Golden Horn 2025

Golden Horn 2026

As part of the "Golden Horn", we will be presenting awards in 7 categories.

There is an official submission stage for the categories Leaflet, top "Das Kuvert" cover, direct mailing as well as catalogue and customer magazine (new incl. company newspaper & company newspaper light). 

You will automatically participate in the categories Digital Out of Home and E-Mail Marketing. There is no need to make a submission via an online form. If you do not agree with this participation, please contact us in writing by e-mailing us. For detailed information, please see the conditions of participation indicated below.

Leaflets

Austrian consumers will vote for the best leaflets in the categories food retail, retail, leisure, and regional.

The top "Kuvert" cover

All eyes on the Kuvert advertising sleeve! Can your cover score with Austrian consumers?

Direct mailings

Submit your best addressed direct advertising item, whether it's a "Kuvert" mailing, self-mailer or card.

Catalogues and client magazines

Do you send out catalogues and customer magazines (incl. company newspapers) that stand out from the rest? Go ahead and submit your projects!

Digital Out of Home

Have you booked our postal advertising window in the City Network or at premium locations? Your ad will automatically be included in the evaluation.

E-Mail-Marketing

Do your newsletters achieve amazing open and click rates? In that case, your e-mail might be in for an award.

Special sustainability award (leaflets)

We believe in sustainability, which is why a jury of experts will be presenting a special award for leaflets produced with maximum attention to sustainability.

Digital Out of Home

All DOOH clients who have placed an order with Austrian Post in the time frame between 1 January to 31 December 2025 will participate in this competition. By participating, you accept our conditions of participation. All existing DOOH customers will be entered into the competition as applicants between January 1, 2025, and December 31, 2025. The DOOH Award will be presented in two categories: 

  • “Digital Out-of-Home - City Network”
  • “Digital Out-of-Home - Premium Locations”

Clients who do not accept our conditions of participation cannot participate. Please e-mail any comments to werbefenster@post.at


Leaflets

All submitted leaflets must have been sent as Info.Post items in Austria. The dedicated Info.Post GTC as updated on 1 January 2024 apply (post.at/infopost). 

You can submit your project in a total of four categories. The volume will determine the category.

  • For 100,000 items and up, you can submit your project in an industry-specific category.
  • For a volume of under 100,000 items, you can submit your project in the "Regional" cross-industry category.

Industry-specific categories

Food retail
This includes traditional food retailers whose product range consists mostly of food items.

Retail
This category includes clothing, shoes, drugstores, and furniture stores.

Leisure

This category includes stores for sporting goods and apparel, tourism, and events, as well as electronics stores, DIY stores, garden centres, and pet stores.

Cross-industry categories

Regional
For leaflets with regional distribution and a volume of a maximum of 100,000 items per project (the volume refers to the brand and not to individual buying groups).


Every submitted leaflet was sent to private households in the time frame between 1 January and 31 December 2024 with a minimum volume of 100,000 items (except the "Regional" cross-industry category with a maximum of 100,000 items).


Special sustainability award (leaflets)

For the special "sustainability" category, you can submit one project only. Only unaddressed advertising items (Info.Post) are eligible.

For your project to be considered for the special award, please provide proof (confirmation by the lettershop) of one of the following environmental certificates:
FSC, PEFC, Austrian Ecolabel, Blue Angel, EU Ecolabel, CO2-neutral delivery.
In terms of content, all submitted projects must promote sustainable products/services or sustainability programmes.

 

 




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2026 eligibility criteria (available in German only)

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Our 2025 winners

  CATEGORY  GOLD  SILVER  BRONZE 
Leaflet
Food   
         

 

HOFER
(agency: Premedia)
BILLA INTERSPAR
Leaflet
Retail

 
BIPA
(agency:  AANDRS)
ZGONC dm drogerie markt
Leaflet
Leisure

 
HOFER Reisen  (agency: Strobl Binder)
bellaflora Gartencenter ÖAMTC
Leaflet
Regional 

 
Asia Resort Linsberg (agency Linsberg Asia) Maximarkt Denns Bio-Markt
"Das Kuvert"' favourite cover 
 
HOFER McDonald´s HORNBACH Baumarkt
Direct Mailing  HERVIS - Oster(ei)mailer (agency: LDD Communication) Asia Resort Linsberg - Advent calendar
 
TUI Austria - Happy Birthday Vacation mail
Catalogues &
customer magazines
SPAR - Mahlzeit! Magazine LOBERON - Frühling 2025 INTERSPAR - Wine World Catalog 2024 - Time for Christmas
Best digital leaflet 
National

HOFER
(agency: Premedia)
 --  --
Best digital leaflet
Regional

Lagerhaus  --  --
Digital-Out-of-Home Coca-Cola: Kinley Lime & Mint Coca-Cola: Sprite Milka: Zart schmeckt's besser
Best e-mail Arbeiterkammer Wien  --  --
Special award
Sustainability
(leaflet)

Lidl  --  --