Press Release Template
Contact:
(Contact Name)
(Firm Name)
(E-Mail)
(Phone)
Jocelyn Luciano - Executive Director
Summit International Awards
JocelynL@summitawards.com
+1(503) 297-9979
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Date)
(Firm name) Places in Top International Award – 2015 Summit Creative Award
(City, State - Date) Out of more than 5,000 submissions from 23 countries, (Winner's Name) is named a (Best of Show, Gold, Silver or Bronze) winner in the 2015 Summit Creative Award® competition for its creative work for (Client's name).
(Quote from winning firm about the honor of winning a Summit Creative Award.)
The Summit Creative Award (SCA) recognizes and celebrates the creative achievements of small and medium sized advertising agencies worldwide with annual billings under $30 million.
Celebrating its 21st year, the SCA has firmly established itself as the premier arbiter of creative excellence for firms of this size and has become a coveted honor.
This year's panel of international judges included:
Juan Pablo Valencia, Creative Director, TBWA\Central Asia & Caucasus – Kazakhstan
Augusto Correia, Integrated Art Director, Artplan – Brazil
Trent Oliver, CEO, Blue Telescope – United States

Phil Copithorne, C&B Ad – Canada
Crystal McKenzie, President/CEO, Crystal McKenzie, Inc. – United States
Marcus Enstrom, Creative Director, FaPa Familjen – Sweden
Andreas Kioroglou, Founder/ Creative Director, Matadog Design – Greece
Luke Li, Creative Director – Germany
Nizar Al Shorbagi, Art Director, Paragon Marketing Communication – Kuwait
Pier Lalonde, Principal, Pixel & Cie, marketing creative – Canada
Matthew Maday, Managing Director, RDI/A Digital – United States
Fabio Orlando, CCO, tag – Canada
Curtis Wolowich, Creative Director, Agency59 – Canada
Entries in 21 major categories are judged against a stringent set of standards. During its blind judging (entering company names withheld) the Board of Judges search for and identify innovative and creative concepts, strong executions and the ability to communicate and persuade. Winners were selected in a wide-range of categories from print and broadcast to, emerging and social media.
“Winning a Summit Creative Award is a significant accomplishment in ones career. With vetted judges, tough judging criteria, two-phase blind judging processes, and strict bylaws limiting winners, only deserving entries receive recognition.” Said Jocelyn Luciano, Executive Director for the Summit International Awards (SIA). “The creative work this year was outstanding.
Watching the judges debate the details of individual entries in the run-off for the tops spots was inspiring.”
(Additional firm information as well as link to winning portfolio). (Quote from client about the recognition.)

(Additional client information)
This year's SCA creative competition included companies from the following 23 countries:
Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, England, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland,
Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab
Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, and Venezuela.
The SIA organization was founded in 1994. Annually it conducts the Summit Creative Award, the
Summit Marketing Effectiveness Award and the Summit Emerging Media Award. Additional information about the Summit International Awards organization, its competitions and winning firms can be found on the SIA web site at www.summitawards.com.
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(Background about winning company including what it means to win award, clients, market niche, history.)
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