Awards

[Todd Terry]

[Kasey Allen] “I’ll have to look into that. I’m not from a large town but we have several larger cities within 100 miles that may have AdFeds.”

Yeah, talk to an AdFed chapter in one of those cities… and be upfront with them about who and where you are, so that you enter in the right place.

The Amercian Advertising Federation chapters generally allow entries from production companies that are only within their districts… even if the said production was for a client that is in a different district, so you’ll want to make darn sure that you enter the right ADDY® awards in the right place.

I’ve seen this bite people before. A couple of years ago one creative agency in our area was sort of on the outs with the local AdFed chapter for some reason… so they entered lots of things (dozens and dozens of entries) in a larger AdFed chapter in a bigger city about 100 miles away. Well, the judges there caught on pretty quick, took a hard line “They can’t do that” attitude, and promptly took all their entries (representing thousands of dollars in entry fees, too) straight to the dumpster without even looking at a single one of them.

Even if there is not an AdFed chapter in your exact city, there is probably one in a neighboring city that claims your area as its jurisdiction. Just be sure you get the right one, if there seem to be multiples to choose from.

T2

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Todd Terry
Creative Director
Fantastic Plastic Entertainment, Inc.
fantasticplastic.com

[Louise Brown]

We’ve just entered two of our projects for awards and never even doubted the cost.
Those that we’ve won in the past have been useful to us, reassuring new/prospective clients that they are working with a quality company.

Not only that, it’s always nice to have a pat on the back!

Louise is a sound designer at Radium Audio Ltd.