Awards are based on the merits of the work, not on the worthiness of the brand or messaging. That said, Awards presented by Haymarket must not conflict with Haymarket’s core values of Creativity, Expertise, Integrity, Innovation, and Respect, and Haymarket’s commitment to an ethical and sustainable environment.

The Haymarket Awards Entry Terms and Conditions state Haymarket reserves the right to reject any Entry/ies and/or rescind any Award at any time that is inconsistent with Haymarket’s core values, including but not limited to the support of integrity in social and corporate responsibility.

In the award entry process, it is the responsibility of the brand and awards entry teams to flag any entry in the submission process that may be cause for concern based on the nature of the campaign or the parties involved in the entry. For example, Haymarket’s core values do not align with the promotion of tobacco products. We do not endeavour to create an exhaustive list of categories or parties that may exist or may come into existence that is not aligned with such core values. We do, however, encourage the team to keep abreast with the latest news, trends, and tides in our industry, which would inform their consideration and determination of whether certain award submissions fail to align with Haymarket’s core values and require internal review. In such cases, Haymarket may elect not to accept an entry or rescind an award.

DEFINITIONS: In these Terms and Conditions, the following terms have the following meanings:

• “Awards” means the particular Awards.
• “Awards Entry Page” means the entry webpage where information and Terms and Conditions relevant to the particular Awards can be found.
• “Entry/ies” means all material and information submitted for the particular Awards.
• “Entry Kit” means the document that details the rules and processes regarding eligibility, judging, and other Entry information relevant to the submissions.
• “Entrant” or “You” means any company, individual, or organization that submits an Entry for the relevant Awards.
• “Entry Requirement” means the specific submission requirements relevant to the particular Awards.
• “Haymarket Media, Inc.” or “Haymarket” or “We” or “Us” means all of its subsidiary brands, group companies, affiliates, and/or representatives.
• “Terms and Conditions” means terms and conditions applicable to the Entry/ies and Awards.

By entering the 50 Over Fifty Awards 2026, Entrants agree to be bound and abide by the Rules. We may vary the Rules from time to time, in which case the variation will take effect from the date of publication of the Rules on our website: www.campaign50over50.com. We have absolute discretion to determine the application of the Rules or to resolve any ambiguity in them as we see fit.

Please ensure that each entry complies with the following rules.

Failure to follow the rules may result in your entry being disqualified at an early stage in the judging process.

CANCELLATIONS AND REFUNDS

If an Entrant wishes to withdraw an entry, the Entrant must notify the Organiser by email to [email protected]. Any refund, if approved, will require a processing fee of HKD1,500 and will be automatically deducted from its entry fee before any refund is processed.

COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE

If there is a complaint about any entry, the Organiser may, to our absolute discretion, choose to investigate the complaint. If we choose to investigate a complaint, the Entrant must cooperate fully with us on that investigation, including by providing us with any information requested.

CONFIDENTIALITY

You can flag confidential information by putting it into [square brackets] to mark various sensitive parts.

We ask that you only flag the specific information that must be kept confidential, rather than the whole entry or very large parts of it. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential Information does not include information that is public-facing or generally known to the public at the time of disclosure or becomes generally known through no wrongful act on the part of Haymarket.

CREDITS

All details under the credits section must be accurate. These credits will be published and used across awards-related material. Once submitted, these cannot be changed.

DEADLINES

The Entrants must submit their entries according to the respective entry deadlines, including completion of payment, to allow sufficient time to process and resolve any issues before the entries are pushed forward for preliminary judging. Any delay might result in disqualification.

DISPUTES

The Organiser reserves the right to withdraw any entry that breaches the regulations. In the event of a complaint against any entry, the Organiser will conduct a full investigation into each case and will request detailed documentation from all parties concerned, including the complainant, the entrants, and the client.

The Entrant will be solely responsible for clarifying the case, including confirmation of approval from the brand’s representative. The Organiser will have no hesitation in withdrawing an award in cases where the complaint is upheld.

