Calling all young talent: 10th Annual International YoungGuns Awards now open

The world’s best young creative talent are invited to enter the 10th Annual YoungGuns Awards, open as of today July 6, 2010. YoungGuns recognizes and awards emerging and young creative talent in a number of fields and is the premier global platform for the defining talent in the future of creativity.

To mark its 10th Birthday, the Aussie-based YoungGuns will be releasing a number of Top 10 rankings via a specially designed, and extremely hot, website – that celebrates the young talent and incubator organizations that have nurtured those creative aspirations across YoungGuns first 10 years.

VIEW the YoungGuns 2010 Entry video, a mash up of some of their virals from the last 10 years.

Some of the rankings are just straightforward, one to ten and otherswill be decided by public vote. They will be released on pre-determineddates across the next few months.

The first ranking released is the YoungGun of the Decade. YoungGunsare asking for your vote to decide on the YoungGun of the Decade whowill receive a special YoungGuns Bullet and prize. Users can vote onceper day and you will be able to see the leader every day. So supportyour country, your friends, your agency and good ideas by voting forthe YoungGun of the Decade.

The previous YoungGuns of the Year are:

2001 – Guy Shelmerdine & Grant Holland, Cliff Freeman & Partners, USA – Finish Line, Nike Campaign

2002 – Antony Nelson, Saatchi & Saatchi London, UK – Club 18 – 30 Campaign

2003 – Trevor Clarence, Terraplane, South Africa – MTV Crazy Monkey Campaign

2004 – Travis Sorge, Saatchi & Saatchi LA, USA – Toyota Tacoma – Girlfriend

2005 – Juan Cabral , Fallon London, UK – Sony Bravia Balls

2006 – Luke Crethar & Matt Devine, The Glue Society, Australia – Virgin Mobile, Jason Donovan

2007 – Jeff Anderson & Isaac Silverglate, TBWA/Chiat/Day, USA – Combos Campaign

2008 – Eric Kallman & Craig Allen, TBWA/Chiat/Day, USA – Skittles, Touch / Pinata

2009 – Michael Canning & Kieran Antill, Leo Burnett Sydney, Australia – Vote Earth

2010 – Would your name look good here?

The other rankings to be released, in the order below, are:

Student YoungGun of the Decade (Public vote),

Top 10 Awarded Countries,

Top Awarded Networks,

Top 10 Awarded Schools,

Top 10 Innovative Ideas (Public Vote),

Ten Years of Call for Entries (Public Vote),

Top 10 Awarded Agencies

Top 10 Awarded Young Creatives.

YoungGuns will also be re-releasing select virals from its last 10years of Call For Entry Campaigns to coincide with each new rankingbeing revealed. These were created across the years by the followingagencies:

2001 – DÁrcy Sydney;

2002 – Mother, London;

2003 – Fallon, London;

2004 – Leo Burnett, Chicago;

2005 – CP+B, USA;

2006 – Saatchi & Saatchi, New Zealand;

2007 – TAXI, Canada;

2008 – Droga5, Global;

2009 – YoungGuns.

YoungGuns will also be opening TWO NEW DIVISIONS in 2010 -YoungGuns PR and YoungGuns Design. These will open on Wednesday July14, 2010.

The 2010 YoungGuns Jury will consist of all the previous jurymembers since 2001. The talent and experience in this jury isoutstanding and truly global in its representation and we are delightedfor our entrants in this 10th year.

YoungGuns believes that ‘Almost everything that is great has beendone by youth’ and their 10th Birthday celebrates and proves this fact.YoungGuns is the future, and the future is here although not widelydistributed yet.