LA Weekly Leads the Pack with 10 Finalists.
Who needs those fancy Clio Awards anyway? Imagine ’99: AAN’s Second Annual Advertising and Marketing Awards Contest highlights the best and brightest ad persons in the alternative news industry.
Thirty papers submitted 218 entries spanning sixteen categories. In late March, a panel of experts (two designers, one copywriter and a media director) judged the pool of contestants. They picked forty-six finalists representing nineteen papers. LA Weekly had the most finalists, with ten entries receiving prizes. Worcestor Magazine saw six of its ads named as finalists, and Willamette Week was a close third with five. All that remains now is announcing the winners.
That will take place May 27 at the AAN Convention’s Advertising and Marketing Awards Luncheon in Memphis. Between one and four awards will be given out in each category at the event, to be emceed by Ward Archer, president and CEO of Archer/Malmo, Memphis’ largest ad agency.
Tickets for the luncheon are $30 and can be purchased through AAN’s Washington, DC office. To reserve tickets, contact Debra Silvestrin, AAN’s Director of Operations and Special Projects at 202/822-1955 or via email at debras@intr.net.
Here is the complete list of finalists:
AD DESIGN
Category 1A
Half Page or Less, Black and White
Empire Furniture: “Sophistication”
Worcester Magazine
Betsy Abeles-Kravitz, Regional Sales and Special Projects Manager
Tom Miglionico, Graphic Designer
Streaks Hair Design: “Put your Feet in our Hands”
Worcester Magazine
Kimberly Sansoucy, Senior Accounts Manager
Adam Kelley, Graphic Designer
Taylor Jameson: “Sentenced to a Life of Style”
Cincinnati CityBeat
Betsy Hodges, Ad Representative
Patricia Robisch, Production Artist
Category 1B
Half Page or Less, Color
Laser Vision Correction: “The Choice should be Clear”
New Times Los Angeles
Cheri Johnson, Advertising Art Director
Peking Wok: “Lighten Up”
Worcester Magazine
Betsy Abeles-Kravitz, Regional Sales and Special Projects Manager
Adam Kelley, Graphic Designer
Category 2A
Larger than Half Page, Black and White
Great Dane Pub: “Can’t wait to go outside?”
Isthmus
David Michael Miller, Production Design Artist
Hat Attack: “Hats Off”
Gambit Weekly
Dora Sisen, Senior Advertising Designer/Home Smart Art Director
Theater Awards
LA Weekly
Bill Smith, Art Director
Category 2B
Larger than Half Page, Color
Fresh Fields: “BBQ with Fresh Fields?”
Baltimore City Paper
Athena Towery, Senior Graphic Designer
Nick Cave
The Stranger
Dale Yarger, Art Director
Joe Newton, Designer
William Laman: “Spanish Colonial Wheelbarrow”
Santa Barbara Independent
Tom Morey, Advertising Designer/Sales Manager
Mike Brenner, Production Manager
Category 3A
Spreads, Black and White
Home Services
Willamette Week
Stan Shaw, Illustrator
Category 3B
Spreads, Color
Bancroft Motors: “Topless at the Beach”
Worcester Magazine
Betsy Abeles-Kravitz, Regional Sales and Special Projects Manager
Adam Kelley, Graphic Designer
Tom Miglionico, Graphic Designer
“LA Weekly 20”
LA Weekly
Sheryl Scott, Art Director
Category 4A
Campaigns, Black and White
Beanie and Cecil
The Independent Weekly
Maria Bilinski Shain, Graphic Designer
Ashley Carter, Raleigh Advertising Manager
Bryan Hoffman, Photographer
Crescent City Steakhouse: “We’ve got Sole”
Worcester Magazine
Betsy Abeles-Kravitz, Regional Sales and Special Projects Manager
Jeanne Burgess, Graphic Designer
Adam Kelley, Graphic Designer
Ken Peterson, Graphic Designer
Category 4B
Campaigns, Color
Larry’s Dawg House
The Athens News
Millard Draught, Graphics Editor
Optix Eye Wear: “Northwest”
Seattle Weekly
Jeri Francis, Advertising Art Director
Karen Faust, Digital Imaging Artist
COLLATERAL/SELF-PROMOTION/MARKETING MATERIALS
Category 5
Posters
20th Anniversary Poster
LA Weekly
Bill Smith, Art Director
“Fall Arts Preview”
The Santa Barbara Independent
Sarah Kuntz, Advertising Designer
Djamel E. Ramoul, Photo Editor
“Need a New Place?”
