East Texas Innovation Awards 2025

Celebrating Excellence in Advertising and Marketing Innovation

Welcome to the East Texas Innovation Awards submission portal! We’re excited to recognize the outstanding creativity, innovation, and dedication that drives our East Texas advertising and marketing community forward.

Submission Details
  • Submission Period: September 23 – October 23, 2025
  • Awards Banquet: November 13, 2025
  • Eligibility: Open to all East Texas professionals and organizations (AAF membership not required)

Important Dates

Submissions Open

September 23rd

Start nominating outstanding innovators in East Texas advertising and marketing

Submissions Close

October 23rd

Final day to submit your nominations

Awards Banquet

November 13th

Join us for an evening celebrating East Texas innovation

Award Categories

Lifetime Innovator Award

Throughout their entire career in advertising or marketing, this person has shown a drive to innovate and create unique concepts. They serve their employees, employer, clients, or community by sharing freely of their creativity and by promoting a creative workspace in which ideas are limitless. Their innovation has made impacts upon consumers and the East Texas advertising community.

Innovative Team of the Year

The Innovative Team of the Year is awarded to a company or team who displays  an innovative drive in their community and among advertisers. This team spends the year creating thoughtful and innovative campaigns and concepts for their clients. They go above and beyond and stretch the boundaries of the imagination. Innovation is a key principle for their company and they strive to develop unique and innovative techniques which can be implemented throughout the advertising community.

Innovator of the Year

This award recognizes an individual in the East Texas advertising community who has embodied innovation in the 2024-2025 year. They serve as an innovator for their company and the industry at large. Their innovation can be seen by their peers and the community. There are no limits to innovation and this person’s creativity makes them
ripe for this award.

The Lightbulb Award

This award recognizes the work of a team or an individual who had a uniquely innovative idea or project during the previous year. This idea can be one for a client or for the promotion of the company itself. In the advertising world, we say no idea is a bad idea…but which idea is the best idea? This award aims to honor an idea that will have a lasting impact on the community or the industry.

AAF Volunteer of the Year

This award recognizes a member of the American Advertising Federation of East Texas who has gone above and beyond as both a contributor to the club and as an innovator in the industry. This person has a servant’s heart and gives of their time freely to help promote and develop AAF-ETX.

Mosaic Star Award

The District 10 Mosaic Awards recognize individuals, companies, and agencies within Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas whose commitment to diversity and inclusion is evident through their creative work and organization-wide initiatives.

The Student Lightbulb Award

This award recognizes the work of a student team or individual who had a uniquely innovative idea or project during the previous academic year. This idea can be from a class assignment, capstone project, internship work, or personal creative endeavor. In the advertising world, we say no idea is a bad idea…but which student idea is the brightest? This award aims to honor a student concept that demonstrates exceptional creativity and has the potential for lasting impact on the community or industry.

JOIN US AT THE 2025
INNOVATION AWARDS

The Innovation Awards Are BACK!

November 2025

More information coming soon! 

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THANK YOU!

INDIVIDUAL TICKET

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TABLE

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THE 2022
INNOVATION AWARDS

Held October 4th 2022 @ The Texas Broadcast Museum in Kilgore, Tx

THE 2022
INNOVATION AWARDS

Held October 4th 2022 @ The Texas Broadcast Museum in Kilgore, Tx

JOIN US AT THE 2022
INNOVATION AWARDS

October 4th @ 7 p.m.

Broadcast Museum in Kilgore, Tx

PLEASE FILL OUT THE FORM BEFORE PROCEEDING TO PURCHASE, THANK YOU!

INDIVIDUAL TICKET

$50

TWO TICKETS

$100

THREE TICKETS

$150

FOUR TICKETS

$200

TABLE

$350