DUPLICATE ENTRY

Duplicate entries cannot be withdrawn or cancelled, and the Entrant will be liable for the entry fee. The paid fee is non-refundable. Any entry fees due but unpaid at the time of withdrawal are immediately due and payable.

ELIGIBILITY

• You may nominate up to two people from your company or agency per market that your company operates in. To be clear, this means that if you are with a company that has multiple brands/agencies, you can nominate up to two people per brand/agency per market.
• Achievements may include significant contributions throughout the nominee’s career, considered alongside their accomplishments after turning 50. This ensures recognition of both lifetime impact and recent innovations.
• The nominee must have been aged 50 or over through Tuesday, 3 March 2026 (inclusive). This translates to a birth date of March 3, 1976, or earlier.
• Must be based in Asia-Pacific (including Australia and New Zealand).
• Must be holding a job in an industry directly related to advertising and marketing. This means that in addition to a brand or agency, the nominee can work for a media company, a technology firm, a startup, or an event company—so long as their role relates to marketing, advertising, and/or communications.
• We will not consider candidates who have appeared in other Campaign Asia-Pacific listings, such as Women to Watch, Women Leading Change Awards and the Asia-Pacific Power List, if they have already been featured in any of these lists within the last 12 months and ask that candidates wait until 2027.
• We reserve the right to reject any entry/ies and/or rescind any nominations that fail to comply with stated requirements. The Entrant remains responsible for any entry fees. No refunds will be issued as a result of rescission.

ENDORSEMENT

All entries submitted by or on behalf of the nominee must be endorsed by a member of senior management such as the CEO, MD, or Head of the office.

NOTE: The nominee cannot endorse their own submission. The entry must be approved by the second-most senior representative if the nominee is the most senior member of management or brand representative. The following, in that order, shall be accepted for the position of second most senior representative: CEO, MD, or Head of Office.

ENTRY CHANGES

Once an entry is submitted on the entry platform, all credits or any details related to the written submission, summary, supporting material, images, or video cannot be changed. Any change request will be subject to review and prior approval by the Organiser. Should any changes be approved, a fee of HKD1,500 will be charged.

ENTRY CODE OF CONDUCT

Haymarket Events, part of Haymarket Media Group, is committed to ensuring that all entrants and entries are judged fairly, equitably, and by their peers. With this in mind, we would like to remind all entrants that we expect them to enter their work in good faith, with honesty and integrity.

We expect all entries to represent bona fide work that a company or agency is proud to have produced.

We acknowledge that the use of AI has become increasingly common, transforming how people work and the outputs they deliver. In light of this, we expect entrants to indicate clearly where AI has been used — whether in the development of the work itself or in shaping the written entry or any associated assets submitted as part of that entry.

If it becomes clear that an entry, or if the work entered, has been fabricated in any way, whether intentionally or unintentionally, Haymarket Media Group reserves the right to disqualify the entry.

If results have already been published, we retain the right to rescind the award and will publish an explanation on our relevant brand sites. Please note: any such decision will be made in consultation with the Chair of Judges and/or relevant judging panel.

Haymarket Media Group stands by its values of creativity, expertise, integrity, innovation, and respect. We expect everyone who enters, judges, or attends our events to uphold these same principles.

ENTRY SUBMISSION

For each entry, you must submit separate submissions for each nominee, including supporting materials, and an entry fee.

The submission must address and answer the criteria as per the online form. Judges may, at their discretion, provide a low score, or disqualify the affected entry if it does not answer the criteria.

ENTRY FEE

Once the entry has been submitted via the entry platform, entry fees are chargeable, and you will be liable to pay for the entries, even if you have not proceeded to the payment page or in the event of disqualification, entry withdrawal, duplicate submissions, or non-endorsement by management.

Entries submitted are non-returnable.

The entry fee includes a one-year membership with Campaign Asia-Pacific Membership can be used by the entrant or gifted to a person within the same company.

• Entry fees are payable in Hong Kong Dollars (HKD).
• A separate fee is required for each entry submission.
• Entry fees are due at the time of submission and are non-refundable.
• Entry submissions that are not paid for will NOT proceed to the judging stage.

