The awards recognise the best creative work in advertising and design from around the world with the Yellow and Black Pencils. Work entered before 18 November will receive a 10% discount. Eligible entries will be accepted until 27 January 2010. Judging takes place from 19-22 April in London and winners will be announced in June.
| Jury | Name | Foreman | Job title | Company | Nation | | Art Direction | Dave Dye | Yes | Creative Director | Dye Holloway Murray | UK |
| Art Direction | Pierrette Diaz | | Art Director | DDB Paris | France |
| Art Direction | Mark Denton | | Creative Director | Coy! Communications | UK |
| Art Direction | Mark Reddy | | Head of Art | BBH London | UK |
| Art Direction | Tiger Savage | | Head of Art & Deputy Creative Director | M&C Saatchi | UK |
| Art Direction | Zac Ellis | | Art Director | WCRS | UK |
| Art Direction | Menno Kluin | | Art Director | Y&R New York | US |
| Book Design | John Morgan | Yes | Founder | John Morgan Studio | UK |
| Book Design | Masayoshi Kodaira | | Art Director | Flame Inc | Japan |
| Book Design | Astrid Stavro | | Founder & Art Director | Astrid Stavro | Spain |
| Book Design | John Hamilton | | Art Director | Penguin Books | UK |
| Book Design | Lucie Stericker | | Creative Director | Orion Publishing | UK |
| Book Design | Miriam Rosenbloom | | Senior Designer | Faber & Faber | UK |
| Book Design | Paul Sahre | | Graphic Designer | Paul Sahre | US |
| Branding | Ben Casey | Yes | Executive Creative Director | The Chase Manchester | UK |
| Branding | Heinrich Paravicini | | Managing Partner & Creative Director | Mutabor Design | Germany |
| Branding | Adrian Burton | | Executive Creative Director | Lambie-Nairn | UK |
| Branding | David Dalziel | | Creative Director | Dalziel & Pow | UK |
| Branding | Gareth Howat | | Creative Director | hat-trick Design Consultants | UK |
| Branding | Peter Knapp | | Executive Creative Director Europe & Middle East | Landor Associates | UK |
| Branding | Antonio Bertone | | Head of Branding | PUMA International | US |
| Digital Advertising | Rei Inamoto | Yes | Chief Creative Officer | AKQA | US |
| Digital Advertising | Dirk Eschenbacher | | Executive Creative Director & Managing Partner | Tribal DDB Asia Pacific | China |
| Digital Advertising | Hiroki Nakamura | | Technical Director | Dentsu Tokyo | Japan |
| Digital Advertising | Sean Thompson | | Creative Director | 180 Amsterdam | Netherlands |
| Digital Advertising | Liz Sivell | | Creative Director | R/GA London | UK |
| Digital Advertising | Måns Tesch | | Digital Strategy Director | Fallon London | UK |
| Digital Advertising | Patou Nuytemans | | Chief Digital Officer | Ogilvy & Mather London | UK |
| Direct | Caitlin Ryan | Yes | Executive Creative Director | Proximity London | UK |
| Direct | Bernd Fliesser | | Chief Creative Officer | DraftFCB Kobza | Austria |
| Direct | Kurt-Georg Dieckert | | Creative Chief Officer | TBWA\Germany | Germany |
| Direct | Victor Ng | | Executive Creative Director | Euro RSCG Partnership | Singapore |
| Direct | Colin Nimick | | Executive Creative Director | OgilvyOne Worldwide London | UK |
| Direct | Jamie Bell | | Joint Creative Director | CMW | UK |
| Direct | Nigel Edginton-Vigus | | Creative Director | Wunderman | UK |
| Environmental Design | Mark Dytham | Yes | Director | Klein Dytham Architecture | Japan |
| Environmental Design | Jussi Ängeslevä | | Art Director | ART+COM | Germany |
| Environmental Design | Robert Thiemann | | Editor in Chief | Frame Magazine | Netherlands |
| Environmental Design | Alex Mowat | | Director | Urban Salon Architects | UK |
| Environmental Design | Ian Caulder | | Creative Director | Caulder Moore Design Consultants | UK |
| Environmental Design | Owain Roberts | | Senior Associate & Design Director | Gensler | UK |
