AAF-Fort Smith Presents 2011 ADDY Awards

The AAF-Fort Smith presented its 2011 ADDY® Awards for advertising creative excellence Feb. 5, 2011 at Fianna Hills Country Club in Fort Smith.

Of the more than 70 entries entered, (9) Gold, (17) Silver and (13) Bronze ADDY Awards were presented to professionals in the Greater Fort Smith Region. In addition, students were presented with (12) Gold, (12) Silver and (5) Bronze Student ADDY Awards. Entries were judged based on creativity, originality and creative strategy by (3) judges from Oklahoma and Texas.

Top awards of the evening went to the “Best of Show” and Special Judge’s winners:
• Rightmind Advertising captured Best of Show with “Animal Campaign” for Zero Mountain

• Student Best of Show went to Kyle Brodie, Kyle Hale, Aaron Ray, Brendan Dahle, Chelsea Eichler for “Fortify Fort Smith” done for UAFS

Special Judge’s Awards went to:
What If Creative for the Christmas Honors video
Moving Solutions for MSI MoveBuilder TV Ad
Cecilia Hurtado for “Midas: Summer Destination” done for UA-Fort Smith

Gold ADDY recipients include:
Rightmind Advertising for:
• “Animal Campaign” for Zero Mountain
• “Papa’s Holiday” Poster for Papa’s Pub & Pizzeria
• “Broadfoot- Got My Game Back” for River Valley Musculoskeletal Center
• Rouse Custom Homes Logo for Rouse Custom Homes

What If Creative for:
• Christmas Honors Video for the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce
• Fort Smith Symphony Brochure for the Fort Smith Symphony
• “Classic Showdowns Campaign” for Mediated Solutions
• “Total Resource Campaign” for the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce
 
Awards by Recipient:
Clear Channel Outdoor– (1) Silver ADDY
KFSM Channel – (1) Silver and (2) Bronze
MMC Studios Inc – (2) Silver and (1) Bronze
Rightmind Advertising – (4) Gold, (7) Silver and (4) Bronze
What If Creative – (4) Gold, (7) Silver and (4) Bronze
Williams-Crawford & Associates – (1) Bronze

Student recipients include:
Bobby Rogne – (1) Silver
Brenden Dahle – (1) Silver and (1) Bronze
Cecilia Hurtado – (1) Gold and (1) Silver
Daniel Cerda – (1) Gold and (1) Silver
Dena Bushnaq – (1) Gold and (3) Silver
Erica Buneo – (1) Gold, (2) Silver and (1) Bronze
Jessica Mays-Wooden – (1) Gold
Kristen Catlett – (1) Gold and (1) Bronze
Kyle Brodie, Kyle Hale, Aaron Ray, Brenden Dahle add Chelsea Eichler – (1) Gold
Kyle Hale – (2) Gold and (2) Silver
Lois Labuda– (2) Bronze
Michael D’Whitney Pless – (2) Gold
Sarah Graham – (1) Gold and (1) Silver