Submissions are open for this year’s Adobe MAX Creativity Awards
Enter to win an Adobe MAX Creativity Award
Creativity is everywhere and it’s meant to be celebrated. We invite you to share what you’ve been working on for the second annual Adobe MAX Creativity Awards. Submissions are open from now until June 26 for consideration by a panel of Adobe judges.
The Adobe MAX Creativity Awards honors the world’s most innovative and impactful creative work powered by Adobe tools. In the award’s second year, we’ve added three separate levels for professional creatives, those who create for personal goals, and, to support and celebrate the next generation, young creators. This year’s categories are designed to spotlight exceptional achievements in design, storytelling, animation, and more.
Honorees will receive a pass to Adobe MAX, the world’s premiere creativity conference, airfare to the event in Los Angeles and hotel accommodations. Plus, your project will be featured in the MAX keynote.
Think you’ve got something to show off? Take a look at this year’s categories and submit your project where it’s best suited.
Adobe MAX Creativity Awards categories
One entry per category only.
Design: Celebrating visionary work in branding, layout, and packaging that defines the future of visual communication.
We’re looking for bold, strategic design work that pushes creative boundaries while solving real-world challenges. Whether for print, digital, or beyond, we’re honoring design that is both visually stunning and smartly executed.
Image-Making: Honoring artists, illustrators, and designers who craft powerful imagery through digital painting, illustration, 3D, mixed media, composites, and emerging technologies.
This category recognizes artists who push creative limits and express their vision through beautifully crafted, highly imaginative imagery. We’re looking for visually striking pieces where concept, technique, and artistic expression come together to create something truly memorable.
Motion: Celebrating the artists, animators, and storytellers who harness movement to spark emotion, create atmosphere, and elevate visual expression.
Great motion work goes beyond aesthetics — it communicates, captivates, and transforms static visuals into emotionally engaging experiences. We’re looking for work that is bold, rhythmic, experimental, or narratively rich, created for any platform, format, or audience.
Photography: Honoring photographers who skillfully use composition, lighting, and storytelling to create compelling, visually stunning, and impactful images.
This category celebrates those who see the world through a distinct lens. Whether staged or spontaneous, bold or intimate, we’re looking for work that turns observation into unforgettable imagery.
Video: Honoring the filmmakers, directors, and creatives who bring compelling stories to life through the power of video.
Whether narrative, documentary, commercial, or experimental, we’re looking for work that combines thoughtful storytelling, compelling visuals, and intentional pacing to create an emotional or thought-provoking experiences.
This year, awards will be given in three different levels per category
Professional Work: This level is for projects created as part of a paid engagement, client brief, or work done within a professional, agency, or organizational context.
Personal Work: This level is for self-initiated, passion-driven projects created outside of a client or commercial setting.
Young Creators: This level is open to individuals who were between the ages of 18 and 22 when they created the project — whether as part of a class, internship, portfolio development, or independent exploration.
Creativity has the power to connect, inspire, and drive us forward. We can’t wait to see what our global creative community has brought to life this year and we look forward to highlighting you at Adobe MAX 2025.
Enter your creative projects by June 26. One entry per category only. View judging criteria, read the rules, and submit your work here.