Indiana Tourism Awards

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2024 Awards

Submissions for the 2024 Awards has closed.

Entry Requirements

All entries must designate the organization’s overall marketing budget level: Under $300,000/year or over $300,000/year. Budget level should reflect marketing budget only and should not include staff salaries or operational expenses.
Eligible projects must be either produced, placed or completed between January 1, 2023-December 31, 2023.
All entrants must register for the Indiana Tourism Conference and be present at awards event on Tuesday, March 12, 2024.
Entries can be submitted by Destination Marketing Organizations, Agencies or Industry Partners.
Entries must be received by Friday, January 12, 2024 at 5pm EST. Absolutely no late entries will be considered.
A project may be entered in more than one category - if it applies.
An organization may enter a category with multiple entries. Those entries will go up against each other in the judging.
ITA reserves the right to dismiss an entry for not meeting the entry requirements.
Judges reserve the right to forego awarding any category that has less than three entries. Entrants will be refunded if the entry category is not judged.

Evaluation Criteria

Project Description and Content (20 Points): Was the project clearly described, with a clear goal and vision? Was the intent (audience, goals, etc.) of the project clearly described?
Execution and Budget (20 Points): Was the project scope, planning and implementation clearly explained? Was the project successfully executed? Was the budget for the project explained?
Return on Investment (20 Points): What was the overall success of the project? Did the project have a good/high return on investment? Please include results such as: impressions, call to action, click throughs, social media follows and comparison to previous years stats if applicable.
Creativity (20 Points): Did the project have good visual appeal? Did the quality of the project look/feel meet or exceed expectations?
Overall Project Impression (20 Points): Based on the goals and objectives presented, with supported information, was the project a success? Would the project entice visitation?

Entry Instructions

Complete one form for each entry and include at least one hi-res image with your entry (to be used at the awards presentation).
Entries (including the form and accompanying documents) should be submitted via the form below.
Entrants may submit a Dropbox folder link for all images related to the project.
If you are entering for Best Visitors Guide, please mail four hard copies of your entry to be reviewed by the judges by January 19 to the below address. We recommend tracking them to ensure delivery:
- Carrie Lambert, Indiana Tourism Association
- 2715 Ryan Drive
- Indianapolis, IN 46220
$50 for the first entry, each additional entry is $30.
Invoice will be received by the entrant after the entry is received by the ITA.
A confirmation email will be received by the entrant after the entry is received by the ITA.

Deadline to Enter: January 17, 2024 at 5 PM EST.

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Entrant

Name

Organization

Street

City

State

Zip Code

ITA Member

Yes No

Annual Marketing Budget

Under $300,000 Over $300,000

Project

Project Name

Planning Phase How long was the project in planning?

Start Date of Campaign

End Date

Budget Overall budget for the project.

Description Description of the project and results ( of 500 word maximum).

Return On Investment Include any ROI available. Hard numbers are helpful, but even anecdotal ROI will be considered.

Supporting Files

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Please note that files larger than 2MB will be rejected. You may add up to 4 files. We only accept PDFs and image files. You may alternatively submit links to the files, for example to a shared DropBox, OneDrive, or other online file sharing. To submit links, please check the "Attach Files By Link" checkbox.

Attach files by link

Please enter the full address to each file you want to include. Link #1 Link #2 Link #3 Link #4

Image

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Please attach a single image file representing the entry.

Credits Individuals, Agency, and/or Partners involved.