Deadline:21st August 2026
Advertising Week New York is proud to open nominations for the 2026 Future is Female Awards. The Future is Female Awards celebrate the women and allies reshaping leadership across marketing, media and culture. Now in its eighth year, this is your chance to put a bold name forward, including your own.
The Future is Female Awards launched with a simple conviction: that the most transformative leaders in our industry weren’t getting nearly enough recognition.
That conviction hasn’t changed. What has changed is the scale of the conversation.
Today, the program stands as one of Advertising Week New York’s most celebrated initiatives, a platform dedicated to spotlighting rising stars making bold moves inside their organizations and beyond. From boundary-pushing marketers to culture-shaping creatives, the Future is Female Awards honors the people brave enough to lead differently and inspire others to do the same.
Prize
The Advertising Week Future is Female Awards is a community. Winning an award or being shortlisted gets you the official winner title and entry to our exclusive community, where you will be invited to judge future awards, receive VIP access to Advertising Week events and talk on our stages/podcasts wherever possible. It’s not an award for one night; it’s joining a community.
Eligibility
The Future is Female Awards are open to women and the allies who champion them. Whether you’re nominating yourself or someone else, each entrant must complete an online application. It is an independently judged awards program recognizing people and performance — and participating is optional.
You can enter yourself or nominate another candidate in the industry who you think deserves to win. Around 80% of our entries are people endorsing others, so consider who you’d love to see recognized.
If you nominate another person, please remember to leave an endorsement for them from you, a happy client, an appreciative co-worker or another professional endorser. You can enter as many other people as you wish, so if you have a large collection of deserving colleagues, enter them all!
If you are nominating yourself, we love the self-belief! But please also include an outside endorsement, as these are important for us when validating entries. We ask all entries to include this.
For more information and application.