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Telly Awards Resources Page

The Telly Awards is the premier award honoring video and television across all screens. Established in 1979, The Telly Awards receives over 13,000 entries globally.
Winners are selected for recognition based on excellence in the following areas: Branded Content, Commercials & Marketing, Immersive & Mixed Reality, Non-Broadcast, Online and Television Series, Shows & Segments, Social Video, and Film & Shorts.

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Season 46 Snapshot

This page features everything you need to know about our current season including facts and assets.

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You can contact our customer service lead, DJ Ryan, at 212-970-0223 or email at customerservice@tellyawards.com

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Last season’s Season 45 Winner’s Resource page featured badges and banners can be found here.

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Stories Take Shape

The 46th Annual Telly Awards celebrates the creativity that emerges when Stories Take Shape in bold and innovative ways. We’re looking for work that uses traditional methods and new formats to outline the full spectrum of storytelling possibilities. Whether you are a brand creator, social media innovator, television veteran, or independent artist - join us in shaping the future of our craft.
Season 46 Assets

Season 46 Highlights

  • The 46th Annual Telly Awards season theme is “Stories Take Shape.”
  • New categories this year include Film & Shorts, Brand Partnerships, CTV ads, Limited Series, Variety Special, Book Trailer, Mascot Video and more.
  • New jurors this year include James Young (EVP, Head of Creative Innovation, BBDO NYC), Brian Toombs (Head of Roku Brand Studio, Roku Brand Studio), Rosalind Pressman (VP Brand Marketing, Pluto TV), Irantzu Diez-Gamboa (CEO North America, MediaPro), Sarah Minnie (Head of Artist Development and Production, Open Television) and Enrique Montalvo (Executive Producer, LinkedIn Editorial Productions) among many others
  • New programming includes a new virtual and in-person conversation series “Throughlines” to explore trends across social, brand and production.
  • New partners include Kinema, Portrait, Seed& Spark. Each of these organizations works to connect filmmakers and brands across the industry with funding, community and distribution opportunities.

Classic Assets

A collection of classic Telly Awards assets.

Promotional Image for the Square

Square

Promotional Image for the Horizontal

Horizontal

Promotional Image for the Spinning Colors Trophy

Spinning Colors Trophy

Promotional Image for the Spinning Gold Trophy

Spinning Gold Trophy

Promotional Image for the Three Trophies Spinning

Three Trophies Spinning

Promotional Image for the Hand Trophy

Hand Trophy

Promotional Image for the Managing Director Amanda Needham

Managing Director Amanda Needham

Promotional Image for the Producer Jenahye Johnson

Producer Jenahye Johnson

Telly Awards Facts

  • The Telly Awards honors excellence in video and television across all screens. Established in 1979, The Telly Awards receives over 13,000 entries globally.
  • Winners are selected for recognition based on excellence in the following areas: Branded Content, Commercials & Marketing, Immersive & Mixed Reality, Non-Broadcast, Online and Television Series, Shows & Segments, and Social Video.
  • Entrants are judged by The Telly Awards Judging Council—an industry body of over 250 leading experts including advertising agencies, production companies, and major television networks including Adobe, RunwayML, MSG Sphere Studios, Bustle Digital Group, Billion Dollar Boy, Netflix, Shutterstock, Unit 9, Whaler, Meta Creative Shop.
  • Long standing partners of The Telly Awards include: the Gotham Institute, National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), Stash, NY Women In Film and Television (NYWIFT), Los Angeles Post-Production Group (LAPPG), Production Hub, Green the Bid, Video Consortium, and Series Fest. New Partners this season include FWD-Doc, Runway AI Film Festival (AIFF), ReelAbilities Film Festival, and Film Fatales.
  • Past Winners include: Accenture, Adult Swim, AirBnB, Audible, Adobe, BET Networks/BET Digital, BritBox, Condé Nast, CNN, The Walt Disney Company, ESPN, The European Union, Feed the Children, FORTUNE Brand Studio, FEMA, Frameless, Gaumont, Golden State Warriors, HBO, Media.Monks, Microsoft, NASA, National Geographic Society, Netflix, Partizan, Paramount, PBS Digital, RadicalMedia, Sony Music Entertainment, The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Square.
  • Global entries include work from across Europe, including Sweden, Spain, Greece and Germany and from across Asia including Korea, Singapore, China and the Middle East including Saudi Arabia, the  United Arab Emirates, and Qatar.
  • In addition to the award program, the Telly Awards hosts year-long programming. The Telly Awards Podcast presents micro conversations with experts reframing our industry on a macro level, and Hot Takes, our original video series, features unfiltered, unrehearsed responses to hot-button topics. Our global screening series is a touring industry event where large corporate agencies and small, independent creators and production companies come together each season to screen excellent short-form work we curate from our winners, partners and judges.
  • The Telly Awards is based in NYC and its Managing Director is Amanda Needham.

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