| Graphic Design | Michael Bierut | Yes | Partner | Pentagram Design NY | US |
| Graphic Design | Fraser Muggeridge | | Director | Fraser Muggeridge studio | UK |
| Graphic Design | Jonathan Ellery | | Partner | Browns | UK |
| Graphic Design | Mark Lester | | Creative Director | Mark | UK |
| Graphic Design | Michael C Place | | Creative Director | Build | UK |
| Graphic Design | Paul West | | Partner | Form | UK |
| Illustration | Brian Cairns | Yes | Illustrator | Brian Cairns Studio | UK |
| Illustration | Tom Brown | | Design Director | Tom Brown Art & Design | Canada |
| Illustration | Javier Mariscal | | Designer | Estudio Mariscal | Spain |
| Illustration | Adrian Johnson | | Illustrator | Adrian Johnson | UK |
| Illustration | Dave Masterman | | Creative Director | CHI & Partners | UK |
| Illustration | Michael Montgomery | | Graphic Designer | Graphic Thought Facility | UK |
| Illustration | Stuart Radford | | Creative Director | Radford Wallis | UK |
| Integrated | Ted Royer | Yes | Executive Creative Director | Droga5 | US |
| Integrated | Craig Davis | | Co-Chairman & Chief Creative Officer Publicis Mojo Australia & New Zealand | Publicis Mojo | Australia |
| Integrated | Satoshi Takamatsu | | Founder / CEO / CCO | ground Tokyo | Japan |
| Integrated | Philip Andrew | | ECD & CEO | Clemenger BBDO | New Zealand |
| Integrated | Chris Clarke | | Chief Creative Officer | LBi | UK |
| Integrated | Steve Henry | | | | UK |
| Integrated | Steve Vranakis | | Creative Director | VCCP | UK |
| Integrated | David Lee | | Executive Creative Director | TBWA\Digital Arts | US |
| Integrated | Matthew Bull | | Chief Creative Officer | Lowe Worldwide | US |
| Magazine & Newspaper Design | Jeremy Leslie | Yes | Design Director | Jeremy Leslie Design | UK |
| Magazine & Newspaper Design | Joerg Koch | | Founder & Editor | 032c workshop | Germany |
| Magazine & Newspaper Design | Marissa Bourke | | Creative Director | Elle Magazine | UK |
| Magazine & Newspaper Design | Rebecca Smith | | Creative Director | TwinFactory | UK |
| Magazine & Newspaper Design | Yorgo Tloupas | | Creative Director | Intersection Magazine | UK |
| Magazine & Newspaper Design | Patrick Mitchell | | Design Director | O Magazine/Hearst Magazines | US |
| Mobile Marketing | Chris Colborn | Yes | Chief Experience Officer | R/GA | US |
| Mobile Marketing | Alexandre Mars | | CEO & Head of Mobile | Phonevalley & Publicis Group | France |
| Mobile Marketing | Flo Heiss | | Creative Partner | Dare | UK |
| Mobile Marketing | Jon Carney | | Creative Director | Marvellous | UK |
| Mobile Marketing | Tom Eslinger | | Worldwide Digital Creative Director | Saatchi & Saatchi London | UK |
| Music Videos | James Frost | Yes | Director | Academy Films | UK |
| Music Videos | Charles Crisp | | Head of TV | Red Brick Road | UK |
| Music Videos | Dawn Shadforth | | Director | RSA/Black Dog Films | UK |
| Music Videos | Joceline Gabriel | | Freelance Representative | | UK |
| Music Videos | Sasha Nixon | | Executive Producer & Head of Music Videos | Partizan | UK |
| Music Videos | Tim Nash | | Video Commissioner | Atlantic Records UK | UK |
| Outdoor Advertising | Jeremy Craigen | Yes | Executive Creative Director | DDB London | UK |
| Outdoor Advertising | Simon Langley | | Creative Director | BMF | Australia |
| Outdoor Advertising | Stephan Vogel | | Chief Creative Officer | Ogilvy & Mather Frankfurt | Germany |
| Outdoor Advertising | Andy Clough | | Art Director | BBH London | UK |
| Outdoor Advertising | Ben Tollett | | Creative Director | Adam & Eve | UK |
| Outdoor Advertising | Mark Roalfe | | Chairman & Executive Creative Director | RKCR/Y&R | UK |
| Outdoor Advertising | Paul Silburn | | Creative Partner | Saatchi & Saatchi London | UK |
| Outdoor Advertising | James Clunie | | Creative Director | BBDO New York | US |
