74 ADS MAKE THE CUT FOR CAXTONS
September 2 2008, 12:46 pm | | 8 Comments
Judging of entries into the 2008 Caxton Awards for excellence in newspaper advertising has been completed, resulting in 74 finalists across 26 categories, with the number of entries up by 10 per cent on last year.
Finalist nominations were hotly contested with Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney securing 12 finalists, M&C Saatchi Sydney 8 finalists, Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand 7 finalists, Clemenger BBDO Adelaide 6 finalists, BMF Sydney with 5 and JWT Sydney and The Campaign Palace Melbourne with 4 nominations each.
See the complete list of finalists.
8 Comments
Olympus? COME ON.
How many could be a caxtons made it in?
Geez. Glad to see Brisbane is well-represented. I think it and Hobart (and Darwin) are the only major cities to miss out on a nomination. Man, that’s a bit depressing.
3.58 – have you read the Courier Mail recently? Shouldn’t come as a huge surprise…
Saatchi is BACK.
sorry couldn’t resist.
Yeah, I know. Considering the quality of work coming out of Bris at the moment, it really shouldn’t come as a surprise. But still…
Maybe this should be a bit of a wakeup call to Brisbane agencies? Not that awards are everything, but these nominations do give some indication of the quality and quantity of decent work coming out of various agencies/cities. And it seems that we’re (ie. northern cousins) not quite up to the task. Really should do something about that, but it’s starting to get warm again and that’s when things will reaalllyyy ssstaaarrrt toooo ssslooowww doowwwwn.
I can only talk for myself here but you’re right, we have dropped the ball a bit up here. Maybe it’s due to pitch hell? Anyway we do have an expat from Brisbane who has 2 finalist. Well done Marianne.
5.47pm…
No I haven’t read the Courier Mail recently. And I have a sneaking suspicion I’m not alone.