Key Information
The Kyoorius Young Blood Awards are free to enter
Deadline To Enter
01.01.2027
Judging Begins
08.01.2027
The First List
27.01.2027
Baby Red Elephants
29.01.2027
Awards Night
at Kyoorius Design Awards Night
at Designyatra 2027
Sep / Oct 2027
Dates subject to change. Keep checking this page.
The Guide
Tips & Notes to make your entries better!
Know your briefs!
Do you know your chosen brief inside out?
Can you explain it one sentence?
Have you researched the brand?
Are you clear on what you’ve been asked to deliver?
Challenge The Idea
Think you really have a winning idea?
Why will anyone care?
Would the audience engage with it?
Does it achieve the goals?
How does it fit with the brand?
Does it excite the brand’s stakeholders?
Is it original?
Make It A Winner
Don’t go with an obvious idea. Chances are lots of other people will have too.
Get to the point. Don’t explain the brief, draw the judges in with the big idea.
The judges watch hundreds of ideas back to back. Make sure yours is memorable.
Tips! Tips! Tips!
Use Your Time Wisely & WOW The Jury
Don’t Include The Brief
Don’t waste time telling the judges what they already know. You can talk about how you interpreted the brief and how this led to your response.
Don’t Make It Fancy
You don’t need to make it elaborate and fancy. A clearly presented idea and relevant executions are just as effective.
Focus on the creative idea + its relevance to the audience
Be Careful With Mockups & Videos
While demonstrating using mock-ups and screenshots, clearly show how it would work. If you’re using videos / photos, then please don’t include photos or footage where you can be identified. So no vlogs where you are the narrator or anchor, don’t include your name, university, agency, etc.
Summarise Your Ideas
Get the jury’s attention. You can use the rest of your time to go into more detail if you need to. Don’t make the judges wait until the end to find out your solution. Show the key elements of your work. Keep the layout clean, simple and uncluttered.
Your deck / slides / PDF must be
clear and easy to view.
Make sure text is big enough
to be read without zooming.
Horizontal / Landscape / 16:9
is always better for the judges.