2010 AAF Triad ADDY® Award Winners

February 27, 2010, Greensboro, NC -- AAF Triad presented its 2010 ADDY Awards for advertising creative excellence Saturday night at Embassy Suites. This annual dinner and awards presentation was attended by over 150 individuals of the local advertising and media businesses.

Of the 252 entries received by AAF Triad, 16 gold ADDY Awards and 40 silver ADDY Awards were presented. AAF Triad also presented 14 gold Student ADDY Awards and 24 silver Student ADDY Awards. Entries were judged based on creativity, originality and creative strategy. Top awards of the evening went to the "Best of Show" and "Judges Choice" winners.


Best of Show:

rlf communications for their Walk to Woolworth's full-page ad done for
International Civil Rights Center & Museum.



Student Best of Show:

Samuel Baker Holcombe from Guilford Technical Community College for his Zero Growth Population Poster.



Judges' Choice:

rlf communications for their Mandela full-page ad done for International Civil Rights Center & Museum.
Woodbine for their 9.5 Principles Illustration done for Woodbine.



Student Judges' Choice:

Linden Kostich from ACC for his Minitron-Elements of Advertising.
Sarah Mosseller from APP for her Canterbury Rugby Campaign-Mixed Media.



Gold and Silver ADDY winners:

Apple Rock Advertising & Promotion, Inc. - 1 Silver
Bluezoom - 1 Gold and 6 Silver
dcubestudios - 1 Gold and 1 Silver
Ed Kemp Associates - 1 Silver
Emisare, Inc. - 1 Gold and 1 Silver
Galtelli Design - 1 Silver
Glen Raven Custom Fabrics LLC - 1 Silver
Greenlight Brand Agents - 1 Silver
Horn & Stronach - 1 Silver
Leapfrog Marketing PR & Design - 1 Silver
Licensing Resource Group - 3 Silver
Market America - 1 Silver
McWhorter Concepts - 1 Silver
rlf communications - 8 Gold and 4 Silver and 1 Best of Show and 1 Judges' Choice
Thompson Creative - 1 Gold and 4 Silver
Trone, Inc. - 1 Gold and 1 Silver
Wildfire - 1 Gold
Woodbine - 2 Gold and 11 Silver and 1 Judges' Choice

Student Gold and Silver ADDY winners:

Dustin Hawkins (ACC) - 1 Student Silver
Elizabeth Grimes (ACC) - 1 Student Gold
Hannah Messick (ACC) - 1 Student Silver
Linden J Kostich (ACC) - 1 Student Gold and 1 Student Judges' Choice
Lisa Conner (ACC) - 1 Student Silver
Sarah Mosseller (APP) - 2 Student Gold and 2 Student Silver and 1 Student Judges' Choice
Crystal Patterson (GTCC) - 1 Student Gold and 2 Student Silver
Debbie Hammett (GTCC) - 2 Student Silver
Del McKray (GTCC) - 1 Student Gold and 2 Student Silver
Edward Benson (GTCC) - 1 Student Silver
Fiaza Faz (GTCC) - 1 Student Gold
Genaissya Bratton (GTCC) - 1 Student Silver
Katie Bir (GTCC) - 1 Student Silver
Katrina M. Storer (GTCC) - 1 Student Silver
Michael Richardson (GTCC) - 2 Student Gold and 1 Student Silver
Philip Adam Dixon (GTCC) - 3 Student Silver
Samuel Baker Holcombe (GTCC) - 1 Student Gold and 1 Best of Show
Sara Ann Howard (GTCC) - 1 Student Silver
Susan L. Rikert (GTCC) - 3 Student Gold
Whitney E. A. Gregg (GTCC) - 2 Student Silver
Gigi Burkhalter (RCC) - 1 Student Gold
Heather Hayes (RCC) - 1 Student Silver
Nina Montalto (RCC) - 1 Student Silver



District (tier 2) winners include:

Judging will take place March 2010. Check back for winner announcements.



Nationwide (tier 3) winners include:

Judging will take place in May 2010. Check back for winner announcements.




AAF Triad ADDY® Awards Competition is sponsored by AAF Triad, a member association comprised of advertising and media professionals. Proceeds from the ADDY® Awards help support the AAF Triad's educational programs, public service projects and proactive government relations efforts.