| Outdoor Advertising | Susan Hoffman | | Executive Creative Director | Wieden+Kennedy Portland | US |
| Packaging Design | John Blackburn | Yes | Executive Creative Director | Blackburn's | UK |
| Packaging Design | Jean Berrisford | | Creative Director | Union Swiss | South Africa |
| Packaging Design | Eduardo Del Fraile | | Founder | Dfraile | Spain |
| Packaging Design | David Jones | | Creative Partner | Buddy | UK |
| Packaging Design | Graham Shearsby | | Group Creative Director | Design Bridge London | UK |
| Packaging Design | Jonathan Ford | | Creative Partner | Pearlfisher | UK |
| Packaging Design | Sarah Roberts | | | | UK |
| Photography | Nadav Kander | Yes | Photographer | Nadav Kander Photography | UK |
| Photography | James Day | | Photographer | James Day | UK |
| Photography | Paul Belford | | Founding Partner & Creative Director | This is Real Art | UK |
| Photography | Robin Derrick | | Creative Director | Vogue | UK |
| Photography | Tim Bret-Day | | Photographer | Tim Bret-Day | UK |
| Photography | Alexandra Taylor | | | | UK |
| Photography | Joanna Wenley | | | | UK |
| Press Advertising | Jeremy Carr | Yes | Creative Partner | MCBD | UK |
| Press Advertising | Gonzalo Vecino | | Executive Creative Director | JWT Buenos Aires | Argentina |
| Press Advertising | Deneke Von Weltzien | | Creative & Managing Partner | Jung von Matt/Alster | Germany |
| Press Advertising | Brian Fraser | | Joint Executive Creative Director | McCann Erickson London | UK |
| Press Advertising | Matt Doman | | Creative Director | BMB | UK |
| Press Advertising | Tim Delaney | | Group Chairman | Leagas Delaney | UK |
| Press Advertising | Robin Fitzgerald | | Associate Creative Director | TBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles | US |
| Product Design | Luke Pearson | | Designer | PearsonLloyd Design | UK |
| Product Design | Morten Warren | | Designer & CEO | Native Design | UK |
| Product Design | SungHan Kim | | Head of Office | Samsung Design Europe | UK |
| Radio Advertising | Mike Schalit | Yes | Chief Creative Director | Net#work BBDO Johannesburg | South Africa |
| Radio Advertising | Philip Maes | | Copywriter | The Maffia | Belgium |
| Radio Advertising | Jason Hynes | | Copywriter | Jason Hynes | Ireland |
| Radio Advertising | Lode Schaeffer | | Creative Director | INDIE, Amsterdam | Netherlands |
| Radio Advertising | George Prest | | Executive Creative Director | DLKW | UK |
| Radio Advertising | Jerry Hollens | | Deputy Creative Director | RKCR/Y&R | UK |
| Radio Advertising | Marcus Leigh | | Creative Group Head | BJL | UK |
| Radio Advertising | Mike Blunt | | Producer & Director | Shell Like Radio | UK |
| Radio Advertising | Raja Sehgal | | Director of Sound Design | Grand Central Sound Studios | UK |
| Radio Advertising | Tim Craig | | Creative Director | Radioville | UK |
| Radio Advertising | Tony Malcolm | | Creative Director | Leo Burnett London | UK |
| TV & Cinema Advertising | Nick Gill | Yes | Executive Creative Director | BBH London | UK |
| TV & Cinema Advertising | Carol Lam | | Executive Creative Director | TBWA\Shanghai | China |
| TV & Cinema Advertising | Rémi Babinet | | Founder & Global Creative Director | BETC Euro RSCG | France |
| TV & Cinema Advertising | Dougal Wilson | | Director | Blink Productions | UK |
| TV & Cinema Advertising | Jay Phillips | | Art Director | McCann Erickson London | UK |
| TV & Cinema Advertising | Stuart Outhwaite | | Creative | Mother | UK |
| TV & Cinema Advertising | Eric Silver | | Chief Creative Officer | DDB Worldwide New York | US |
| TV & Cinema Advertising | Rick Condos | | Group Creative Director | Goodby Silverstein & Partners | US |
| TV & Cinema Advertising | Susan Credle | | Chief Creative Officer | Leo Burnett Chicago | US |
| TV & Cinema Communications | Charlie Mawer | Yes | Executive Creative Director | Red Bee Media | UK |
