D&AD New Blood Awards
D&AD Remote · open worldwide
Student and emerging-creative competition built on real briefs from brands; winners earn New Blood Pencils and portfolio exposure to the design and advertising industry.
Free to start · no account needed
Get your nomination packet for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes.
You look at it first. Nothing is submitted without your tap.
About
Also: New Blood Pencil; industry exposure; shared prize pots on some briefs.
Who can apply: Students enrolled in a recognised course, or non-students over 18 with less than six months of paid creative work.
Cost: £15 per entry (free voucher available via survey).
Annual: briefs launch late October, entries close mid-March (2026 deadline was March 17).
How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal (you need an account there); a payment is part of applying.
What to prepare: portfolio.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “Real brands. Real briefs. Our awards for students and emerging creatives”
Who can apply
- Open to students, creators and freelancers
- Students enrolled in a recognised course, or non-students over 18 with less than six months of paid creative work.
What you will need
- PortfolioUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (own portal), which needs an account in your name.
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done. There is a fee to pay to the organiser; payment always stays with you.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get your nomination packet for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to D&AD without your tap.
Nothing is submitted without your tap. Logins, CAPTCHAs, payments and interviews stay with you.