Epica Awards 2018: Shortlists announced

Epica Awards announced the shortlisted entries for the 2018 competition, with the finalists to face the evaluation of the grand jury, which meets in Amsterdam on November 12-14.

Gold and Grand Prix winners will be awarded during a ceremony at the KIT Royal Tropical Institute on the evening of November 15. Silver and Bronze winners will be published on the Epica Awards website the next day, November 16.

The Epica jury is composed of editors and senior reporters from the world’s leading magazines covering creativity and communications. They are supported by an online jury of 300 journalists from specialist titles in fields such as post-production, VR, design, luxury and fashion.  

This year Epica received 4020 entries from 69 countries, a 20% increase on the previous year despite difficult market conditions. This was driven by the return of the Publicis Groupe networks, plus an enthusiastic response from Germany and Latin America.

When it comes of entries, the highest number came from Germany, followed by the United States and France. New countries this year included Iran and Morocco. In terms of networks, BBDO and McCann Worldgroup were particularly well represented.