eligibility & Requirements

The HAPIE Awards Competition is open to all individuals involved in one of the available production categories. Entries for the current season must have been completed  and released during the time period of January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024.  Submissions should include your body of work in a given year in a 60sec sizzle reel.

Your residence zip code must be within the Greater Houston area including Sugarland, Pearland, Katy, Richmond, Woodlands, Cypress, Kingwood and Clear Lake.   If you are unsure, please reach out.  

We accept work in Commercials & Marketing, Corporate, Live Event content, TV or Online Series, Shows & Segments, Non-Broadcast, Social Video and Film.  Submit a reel of your body of work for your craft for the year 2024.

Submissions must be entered under an individual's name.  There will be an option to credit your employer, business, project or organization.  

CATEGORY NAME

INDIVIDUAL NAME

STUDIO, BUSINESS, PROJECT OR ORGANIZATION (optional)

Winners and top nominees will be made public on the HAP website indefinitely.  By submitting you agree to allowing HAP to  include your name and work on our website.  

Many production professionals wear several hats, so there is no limit to the amount of categories you may enter.  If you are both DP and editor then you can submit to each category.  Only one submission per category.  You would need to make a 60sec DP reel and a separate 60sec Editor reel.

Entries that contain pornographic material, propagate “hate” messages, make defamatory statements or that are otherwise extraordinarily offensive will be automatically disqualified.   No political ads. 

Spec work is not eligible except for the Sketch Storyboard Category.

The HAPIE Awards assumes all entries are original and the entrant either owns the work or has permission from a client or other appropriate party to enter the work, with all rights granted therein. 

In the event that an entrant without such rights submits an entry, the entrant will not be eligible for the competition. The HAPIE Awards are not liable for any copyright infringement on the part of the entrant.

Submission of any entry acknowledges the right of The HAPIE Awards to use it for exhibition, promotion and publication purposes in any medium.

If an entry receives an award, the manner and details of announcing that nomination and award is strictly within the discretion of The HAPIE Awards. 

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