Creative Circle Opens for 2024 Entries

The Creative Circle 2024 is now open for entries, inviting the UK creative community to celebrate the best of its work and talent from the previous year. 

Maintaining its commitment to supporting wider representation in the creative industries, the Creative Circle continues to pledge 10% of all award entry fees and 100% of membership fees to the Creative Foundation charity. Established in 2017, the charity, which has no employees or overhead costs, uses 100% of the money raised to directly support young creatives. 

Despite donating 10% of all entry fees to the Creative Foundation charity, the Creative Circle Awards stands firmly as one of the most affordable awards shows to enter. As an added bonus, all Gold winners that are also Creative Circle members receive free entry to the ADC*E Awards.

New for 2024, the Creative Circle Awards introduces a Short Film jury, as well as new awards to recognise Sustainability and Diversity. 

All Creative Circle Talent categories are free to enter as part of the organisation’s ongoing support of the next generation of creatives, entrants must be within their first three years of working. To involve young creatives in all aspects of the Creative Circle, all Talent finalists will receive a free pass to attend the two day UK Creative Festival and the Talent awards ceremony.

The extended talent categories include an award for ‘Most Promising Raw Talent’, which is set to be awarded to an individual or student who is yet to be employed.

The Creative Circle Awards will mark the culmination of the 2024 UK Creative Festival, set to take place on the 10th-11th July 2024 at Dreamland, Margate. 

The fairest show in the UK, the Creative Circle is the only award show which invites the entire UK Creative community to judge the submitted work, with registration open to any creative currently working in the creative industries in the UK. Last year, over 650 creatives registered to become a part of the judging process, and it is hoped that over 1000 will sign up for 2024.

The awards categories can be downloaded here, and entries for Creative Circle 2024 are open here. The deadline for entry submissions is the 31st January 2024. All key dates can be found below:

Awards entries open: 1st December 2023

Awards entries close: 31st January 2024

First round judging commences: 14th February 2024

Second round judging commences: 1st March 2024

Live Gold Judging commences: 18th March 2024

Live Gold Judging finishes: 20th May 2024

Shortlist announced: June 2024

Awards ceremony, Dreamland, Margate: 11th July 2024