CONGRATULATIONS

Fellowship Award
Winner: Gord Deeks, Edmonton Journal

Best of Show
ACE Award – “Police Half Marathon”
Entrant: Calder Bateman
Client: Edmonton Police Foundation

Advertising Campaign
ACE  Award – “Holiday Fire  Awareness Campaign”
Entrant: RED the Agency
Client: Alberta Municipal Affairs

Annual Report
ACE Award – “LIVE”
Entrant: DDB Canada
Client: Northlands

Award of Distinction – “GDC Alberta North Chapter 2009 Annual Report”
Entrant: Lori Billey
Client: GDC Alberta North Chapter

Art Direction
ACE Award – “Police Half Marathon”
Entrant: Calder Bateman
Client: Edmonton Police Foundation

Award of Distinction – “No More Grizzlies: Protect our Honey Reserves”
Entrant: Calder Bateman
Client: Alberta Wilderness Association

Award of Distinction – “No More Grizzlies: Haven’t We Deceived Our Children Long Enough?
Entrant: Calder Bateman
Client: Alberta Wilderness Association

Brochure
Award of Distinction – “APS Brand Book”
Entrant: RED the Agency
Client: Alberta Pensions Services Corporation

Corporate Identity
ACE Award – “Bluebird Cakes”
Entrant: Woodward Design
Client: Bluebird Cakes

Award of Distinction – “Chemisphere”
Entrant: RED the Agency
Client: Alberta Finance and Enterprise

Direct Marketing
Award of Distinction – “2009 ACE Award Call for Entries”
Entrant: RED the Agency
Client: Advertising Club of Edmonton

Exhibit/Point of Purchase
ACE Award – “Fires Awareness Tree Ornament”
Entrant: RED the Agency
Client: Alberta Municipal Affairs

Fearless Client Award
ACE Award – “No More Grizzlies
Entrant: Calder Bateman
Client: Alberta Wilderness Association

Illustration Computer
Award of Distinction – “Love Myths”
Entrant: Vanguard Works
Client: Pigeon Post

Award of Distinction – “McRobbie Optamedia Christmas Wrap”
Entrant: McRobbie Optamedia
Client: McRobbie Optamedia

Illustration Traditional
Award of Distinction – “No More Grizzlies – Protect Our Honey Reserves”
Entrant: Calder Bateman
Client: Alberta Wilderness Association

Awardof Distinction – “No More Grizzlies – Haven’t We Deceived Our Children Long Enough?”
Entrant: Calder Bateman
Client: Alberta Wilderness Association

Magazine Single
Award of Distinction – “Hamster Wheel: Gladiator”
Entrant: Calder Bateman
Client: Calder Bateman

Newspaper Series
Award of Distinction – “No More Grizzlies: Death Sentence, Honey Reserves, Children”
Entrant: Calder Bateman
Client: Alberta Wilderness Association

Newspaper Single
Award of Distinction – “Wild Ride”
Entrant: DDB Canada
Client: Northlands

Non-Traditional
ACE Award – “Faster”
Entrant: DDB Canada
Client: Northlands

Award of Distinction – “Cat Attack”
Entrant: DDB Canada
Client: DDB Canada

Award of Distinction – “Fire Awareness Tree Ornament”
Entrant: RED the Agency
Client: Alberta Municipal Affairs

Outdoor
Award of Distinction – “Lucky For Him”
Entrant: Calder Bateman
Client: Health Sciences Association of Alberta

Packaging
ACE Award – “Papa Bob’s Lather Bee Rich”
Entrant: El Designo
Client: Lather Bee Rich

Award of Distinction – ” Chocophilia Drinking Chocolate”
Entrant: Vanguard Works
Client: Kerstin’s Chocolates

Award of Distinction – “Chocophilia Cocoa Nib Caviar”
Entrant: Vanguard Works
Client: Kerstin’s Chocolates

