FAQ Entry #477

This is a respond to a previously asked question about the A' Design Award and Competition. The full list of frequently asked questions can be accessed here.

#477: The status says REJECTED for my entry but I have paid for this entry to be nominated. What does that mean when my entry is REJECTED?

In your control panel, at hidden cabinet - uploaded designs section, when it says that the entry is rejected, it usually refers to a soft rejection; i.e. if you make a nomination, the entry is still in the competition and it is not eliminated, but the presentation of the entry needs further work. Normally we also send an email about why the entry is not accepted; this acceptance and rejection status usually refers to the presentation of the design rather than the design itself in almost all cases, and when you fix the issues noted (you can see these issues when you click the design in your control panel), you will have opportunity to fix and improve the presentation and the status would chance to approved. In your control panel, at hidden cabinet - uploaded designs section, Rejection does not mean eliminated; you just need to improve presentation and likewise another status; Approved does not mean awarded, it means that the presentation is very good and the work will take part in the competition with a good presentation. In both cases, the entry is not eliminated or awarded; the award status is assigned only after the grand jury voting.

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The following questions could be related:

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• #92: Can I send you my designs so that you can check it if they are good enough for the competition?
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• #138: I have multiple transactions with different statuses indicated on the Relevant Transactions tab when viewing my design, is my design nominated?
• #149: How can I learn if my design is applicable, or if my entry be counted or if my design is eligible for winning the award?
• #177: We have our products ready for manufacturing but they are not yet manufactured, would our products still be considered for this years competition?
• #194: Can any one person enter the competion, or do I have to be part of a company?
• #199: I have an approved patent for my design, can I still join the design competition?
• #209: Can you tell me if submissions need to have been created in the last year or if they can have been created at any time?
• #210: My credit card will not be accepted when I try to pay the nomination fee?
• #251: I would like to know if there is only specific projects that can be submitted for car design award - for example specific range of car design - for automotive design sector - or any type of car design can be submitted to the car design award?
• #270: My design was rejected as it was identifiable what does it mean?
• #295: Is it possible to enter the design competition with a design which I entered to another competition before?
• #321: We would like to upload few of our projects to the Design Awards. But the thing is that one of them was sent to different architectural competition. Can we use the same project to participate in your competition? Please let us know if it's not against your policies, so we can go ahead and upload our concepts to your website.
• #323: I am planning to submit one of my design to the awards. Would it be possible for me to submit the exact same product to another competition?
• #324: What projects are eligible for the architecture categories: completed and conceptual, or just completed?
• #334: What is the public release date of the product in order to apply for the design award?
• #337: Is there any limitation about number of people in a design team?
• #338: Is there any limitations for participating in different fields or design award categories?
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• #379: Could you please inform me that how many different projects can I submit in the same year? Additionally, can I submit a project which won a different Design Award prize?
• #380: I'd like to submit my work for a competition, but I'm not sure if it's eligible. It's a logo that got rejected by the client, therefore not realized. Is that work eligible for a competition or not?
• #382: I an planning to attend the competition, but still I have a doubt. Do I have to send to A'Design Award & Competition the real product, or just the images and texts?
• #384: We will not nominate our design due to the negative feedback of the preliminary test but are we obliged to nominate our design or can we participate with another project?
• #390: Is it necessary that the design must be published in same year of award entry?
• #393: Is there any condition about availability of the product on the market, e.g. products have to be on the market till the end of this year?
• #394: Can I submit my old works or can our company can submit old products?
• #407: Is it required for submission that the product is new design? For example can I submit a product I designed several years ago?
• #408: Is there a specific requirement for when the submitted project was completed? (How recently completed can a project be? Also, how old can a project be to qualify?)
• #411: Should we need Client approval when we are going to apply for the design award?
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• #427: After being awarded the prestigious A' Design Award with my project this year, I have been approached by someone from another international competition with an invitation to participate with the same project in their competition free of charge, Am I allowed to do that? Do the regulations of the A' Design Award allow me to send in the project to another competition?
• #443: Hi, I would like to know if United States citizens are eligible to participate in this design award? Would the fees be the same?
• #444: For Architectural submissions, I understand right, the designs can be in manual sketches, renderings, blue-prints, in this case do they have to have planning approvals received?
• #458: I am an extremely talented minor, I am not yet able to vote in my country, can I join the design competition?
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