Adobe Design Achievement Awards for International Students, 2017

• Participants must be over the age of 18 and a student enrolled in an accredited institution of higher education.
• Adobe tools must have contributed to the creation of the entry.
• Individuals residing in the following countries, states, and territories are excluded: Brazil, Northern Ireland, the Province of Quebec, and the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
• For group entries, everyone who worked on the entry must be listed on the entry form and meet the eligibility requirements. One of these people must be designated on the entry form as lead
  team member.
• Employees, independent contractors, officers, and directors of Sponsor; its affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion, and fulfillment agencies, and legal advisors; the judging panel; and the immediate family members and persons living in the same household of such persons are not eligible to participate in the Contest. All federal, state, provincial, autonomous, and local laws and regulations apply.
• Each participant may submit 3 unique entries per Category, and regardless of the number of entries entered, each participant is only eligible to win 1 prize in the Contest.
• Each entry must meet the requirements as specified here.
• Any nonconforming entries will be disqualified. Altered, defaced, mutilated, illegible, or incomplete entry forms are not eligible and will result in disqualification of entry.
• Entries that contain nudity or content that is pornographic in nature, violent, lewd, or sexually explicit, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, will be disqualified.
• After each entry is screened for compliance with the entry requirements, it will be judged by an independent panel of judges selected by the Sponsor.
• The judges’ decisions are final and binding. Judges retain the right to reclassify entries from one category to another or to select only components of the submission for honors.
  For a full list of eligibility criteria refer to the official rules.

The 14 categories are divided into three segments depending on the purpose of the work

Judging Criteria:

• Project originality and creative excellence.
• Effectiveness in meeting a communication objective.
• Demonstrating skills in applying Adobe products towards these ends.
• Entries incorporating new forms of media may be recognized with an “Excellence in New Media” Special Designation.
• Students working with virtual reality, augmented reality, 360 photography, and other emerging technologies are encouraged to apply in the segment that best describes the purpose of their work, and in the category that best aligns to the final product.