The second wave of finalists for the 37th AWARD Awards has been announced today across six categories: Integrated Campaign, Creative Innovation, Market Disruption & Product / Service Development, Creativity for Good, Promotion & Experiential and PR.
A full list of finalists to date can be accessed here.
By category, those agencies with the most finalists include:
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Integrated Campaign: Y&R New Zealand with four finalists followed by Leo Burnett Sydney with two finalists;
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Creative Innovation: Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand, Colenso BBDO, Y&R New Zealand and Leo Burnett Sydney with three finalists each, followed by GPY&R Brisbane and M&C Saatchi Sydney with two each;
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Market Disruption & Product / Service Development: Colenso BBDO with four finalists followed by Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand and Y&R New Zealand, each with three;
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Creativity For Good: Y&R New Zealand with two finalists;
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Promotion & Experiential: DDB Group New Zealand with four finalist followed by GPY&R Brisbane and Leo Burnett Sydney with three finalists each;
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PR: Y&R New Zealand with three finalists followed by DDB Group New Zealand and M&C Saatchi Sydney with two finalists each.
Chairs in each of these categories were: Damon Stapleton (DDB) for Integrated Campaign, Creative Innovation, Market Disruption & Product / Service Development and Creativity for Good; and Tara Ford (Whybin/TBWA) for Promotion & Experiential and PR.
Finalists in all additional categories will be announced upon completion of judging.
The awards presentation event will take place on Friday 27th May at Carriageworks as part of Semi Permanent for the first time. Tickets are available here.
AWARD thanks all judges for their time and dedication to the awards. A full list of judges can be found here.