LA Weekly
Bill Smith, Art Director
“New Times 10K”
Phoenix New Times
Paul Woods, Illustrator
Tristin Handley, Advertising Art Designer
Category 6
Media Kits
Cincinnati City Beat
Patricia Robisch, Production Artist
LA Weekly : “Free Thinking”
Bill Smith and Sheryl Scott, Art Directors
Sheryl Scott and Tina Simpkins, Designers
Willamette Week
Brennan Collins, Designer
Katherine Topaz, Design Director
Category 7
Brochures
20 Years of Free Thinking
LA Weekly
Bill Smith, Art Director
American Royal BBQ Party Invitation
Pitch Weekly
Kym Bledsoe, Senior Designer
Best of LA
LA Weekly
Tina Simpkins, Art Director
Summer Guide Party Invitation: “Don’t Be Left Out”
Worcester Magazine
Betsy Abeles-Kravitz, Regional Sales and Special Projects Manager
Carol Rossetti, Art Director
Category 8
Postcards
“Blue PLATE”
Willamette Week
Margo Smith, Photographer
“Citybooks”
Washington City Paper
Diana Beruff, Production Manager
Lewis Duncan, Account Executive
Jen Young, Advertising Assistant
“Sitting on a good idea could hurt.”
New Times Los Angeles
Cheri Johnson, Advertising Art Director
“Summer Fun”
LA Weekly
Tina Simpkins, Art Director
“Where were you?/www.orlandoweekly.com/movies”
Orlando Weekly
Jessica T. Haland, Design Director
Gregg Matthews, Photographer
Lauressa Nelson, Marketing Coordinator
Alisa Cromer, Publisher
SELF-PROMOTIONAL ADS
Category 9A
Single Self-Promotional Ad, Black and White
Chronicle Online: “Best Reason to Eat Lunch at Your Desk”
The Austin Chronicle
Lisa Albrecht, Former Production Manager
Kim Mellen, Copywriter
Matches: “Love Week”
Washington City Paper
Diana Beruff, Production Manager
Sherri Simon, Classified Manager
Tina Plottel, Matches Coordinator
Laura Teeler, Matches Assistant
James Morris, Production Artist
Chip Porter, Production Artist
“Savage Love”
Willamette Week
Brennan Collins, Designer
Category 9B
Single Self-Promotional ad, Color
“Mambo Santa Mambo”
Washington City Paper
Diana Beruff, Production Manager
Sherri Simon, Classified Manager
Tina Plottel, Matches Coordinator
Laura Teeler, Matches Assistant
James Morris, Production Artist
“Music Awards Showcase”
New Times Los Angeles
Mark Brooks, Art Director
“Sell your Car for Free”
Willamette Week
Damian Chadwick, Designer
Category 10A
In-House Campaigns, Black and White
Faces Behind the Words
LA Weekly
Bill Smith, Art Director
Kathleen Clark, Photographer
T-Shirt Campaign
The Austin Chronicle
Mark Gates, Graphic/Web Designer
We Tell You
Syracuse New Times
Mike Davis, Photographer
Marianne Florack, Production Designer
Karen Belgrader, Concept
Wild Side
Baltimore City Paper
Dina Coffman, Production Director
Category 10B
In-House Campaigns, Color
Auto Ads: “Find the Truck You Need”
Willamette Week
Mariane Zenker/Senior Ad Designer
Calendar: “Something to talk about”
LA Weekly
Tina Simpkins, Art Director
orlandoweekly.com: “Where Were You?”
Orlando Weekly
Jessica Haland, Design Director
Lauressa Nelson, Marketing Coordinator
Alisa Cromer, Publisher
Gregg Matthews, Photographer
