The Cannes Lions Awards
Across a breadth of specialist categories, the Lions celebrate creative excellence and effectiveness in every sector and discipline of the industry – and from every corner of the globe.
The Awards underpin everything that makes Cannes Lions what it is – the home of creative excellence and effectiveness – and each year a new global benchmark for creativity is set.
Winning a Lion is a career-defining achievement. It’s your chance to share your work with the world and get recognition from your global peers. Your moment to make history.
About the Awards
The Lions
The Lions honour the world's most groundbreaking creative work, setting the global benchmark for marketing and communications excellence.
Winners Spotlight
Get inspired by previous Cannes Lions winners, and hear how the work got made straight from the team behind it.
Integrity Standards
Progress update on the LIONS Integrity Standards, plus the new downloadable LIONS Integrity Handbook.
What's changed for 2026
Introducing the Creative Brand Lion
The new Creative Brand Lion celebrates how brands strategically use creativity across their organisation by recognising the systems, cultures and capabilities that make world-class work inevitable.
Plus, a refresh to the Creative Data Lion, new AI subcategories and more.
Entering Cannes Lions 2026? Start here
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Awards Guide
A step-by-step guide on how to make the most of the entry process – including eligibility, where to start and how to craft your entry.
Entry Kits
Everything you need to know about entering the Cannes Lions Awards – including category breakdowns, requirements and rules.
Creative industries like ours offer the most aspirational of roles, and winning at Cannes – or even having something entered – puts you among the best in the world at one of the most desirable jobs in the world.
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