Poster Series
ACE Award  - “Pennant Series: Chlamydia, Herpes, Gonorrhea, Genital Warts”
Entrant: Calder Bateman
Client: Banff Sexual Health Clinic

Award of Distinction – “Hamster Wheel: Gladiator, Wrestler, Russian Roulette”
Entrant: Calder Bateman
Client: Calder Bateman

Poster Single
ACE Award – “Police Half Marathon”
Entrant: Calder Bateman
Client: Edmonton Police Foundation

ACE Award – “Pennants: Chlamydia”
Entrant: Calder Bateman
Client: Banff Sexual Health Clinic

Award of Distinction – “Pennants: Herpes”
Entrant: Calder Bateman
Client: Banff Sexual Health Clinic

Award of Distinction – “Pennants: Gonorrhea”
Entrant: Calder Bateman
Client: Banff Sexual Health Clinic

Award of Distinction – “Pennants: Genital Warts”
Entrant: Calder Bateman
Client: Banff Sexual Health Clinic

Award of Distinction – “Faster”
Entrant: DDB Canada
Client: Northlands

Printing
ACE Award – “2008 ACE Awards Winners Book”
Entrant: ION Print Solutions
Client: Advertising Club of Edmonton

Award of Distinction – “ION Corporate Brochure”
Entrant: ION Print Solutions
Client: ION Print Solutions

Public Service Broadcast
ACE Award – “Singing Smoke Alarms”
Entrant: RED the Agency
Client: Alberta Municipal Affairs

Award of Distinction – “Trading Places”
Entrant: Calder Bateman
Client: Office of Traffic Safety

Public Service Print
ACE Award  - “Pennant Series: Chlamydia, Herpes, Gonorrhea, Genital Warts”
Entrant: Calder Bateman
Client: Banff Sexual Health Clinic

Radio Series
ACE Award – “Full House Lottery: Jeff/Bill”
Entrant: Calder Bateman
Client: Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation & University Hospital Foundation

Radio Single
Award of Distinction – “Full House Lottery: Jeff”
Entrant: Calder Bateman
Client: Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation & University Hospital Foundation

Award of Distinction – “Full House Lottery: Bill”
Entrant: Calder Bateman
Client:  Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation & University Hospital Foundation

Self Promotion
ACE Award – “Wishbone Christmas Card”
Entrant: Calder Bateman
Client: Calder Bateman

ACE Award – “McRobbie Optamedia Christmas Wrap”
Entrant: McRobbie Optamedia
Client: McRobbie Optamedia

Award of Distinction – “WEAREALLCONNECT”
Entrant: Connect Visual
Client: Connect Visual

Television Single Production <$50,000
ACE Award – “Singing Smoke Alarms”
Entrant: RED the Agency
Client: Alberta Municipal Affairs

Television Single Production >$50,000
Award of Distinction – “Trading Places”
Entrant: Calder Bateman
Client: Office of Traffic Safety

Video
ACE Award – “Cat Attack”
Entrant: DDB Canada
Client: Advertising Club of Edmonton

Video Production
Award of Distinction – “Wellspring”
Entrant: Frame 30
Client: Wellspring Foundation

Web: Website/Microsite
Award of Distinction – “No More Grizzlies: Website”
Entrant: Calder Bateman
Client: Alberta Wilderness Association

Student Award – Visual Excellence for Photography or Illustration
Student Award – “Lost and Found”
Entrant: Andrea Babic from NAIT and Erin Greenough from UofA Design
Client: Youth Emergency Shelter Society

Student Award – Most Creative Execution of Marketing Brief
Student Award – “Per Augusta and Augusta”
Entrant: Thomas Klufas from NAIT
Client: Youth Emergency Shelter Society

Contest #2 Winner

Congratulations to Pierre!

Pierre answered all ten contest #2 questions correctly and was drawn as the lucky winner. Check out the Contest to learn the correct responses.

Thanks again to Red Ribbon for donating the Samsara bag!

We’ve Saved You A Seat!

Without you, the spectacle would not be the same.

