24 jury teams of the UCA 2026 have started their work
May 05, 2026
The judging process for the Ukrainian Creative Awards 2026, the country’s largest advertising creativity competition has begun. This year, 24 judging teams, including 14 international panels, are evaluating 1,424 entries from 183 participants. The winners will be announced at the end of May.
The Ukrainian Creative Awards comprises four key Ukrainian advertising creativity festivals:
- Kyiv International Advertising Festival
- ADC*UA Awards
- Ukrainian Design: The Very Best Of
- MIXX Awards Ukraine
In 2026, these festivals brought together 1,424 entries from 183 participants.
As usual, the Kyiv International Advertising Festival attracted the largest number of entries – 714 entries from 89 participants. The festival’s geographical scope covers 12 countries: Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine and France.
This year’s national competitions attracted:
- ADC*UA Awards – 148 entries from 42 participants
- Ukrainian Design: The Very Best Of – 226 entries from 97 participants
- MIXX Awards – 336 entries from 49 participants.
25 jury teams are assessing the entries, 14 of which are international.
The winners of the Ukrainian Creative Awards 2026 will be announced at the end of May as part of Ukrainian Creative Stories 2026.
Specifically:
- 27 May – MIXX Awards ceremony (organised by IAB Ukraine)
- 28 May – ADC*UA Awards and Ukrainian Design: The Very Best Of ceremonies, within UCS
- 29 May – Kyiv International Advertising Festival awards ceremony (26th edition), within UCS
The names of the winners will be published on the website creative-stories.com.ua.
This year, as part of Ukrainian Creative Stories 2026, there will also be the open competitions: the CRAVE Awards, a competition for young creatives and those planning to enter the industry, organised by the VRK and Havas Village; and the Brave Awards, the first military advertising competition, organised by the management of the All-Ukrainian Advertising Coalition and the VRK Military Advertising Committee with the support of the ‘Cultural Forces’ Platform. Separate judging panels have been formed for these competitions – 29 professionals from various specialisations have joined the judging process.
Entries for the Brave Awards are open until 10 May. The award ceremonies for both competitions will take place on 28 May.
We would like to remind you that Ukrainian Creative Stories 2026 will take place in Kyiv on 28-29 May – a key event bringing together professionals from the advertising and communications market to discuss ideas, case studies, experiences and the season’s top awards. The daytime program will include seminar sessions dedicated to current industry topics, while the evening program will feature the awards ceremonies.
The UCS program of events will be published shortly on the website creative-stories.com.ua.
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