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.
The 2026 Cannes Lions Awards are now open. Be sure to enter by 9 April 2026, and have a look at the Awards timeline for more key dates.
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Find your Lion: explore our guidelines covering what you need to know to enter each Lion.
About the Awards
The Lions
Winners Spotlight
Integrity Standards
What's new 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.
Join our upcoming webinars
Six webinars that explore what setting the benchmark means. Regions include: Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle East, Africa, North America and Latin America.
By winning at Cannes Lions brands get rewarded with visibility, credibility and a confirmation that our disruptive ideas drive their businesses closer to achieving their strategic goals.
Alex Pineda
Chief Creative Officer