Please provide confirmation of your attendance by Wednesday, February 24, 2010.

We will need a list of the names of employees and guests attending with you (for seating requirements), including any personal dietary restrictions.

Options for payment:

1. Coordinate registration of employees and guests online and send us a note to coordinate seating arrangements.
2. Request an electronic invoice for the number of tickets you would like to purchase. We will need a complete list of names. Email awards@adclubedm.com.

Show Details:

2009 ACE Awards – ACE in Wonderland
Saturday, March 6, 2010

5:00 PM:                 VIP Reception (Salon 3)
5:00 – 6:30 PM:     General Reception / ACE on Display, Halls B/C
6:30 PM:                 Call to Seats / Pre-dinner Program
7:00 PM:                 Dinner
8:30 PM:                 Show Begins
10:30 PM:               Show Ends / NEWAD After Party Begins

Advertising Trivia Contest #2

CONTEST #2

1. What children’s toy did Wal-Mart pull off the shelves after parents claimed that “Hug Me” sounded sexually explicit?
A. Pokemon
B. Austin Powers Doll
C. Furby
D. Elmo

2. NFL Announcer John Madden endorses what product?
A. Ben Gay
B. Tinactin
C. Advanta Mortgage
D. 10-10-220

3. In 1986, a Chef Boyardee commercial featured a takeoff of what Donna Summer song?
A. Bad Girls
B. On The Radio
C. She Works Hard For The Money
D. Hot Stuff

4. How do you spell relief?
A. Tums
B. Rolaids
C. Goody’s
D. Bayer

5. Kentucky Fried Chicken’s sister restaurant is:
A. Taco Bell
B. McDonald’s
C. Wendy’s
D. Burger King

6. “Something special in the air” is what airline’s slogan?
A. Delta
B. United
C. American
D. Northwest

7. Who is NASCAR driver Mark Martin’s prime sponsor for the 2001 racing season?
A. Kodak
B. Valvoline
C. Budweiser
D. Viagra

8. What TV lawman pitched Post Toasties cereal in the 1970s?
A. Raymond Burr
B. Andy Griffith
C. William Shatner
D. Don Knotts

9. One of this company’s commercials features the song “Mr. Blue Sky” by Electric Light Orchestra.
A. Claritin
B. Volkswagen
C. Off Bug Spray
D. Coppertone

10. American Idol’s Simon Cowell was seen in this brand’s ads:
A. Apple iTunes
B. T-Mobile Wireless
C. Vanilla Coke
D. Ford Focus

Email your answers to awards@adclubedm.com. Remember to include your name and contact info – and only one entry per person please! Deadline is Wednesday, February 17 at 5:00 pm.

See Contest for clarification of the rules.

PRIZE: Samsara bag (donated by Red Ribbon)

Contest #1 Answers

Congrats to Drew Davidson and Jordan Mair, winners of the Advertising Trivia Contest #1. Curious to see what the answers were?

1. General Mills’ radio bite entitled “Have You Tried Wheaties?”
2. I’d like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony) – Coca Cola
3. “The Funeral”
4. Feist
5. Chevrolet
6. Ingrid Michaelson
7. Shiny Toy Guns
8. 2010 Cadillac SRX Crossover SUV
9. Daylight
10. Gary Jules and Michael Andrews

Try your luck at next week’s Advertising Trivia Contest #2.

Student Competition – Revision to Guidelines

Just a heads up the Guidelines document for the Student Competition has been revised to include the correct web address for the Youth Emergency Shelter Society and the actual entry form that is to be adhered to mounted entries.  Sorry for the confusion.  Thanks!

Student Competition

Calling all eager, talented, currently enrolled students!

Information regarding the 2009 ACE Awards Student Competition is now available for download.  Below is a document outlining the guidelines for submission (including the necessary entry forms), and the client logos.

