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Submissions open until 17th April
Entry GuidelinesYou're about to enter Gather, Brandland's first ever awards celebrating the best branding work in Norwich and the East. Before you submit, read these guidelines to make sure your entry is ready to shine.
❋ EligibilityGather is open to brand owners and in-house teams, agencies, freelancers and independents. Work must have been completed since Jan 2025. You can enter multiple categories, but each category requires a separate submission.
❋ What to IncludeYour submission should include written content covering the project context and challenge, strategic thinking and brand idea, and execution and outcomes where relevant. Visual materials should be provided, you’ll have an opportunity to provide a link to a Google Drive folder containing your assets.
❋ Judging criteriaJudges will be looking for clarity of thinking and strategic intent, quality of execution and craft, distinctiveness and originality, and relevance and impact where applicable.
❋ TimelineEntries will be open from 2nd March until 17th April. The shortlist will be announced on 12th May with a celebratory exhibition and prize-giving on 9th June.
❋ Submission feesEntry fees are £100 per category for brands, in-house teams or agencies, and £50 for freelancers and independents. If you're under 25, entry is free. Once you’ve submitted your entry you will receive a payment link (within 72 hours) to pay for your submission.
Brand Story:
A celebration of writing and articulating clear and compelling stories about a brand.
This is about the words. The copy. The verbal articulation of what makes a brand special.
Show us how you've used words to capture what a brand does and why it exists.
Sponsored by:
Brand Story
Brand Identity:
A celebration of designing visual identities for brands.
This is about the design. The visual identity. The logos, colours, typography, and graphic systems that bring a brand to life.
Show us how you designed a brand’s visual world.
Sponsored by:
Brand Identity
Brand Communication:
A celebration of campaigns and communications powered by brand thinking.
This is about the work that puts a brand into the world. Advertising, content, PR, social, film, or activations shaped by a clear brand idea.
Show us how you used brand thinking to create communication that connects.
Sponsored by:
Brand
Communication
Brand Growth:
A celebration of brand work that has driven measurable business transformation.
This is about the results. The impact. The proof that brand strategy, design, or communication has led to demonstrable business change.
Show us the brand work, the challenge it addressed, and the evidence of what it achieved.
Sponsored by:
Brand Growth
Young Blood:
A celebration of young talent.
This category is open to anyone under 25, whether you are currently studying or recently graduated.
The submission can showcase work across any of the categories: Brand Story, Brand Identity, Brand Communication or Brand Growth.
The key distinction? Your work does not have to have been launched. It could be a showcase or a project completed as part of further education.
Entry is completely free for Young Blood submissions.
Sponsored by:
Young Blood
Special Prizes
The two special prizes will be awarded to entries across the main categories.
Brand for Change
A celebration of work with social impact.
Judges are looking for clear connections to the tackling of a social issue in how the brand is conceived or executed.
Brand for Planet
A celebration of work in the field of sustainability.
Judges are looking for clear examples of sustainable impact in how the brand is conceived or executed.