The organisers of Spikes Asia announced shortlists across six categories on 11 March. Indian agencies accounted for 11 shortlists across these categories with Leo getting six of them.
Creative B2B
Leo earned two shortlists for Lay's 'Reviving Mitti' in this category.
Creative Data
Leo got two shortlists in this category too - one each for Acko's 'Tailor' and Mountain Dew's 'Darescore'.
Lowe Lintas also had a shortlist for Alkem Laboratories' 'Dawai Reader'.
Creative Effectiveness
Leo got India's only shortlist in the category for Gatorade's 'Turf Finder'.
Digital Craft
Dentsu Creative earned India's only shortlist in the category for DSP Mutual Funds' 'Garuda Rakshak'.
Entertainment
Fundamental and Leo each received a shortlist.
Fundamental's shortlist was for WhatsApp's 'Baatan Hi Baatan Mein' and Leo's was for Sting's 'The Unofficial Sound of F1'.
Industry Craft
22feet Tribal Worldwide's entry for Diageo's 'Godawan 173 Collector's Edition' and Juice's 'Inglish Dictionary' for Air India Express got a shortlist each in this category.
Winners will be announced on 12 March.
| Agency | Shortlists |
| Leo India | 33 |
| Ogilvy | 6 |
| 22feet Tribal Worldwide | 7 |
| Fundamental | 6 |
| Lowe Lintas | 6 |
| Dentsu Creative | 5 |
| Studio Eeksaurus | 4 |
| Juice | 4 |
| Studio Zuno | 3 |
| Mothership | 3 |
| Ducktape Studios | 2 |
| Enormous | 2 |
| Saatchi & Saatchi | 2 |
| Hungry Films | 2 |
| Bang Bang Mediacorp | 1 |
| Subhajit Mukherjee | 1 |
| BBH India | 1 |
| TBWA\ India | 1 |
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