The winners of the 44th annual AWARD Awards were announced tonight at The Gold Pencil Award Party, held as part of This Way Up at Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art.
A total of 59 Gold pencils were awarded across 26 different campaigns, with a further 101 Silver and 187 Bronze pencils awarded.
Special New Zealand took home seven Gold across two campaigns: The Last Performance and Summer Never Sleeps. CHEP Network collected five Gold pencils for their Flipvertising campaign, which was also awarded the Grand Award.
Special was crowned Agency Network of the Year, having taken home 11 golds across their agencies. This award recognises specific agency network brands instead of only holding companies, therefore can be awarded to anyone that has multiple city offices.
Special New Zealand took home 7 Golds; CHEP Network had 5; FINCH, TBWA\Australia, Special Australia, Scoundrel all had 4. Bear Meets Eagle on Fire, Thinkerbell, Howatson+Company, The Sweetshop, The Monkeys, Revolver, VMLY&R all with 3; HERO and Rumble Studios with 2.
BMF, Cheil PengTai Beijing, Colenso BBDO, Dentsu Creative, Ogilvy Group Thailand, R/GA Australia all picked up one Gold each.
"The AWARD Awards really is the greatest creative show in our region and every year we see creativity that punches well above its weight," said AWARD chair Cam Blackley.
“A big congratulations to all those that picked up gold today and a massive shout out to everyone who won a silver or bronze during our virtual announcements.
“I'd like to thank our jury president David Kolbusz, all the jury chairs and our team of judges who devote a huge amount of time freely to the significant task of handing out the industry’s most coveted creative metal.”
44th AWARD Awards View all the Gold, Silver and Bronze winners HERE.
View all the Special Award winners HERE.
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