| TV & Cinema Communications | Adam Parry | | Creative Director | Superfad | UK |
| TV & Cinema Communications | Jorn Threlfall | | Director | Outsider | UK |
| TV & Cinema Communications | Richard Holman | | Founder | Devilfish | UK |
| TV & Cinema Communications | Richard Martin | | Sound Designer & Composer | ENVY Post Production | UK |
| TV & Cinema Communications | Jay Armitage | | Director | Ralph | US |
| TV & Cinema Communications | Matt Lambert | | Director | 1stAveMachine | US |
| TV & Cinema Crafts | Walter Campbell | Yes | Creative Director | Serious Pictures | UK |
| TV & Cinema Crafts | Steve Back | | Executive Creative Director | Saatchi & Saatchi Australia | Australia |
| TV & Cinema Crafts | Zak Mroueh | | Creative Director | Zulu Alpha Kilo Canada | Canada |
| TV & Cinema Crafts | John Smith | | Editor | The Whitehouse | UK |
| TV & Cinema Crafts | Johnny Green | | Director | Knucklehead | UK |
| TV & Cinema Crafts | Mike Nicholson | | Senior Writer & Creative Group Head | Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO | UK |
| TV & Cinema Crafts | Neil Davies | | Flame Artist & Joint Director of 2D | The Mill | UK |
| TV & Cinema Crafts | Steve Cope | | Director | Rattling Stick | UK |
| Typography | Michael Johnson | Yes | Creative Director | johnson banks | UK |
| Typography | Justus Oehler | | Partner | Pentagram Berlin | Germany |
| Typography | Ben Terrett | | Designer & Partner | Really Interesting Group | UK |
| Typography | David Wakefield | | Designer & Typographer | 23 Press | UK |
| Typography | Frith Kerr | | Design Director | Frith Studio | UK |
| Typography | Peter Mould | | Head of Design | DDB London | UK |
| Typography | David Carson | | Typographic Designer | David Carson Design | US |
| Websites | Martin Cedergren | Yes | Executive Creative Director & Partner | Akestam.Holst | Sweden |
| Websites | Fernando Barbella | | Creative Director | BBDO Argentina | Argentina |
| Websites | Mike John Otto | | Creative Director & Founder | blackbeltmonkey | Germany |
| Websites | Koichiro Tanaka | | Creative Director | Projector | Japan |
| Websites | Toshiya Fukuda | | CEO & Creative Director | 777 Interactive | Japan |
| Websites | Benjy Choo | | Art Director | Kilo Studio | Singapore |
| Websites | Martin Palamarz | | Head of Digital | One Big Agency | UK |
| Websites | Andy Sandoz | | Creative Director | Work Club | UK |
| Websites | Brendan Dawes | | Executive Creative Director | magneticNorth | UK |
| Websites | Pablo Marques | | Creative Director | Publicis Modem | UK |
| Websites | Paul Banham | | Digital Creative Director | JWT London | UK |
| Websites | Tim Malbon | | Executive Director | Made by Many | UK |
| Websites | Eva Mautino | | | B-Reel | UK |
| Websites | Calle Sjoenell | | Creative Director | BBH USA | US |
| Websites | Conor Brady | | Vice President Creative | Organic | US |
| Writing for Advertising | Tim Riley | Yes | Head of Copy | Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO | UK |
| Writing for Advertising | Augusto Sola | | Creative Director | Fallon London | UK |
| Writing for Advertising | Richard Russell | | Executive Creative Director | Nitro | UK |
| Writing for Advertising | Claudia Southgate | | | | UK |
| Writing for Advertising | Sean Doyle | | | | UK |
| Writing for Design | John Simmons | Yes | Director | The Writer | UK |
| Writing for Design | Jayne Workman | | Head of Writing | Elmwood Design | UK |
| Writing for Design | Nick Asbury | | Writer & Partner | Asbury & Asbury | UK |
| Writing for Design | Robert Ball | | Design Director | The Partners | UK |
| Writing for Design | Roger Horberry | | Freelance Copywriter | Roger Horberry | UK |
| Writing for Design | Stuart Delves | | Co-Founder | Henzteeth | UK |
| Writing for Design | Vivienne Hamilton | | Creative Director | Cherry | UK |