ACE is very pleased to announce that the client featured in this year’s brief is Edmonton’s Youth Emergency Shelter Society (YESS).  YESS has been helping youth since the 1980s and has worked with more than 20,000 kids and thousands of different families.  The organization has fallen short of its 2009 fundraising goal by roughly $250,000 and risks having to cut staff and programming services to cover the deficit.

ACE invites students to submit entries for the ACE 2009 Student Competition in the form of a postcard size creative execution that works to raise awareness for YESS and their desperate need for funds.  ACE is offering a $500 prize to the winning student or group in each of two categories.

• The first will be awarded to the student or group whose entry reflects visual excellence, for photography or illustration (computer or traditional).  The monetary value of this award will be $500.
• The second will be awarded to the student or group whose entry reflects the most creative execution of the marketing brief, either overall or in the area of art direction, copywriting or design. The monetary value of this award will also be $500.

Please read the Guidelines document thoroughly for detailed information about eligibility, submission rules, deadlines, and background information on YESS. The timeline for this competition is very tight, so be sure to get started right away.Your entry must submitted on Thursday, February 4^th at Venture Publishing (10259 – 105 Street) between 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The judges will include some of the best and brightest from Edmonton advertising agencies (a perfect chance to get your work in front of a potential future employer!) and a client representative.  We’re very excited to see the work of Edmonton’s up and coming design and marketing talent! Good luck to all entrants!

ACE 2009 Student Competition Guidelines and Entry Forms – Revised

Can’t get that song outta my head!

Contest #1 starts right… now!

1. For what product was the first modern jingle created?
2. This commercial is considered to be “one of the best-loved and most influential ads in TV history,” serving as a milestone to be the first instance of the recording industry’s involvement with advertising. Name the song title and product it features.
3. What Band of Horses song was featured in a Walmart commercial much to the dismay of the band’s loyal fan base?
4. This feisty Canadian lent her talents to several of Apple’s iPod commercials.
5. For which company did John Mellencamp pen the tune, “Our Country”?
6. Old Navy brought this singer from indie darling to Billboard charter.
7. What band revisited Peter Schilling’s 1980s song, “Major Tom” for the 2010 Lincoln MKZ commercial?
8. What car (make & model) features the song “1901” by French band Phoenix, as the soundtrack to its series of ads?
9. What upbeat Matt and Kim song is heard in the Bacardi Mojito ‘Eras’ commercial?
10. Which artist sings the song “Mad World” as featured in a series of Gears of War commercials?

Email your answers to awards@adclubedm.com. Remember to include your name and contact info – and only one entry per person please! Deadline is Friday, January 22 at 5:00 pm.

This week’s trivia contest winner will be revealed at the Judges’ Breakfast on Monday, January 25 at 8:30 am.

Advertising Trivia Contest Rules

Watch for our Advertising Trivia Contests through twitter (@adclubedm) and on this blog. Our first trivia contest will be posted Tuesday, January 19. Ten questions will be posted to test your advertising knowledge on past campaigns, slogans, spokespeople and history.

1. Email your answers to awards@adclubedm.com.
2. One submission per person.
3. Please include your name / contact information.
4. All correct entries will be put into a random draw to determine the winner.

This week’s trivia contest winner will be revealed at the Judges’ Breakfast on Monday, January 25 at 8:30 am. Remember to buy your tickets! If you have any questions about the contest, please contact awards@adclubedm.com

Thank-you for the Support!

The Advertising Club of Edmonton would like to thank our up-to-date confirmed ACE Awards 2009 Sponsors. This support provided to the ACE Awards is invaluable!

GOLD
Red The Agency
Alberta Venture
Strategy Magazine
ION /Nisku Printers
NewAd

SILVER
CHUM / City TV
Marketing Magazine
Sutton Place Hotel
Unisource

BRONZE
CTV /Access
DDB Canada
Blue Fish Studios
DisplayCo
Kick Media
AWNA
AMA

Come back here for the upcoming sponsor profiles leading up to the ACE Awards.

If you are interested in sponsoring the 2009 ACE Awards, please contact awards@adclubedm.com for more information.