anthemawards.com.
Entry Terms and Conditions
The Anthem Awards assumes all entries are original and the entrant either owns the work or has permission from a client or other appropriate party to enter the work, with all rights granted therein. In the event that an entrant without such rights submits an entry, the entrant will not be eligible for the competition. The Anthem Awards are not liable for any copyright infringement on the part of the entrant. Submission of any entry acknowledges the right of The Anthem Awards to use it for exhibition and publication in any medium. This includes, but is not limited to, Finalist entries being posted to the Anthem Community Voice Celebration Website and the Winners Gallery.
Timely submission of an entry meeting the eligibility requirements and payment of the entry fee as stated herein ensures that an entry will be reviewed and considered for recognition. No other representation or warranty is made by The Anthem Awards concerning entries and all implied warranties are hereby expressly disclaimed.
If an entry receives an award, the manner and details of announcing such nomination and award is strictly within the discretion of The Anthem Awards. Entrant understands that all awards may not be given or publicized in the same manner.
How can I change my entry?
You can update the project title, credits and contact information for your entry at any time by visiting https://entries.anthemawards.com/login and logging in with the information provided in your entry receipt. If you would like to change categories or edit the submission assets, please contact info@anthemawards.com. Categories and submission assets can only be changed if the work has not yet been judged.
Do you have to be based in the United States to participate?
No, we accept entries from across the globe. The 4th Annual Anthem Awards received entries from more than 30 countries.
Does the entry need to be in English?
Work from around the world is eligible for submission, and our judges reflect a culturally diverse body. The Academy boasts membership from more than 30 countries. Although the work may be in different languages, the supporting materials must be in English.
Also, here are some things to consider if you are submitting digital assets in a non-English language: Websites: If there is an English version of your website, we encourage you to enter that. Video/Podcasts: Please dub or subtitle video content into English. Social: If there is an English version of your social account, we encourage you to submit that. For all non-English digital experiences, the work will be translated into English with Google Translate and judged in English.
At what point will my credit card be charged during the site submission process?
Your credit card will be charged at the end of the entry process. As we are verifying your credit card information, this process may take a minute. Please wait. Clicking the button more than once may result in double billing. If you click the “process my entry” button multiple times and are double billed as a result, email a copy of your confirmation receipt to info@anthemawards.com.
Can I withdraw my entry? Will I get a refund?
You may request a refund for your submission prior to the work entering the judging process. Please send an email to info@anthemawards.com to confirm eligibility for a refund. Once confirmed, refunds will be processed within 5 business days of approval. We will notify you via email once your refund is processed.
For merchandise, you may request a refund for your order prior to it being sent to the manufacturer for processing and fulfillment. Please send an email to info@anthemawards.com to confirm eligibility for refund. Once confirmed, refunds will be processed within 5 business days of approval. We will notify you via email once your refund is processed.
If, after your order is received, there is an error and/or damage to your merchandise, please contact info@anthemawards.com for further information and instructions.
CATEGORIES
How did you decide on the award categories?
The Anthem Award categories were created after extensive conversations over several months with leaders across Nonprofits, foundation and purpose-driven brands. This was an interactive process with categories being constantly reviewed and receiving feedback by the community.
Are there plans to expand categories?
We review categories each season in function of what is relevant to our community, how the industry shifts and what new tools/approaches develop. Categories are reviewed annually.
Which category should I enter?
The Anthem Awards honors purpose and mission-driven work across 7 overarching causes: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Sustainability, Climate & Environment, Human & Civil Rights, Humanitarian Action & Services, Health, Education, Art & Culture and Responsible Technology.
We designed categories to allow participants to choose an entry category that best fits their cause. Our categories are organized into five sections: Awareness, Community Engagement, Fundraising, Product Innovation or Service, and Team & Internal Initiatives.
The Academy reserves the right to move entries to other categories if it is clearly appropriate to do so. Please contact the Anthem Team if you have any questions about the categories and where your work fits.
Can I enter more than one category?
Yes, you can enter your work into as many categories as you deem appropriate, and it will be evaluated separately for each instance and category it is entered. It is not uncommon for exceptional work to be honored in more than one category regardless of the area of focus.
JUDGING
How do you pick the judges for your competitions?
The Anthem Awards is overseen by the International Academy of the Digital Arts & Sciences. Visit The Academy Website to learn more.
Can you explain how work is judged?
Learn more about the judging process and criteria here.
Is it possible to receive the judges rating and comments for my work?
Due to the volume of entries, The Anthem Awards will not offer individual comments to its entrants.
WINNING AN ANTHEM AWARD
How many entrants will win the Anthem Awards?
All work will be assessed via the lens of specific criteria that places impact and outcomes at its core. A key mission of The Anthem Awards is to provide an equal playing field for all forms of work from across companies, people and organizations and all levels of budget. To that end, there may be multiple winners per category as each piece of work will be reviewed against its own goals and impact as opposed to being judged against others.
How are the winners chosen?
Members of the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences independently inspect the entries submitted during the Call for Entries. Entries are judged on their own merits based on a standard of excellence for each category as determined by the Academy as well as industry leaders from non-profits, foundations and purpose-driven brands.
Each entry is evaluated by multiple Academy Members who provide scores based on the appropriate criteria. The top scoring entries are determined to be Winners. A category may have multiple Winners, or none at all, depending on relevant scoring.
How do you ensure that the Anthem Community Voice competition is fair and not fixed?
If we detect suspicious activity we will alert the entrant and remove the votes.
The Anthem Awards team is constantly looking for suspicious activity during the Anthem Community Voice Celebration. Our security team looks for the following throughout the process and investigates suspicious activity including, but not limited:
- Email addresses created from automated email APIs and software
- Spiked voting from the same IP address or concentrations from a single geographic IP region
- Email addresses that match those purchasable at popular bulk email address providers
- Large numbers of votes without any referrals
- A large number of votes in a very short period of time
- A large numbers of votes with very little site visit time and/or low session time
- Users voting multiple times with the same email, usually via abuse of the Gmail + (plus) or . (period) functionality
- Votes from sequential email addresses
PARTNERS
Who are the Anthem Awards partners? What is the role of partners?
The Anthem Awards have partnered with leading organizations that represent the breadth of causes the awards honor. These partners have been instrumental in the shaping of the categories and the curation of industry experts as judges.
Our partners help curate content for the Anthem community, serve as insightful speakers for event programming through the season, and provide fundamental insights into the causes they support.
What is the Anthem Awards newsletter?
Keep up with the Anthem Awards through our monthly newsletter and breaking news emails. Subscribe to the Anthem Newsletter from the homepage. You may unsubscribe at any time by following the instructions in the footer of each newsletter.
How can I sponsor The Anthem Awards?
If you are interested in being considered as a sponsor of The Webby Awards, contact Alex McGrath at alex@webbyawards.com.
Can I rent the list of Anthem entrants or Winners?
No. We do not rent or sell our entrant or winner lists.