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Calculate Nomination Fees: Step 3 |
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The Entry Period
There are three main entry periods and additionally five micro periods that relates to nominations.
The earlier you join the competition, the less the nomination fees but the more you have to wait for learning your results. Early entry period is between April 1st to June 30th of each year, Regular Entry period is from July 1st to September 30th of each year and the Late Entry is between October 1st to February 28th of each year. Last and Omega periods are not suggested for any participant as the fees would be significantly higher, while Special periods such as the First Bird, Earliest Bird or Mid-Season Days could provide great discounts. Here, we have a detailed calendar for the competition and the special periods are explained in the campaigns page.
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Please choose the date of entry. If you wish to know the fees for nominating right now, choose "Now".
Further Information
To remind you, you have selected the Institutional Alliance Account Type and Preliminary Score (7) general details about this account type and the Preliminary Score (7) are as given below:
| Bronze or Iron |
| About the Preliminary Score (7): A preliminary score of (7) corresponds to an expected Bronze or Iron award status: If nominated, your design is highly likely to win a Bronze or A' Design Award. Your design is less likely to receive runner-up, very less likely to receive participant status. Please learn more about what the Preliminary Score means. To remind you this score is not guaranteed or promised and actual jury voting could be significantly different. |
| Institutional Alliance | |||||
Institutional Alliance Account: Designed for very large non-profits or group of not for profit organizations, the Institutional Alliance account type provides possibilities of submitting works through patronage or membership referral programs with discounted entry fees.
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Eligibility Conditions: Group members should be legal entities that are granted tax-exempt status by the local tax authorities, revenue officials or the government. The not-for-profit organization uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals rather than distributing them as profit or dividends. Can be any type of entity, charity, trust or cooperative. Must be registered and have a tax code. Choose this option if you represent a group of non-profit organizations or a very large non-profit organization. 
Restrictions: Can use non-profit institution name for yearbook, certificates, exhibition posters, design rankings, screen presentations or profile details. Cannot use brand name for gala-badges. Must use institutional electronic mail address for registration. Can provide up to three (3) entity names for yearbook, certificates, exhibition posters, gala-badges, design rankings, screen presentations or profile details if space permits. Company registration number, value added tax number or corporate identification number must be provided for invoices. Maximum Team Size - number of designers that could be listed as team members at team members section of design details is forty (40) i.e. cannot list more than forty (40) entities for the team members section of designs, including the account owner.
Clarifications: Non-Profit Account type instead of Institutional Alliance Account could be used when the number of team members are less than or equal to ten (10). 
