silver medal Award nomination
Nominations for the prestigious 2024 Silver Medal Award are now closed.
Historically, the Silver Medal Award has had its own award-winner recognition event. In 2020, we incorporated the Silver Medal Award into the American Advertising Awards Gala. The logistics of the nomination and judging process are still the same, but the process aligns with the American Advertising Awards Gala event.
Recognition for the Silver Medal will be done in front of their peers. Speaking for the nominee is required and a video presentation will be reviewed by the Awards committee to ensure that it adheres to the quality of the Awards Gala. We look forward to your nominations and participation in a strong field of Silver Medal Award nominees.
How it works.
Step 1: Who do you know or work with that deserves to be recognized by the Charlotte advertising community?
Step 2: View the nomination criteria in the below form to see if they would be a good fit?
What is the AAF Silver Medal Award?
The AAF Silver Medal Award Program was established in 1959 to recognize those who have made outstanding contributions to advertising and who have been active in furthering the industry's standards, creative excellence and responsibility in areas of social concern. Annually, AAF clubs around the nation bestow this honor upon outstanding members of their local advertising communities.
Nominations are open to anyone in our community. The Silver Medal Award winner and guest will receive free admission to the American Advertising Awards.
Past winners include:
Rob Hawse - Founder and Partner at Crafted
John Roberts – VP and Executive Creative Director at Wray Ward
Banks Wilson – President of Union
Bev Kothe – Qualitative Research
Nancy Haynes – Collins, Haynes & Lully
Donna Forbes – Director of Accounts at White Advertising
David Oakley – Creative Director at BooneOakley
Jason Hausman – GM at Groundcrew Studios and Owner/Composer at Hot Sake
Peggy Brookhouse – President at Luquire George Andrews
Jennifer Appleby – President and CCO at Wray Ward
John Causby – COO at Groundcrew Studios
Bill Loeffler – Past Chairman at LKM
Jim Mountjoy – Past CD at LKM and Director of EYE Creative Lab at BooneOakley
Steve Luquire – CEO at Luquire George Andrews
Silver Medal Award Criteria
The Silver Medal winner will be selected by a panel of judges made up of past winners and AAF Charlotte board members and officers. Judges use the following criteria when making their selections:
Contribution to His/Her Company: The recipient must have achieved success in one of the following areas of work: advertising agency, advertiser, media or advertising service.
Creative Ability: The recipient must have shown a consistent, high degree of original thinking in their field.
Contributions to the General Advancement of Advertising: The recipient must have worked to increase the stature and raise the standards of the advertising profession.
Contributions to the Community: The recipient should be someone who has been active in civic, religious, or other groups dedicated to human or social welfare.
Silver Medal Award nomination Form
Nominees for the 2024 Silver Medal Award recipient can ONLY be submitted through the below form. All other forms of submissions will not be accepted. Please used the selected criteria above to explain how your nominee fulfills the qualities of the Silver Medal Award.