Entries now open for the 2014 $10k Newspaper Ad of the Year award – deadline Friday, Aug 1st
Entries are now open for the 2014 $10,000 Newspaper Ad of the Year award, the only award that inflates both egos and bank balances.
Entry is free and easy, and any ad that has run in New Zealand newspapers or on NZ News Brand websites between 1 July 2013 and 30 June 2014 is eligible. Entrants have until 5pm on Friday 1st August to upload entries.
Winners will be announced at the Newspaper Awards night on Thursday 2 October, at the Sir Paul Reeves building, AUT. More event details will be released in the upcoming months.
As well as the highly desirable $10,000 cash prize for The 2014 Ad of the Year, this year’s awards include six other categories: best topical, best digital, best craft (art), best craft (copy), best media thinking, and best News Brand campaign (new for 2014 – recognising excellence in integrated campaigns across print and digital newspaper platforms).
This year’s creative and media judging panels comprise a number of leading New Zealand creative and media directors, including DDB ECD Shane Bradnick, along with two highly awarded international judges, Alex Grieve and Adrian Rossi, executive creative directors of Abbott Mead Vickers, London.
Says Sarah Ferbrache, News Works marketing manager: “We’re thrilled to have secured both local and international judges of the highest calibre for the 2014 awards. Confirming Shane Bradnick as our head NZ creative judge, alongside this year’s international judges Alex Grieve and Adrian Rossi from Abbott Mead Vickers, the UK’s most creative agency, is fantastic news for the awards. We also look forward to announcing a fascinating line-up for the awards event on 2nd October.”
Established in 2005, the annual Newspaper Advertising Awards recognise creative and media excellence in newspaper and digital news site advertising. The 2013 awards attracted over 180 entries, and last year’s $10,000 Newspaper Ad of the Year winner was DDB for its ‘equal pay for women’ ad for YMCA.