Shortlist winners will be posted online on April 18th, 2018.

Final winners will be announced online on May 2nd, 2018.

No. Judges must recuse themselves from voting on their own work.

Any judge who does not recuse themselves will be banned from The Motion Awards, and their votes will be withdrawn.

Work must be:

1. Inspiring
2. Impeccably crafted
3. Relevant to the category in which it was entered and the context for which it was created

There are two rounds of judging: Shortlist and Finalist.

During the Shortlist round, judges give each entry a 1-10 rating. To advance to the Finalist round, entries must have an average score of 7.0 or higher and be among the top 10 scored entries in its category.

During the Finalist round, judges give each entry a 1-10 rating. To win, an entry must have an average score of at least 7.0 and be the highest rated entry in its category.

If no project meets the criteria above for a given category, there will be no winner for that category.

Finalists will be announced for The 2017 Motion Awards.