FORMAT

Word limits, images, and supporting materials must be strictly adhered to. The Entrant is responsible for ensuring all formats are followed strictly as per the guidelines. Failing to do so might result in the entry being scored low by the judges and may result in disqualification.

JUDGING

• The judging process will consist of one round.
• judges shall evaluate and score all entries independently via our secure online platform.
• The decisions of the winners are final, and no correspondence will be entered regarding the results.
• Judges reserve the right to raise queries regarding the information provided and penalise any entry if there is evidence of inaccurate and misleading claims, which will lead to entry disqualification. The entry fee is non-refundable.

LANGUAGE

Entry submission includes, but is not limited to, the online entry form; the online submission must be in English only. Any supporting material or any video submission that is not in English should be accompanied by a translation to avoid being penalised during judging.

LIABILITY

The Entrant agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Haymarket from any and all claims, liabilities, losses, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) and damages arising out of or resulting from the Entrant’s breach of any representation or warranty contained in the Terms and Conditions.

• You shall not exclude or limit your liability under these Terms and Conditions, including for loss of goodwill and reputation.
• We shall not (whether in contract, tort, negligent, statutory duty, or otherwise) be liable to you under these Terms and Conditions for consequential, indirect, or special damages (including indirect loss of profit and indirect loss of revenue).
• Subject to the clauses above, our maximum aggregate liability to you under these Terms and Conditions (whether arising in contract, tort, negligence, statutory duty, or otherwise) shall not exceed the entry fees you paid to us for the related Award submission.

LICENSE

By submitting the entry, the Entrant hereby grants to Haymarket, a worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, right, and revocable license, to use, reproduce, publish, distribute, display, modify (for formatting purposes), nonconfidential portions of the Entry (such as program/initiative images or videos) in any media in connection with the Awards for educational, promotional, and publicity purposes (License).

Each Entrant represents and warrants that it owns or has secured the necessary permissions or approvals from a third party(ies) to provide the License for Haymarket use as described hereinabove.

MODIFICATION REQUEST

Any changes after the submission of the entry will be subject to review and prior approval by the Organiser. Should any changes be approved, a fee of HKD1,500 will be charged for each change. Not all requests will be accommodated.

NOMINEE’S BACKSTORY

A summary of 250-300 words is to be submitted via the online entry form. This summary will be used as part of the in-depth profile of each nominee. The summary should be the back story of the nominee.

DO NOT provide irrelevant information or company credentials for promotion or marketing purposes. Should any changes be required, a fee of HKD1,500 will be applied and subject to the Organiser’s approval.

PAYMENT

All payments for submissions must be made at the point of submission confirmation. Once you confirm SUBMIT ENTRY, your entry will be processed, and from this point forward, the Entrants are liable for all entry fees, including any duplication of entry.

Entries unpaid by the respective deadline (Early Bird Deadline by 2 February 2026, Standard Deadline by 24 February 2026, and Final Entry Deadline by 3 March 2026) may be disqualified and will not proceed to the judging stage.

Haymarket Media Ltd will retain the right to claim for unpaid entry fees and reserves the right to disqualify any unpaid entries and seek legal action to claim for any unpaid entry fees.

PUBLISH

The Organiser reserves the right to publish all entries wholly or in part, as case studies or for publicity purposes.

The Entrants are responsible for highlighting any confidential or sensitive information by using the [square bracket]. Please refer to the Confidentiality Section for further guidance.

QUERIES

Judges reserve the right to raise queries regarding the information provided on the online submission and supporting material and will penalise any entry should there be evidence of inaccurate and misleading claims, which could lead to the entry being disqualified.

RULES

The Organiser reserves the right to withdraw any entry which breaches any of the Awards Organiser’s rules. In the event of a complaint against any entry, the Organiser will investigate each case and will request detailed documentation from all parties concerned, including the complainant, the Entrants, and the client. If the complaint is upheld, entries and, if applicable, selected winners will be withdrawn accordingly.