Carol H. Williams Advertising, the longest-running independent multi-cultural marketing shop in the country, and AdVenture Media, one of New York’s fastest growing digital agencies, have joined forces with New York Festivals® Bowery Awards to honor the 2020 competition winners.
The Carol H. Williams ‘Together for Better Award’ is a new category that accepts work from each of the Bowery Awards category groups and honors campaigns that promote unity and diversity. Advertising icon and Hall of Famer Carol H. Williams will judge the “Together For Better” creative entries and select the winner who will receive this prestigious award.
“Along with our collaborators and sponsor, Fiverr and AdVenture Media, we’re incredibly honored to announce that Advertising Hall of Famer and Bowery Executive Jury member, Carol H. Williams will be selecting the winning work from this category,” said Scott Rose, executive director, New York Festivals The Bowery Awards.
“Powerful narratives are the shaping force in our lives and thereby creates empathy and motivates action at their most profound level,” said Williams who is owner, president, CEO and chief creative officer of Carol H. Williams Advertising.
AdVenture Media, sponsor of the Bowery Awards, has donated a dedicated amount of prize money to Bowery’s Grand Award-winning freelancers and independent creatives. Prize money will be used to run a paid advertising campaign on behalf of the Grand winners within each category group.
“I’m incredibly honored that the Bowery Awards is giving our agency the opportunity to be a part of this wonderful event,” said Isaac Rudansky, founder and CEO of AdVenture Media. “Few freelancers have the skills, budget, and know-how to profitably advertise their services. It’s not a skill they’ve typically developed. Harder still, paid advertising is ruthlessly competitive. All of us at AdVenture Media felt that the ‘prize’ we offered is more than a prize, AdVenture Media will use its experience, relationships, and data to get the winning freelancers more business.”
The 2020 Bowery Awards Executive Jury will honor the top scoring entry in each category with a Grand Award in the following category groups: Audio, Motion Video, Design, Quarantine Content, Made on Fiverr and the Carol H. Williams “Together For Better’ Awards. Entrants earning a Bowery Award Grand Prize will receive a trio of prizes: a customized trophy, an accelerated path to Fiverr Pro, and $1,000 in AdVenture Media services.
All levels of winners selected by the Bowery Awards Executive and Grand Jury panels will result in a curated winner’s gallery with contact information allowing companies, clients, and representatives to contact the independent creators’ whose work resonates with their needs.
All proceeds of the 2020 Bowery Awards will be donated to Feed the Frontlines NYC.
The deadline for the 2020 Bowery Awards is October 2, 2020. For entry information and categories, click here.
“Scandal” cast will reunite for online script reading for hurricane relief in western North Carolina
The cast of ABC's hit political drama "Scandal" may need to brush up on their snappy, speedy delivery known as "Scandal-pace," because they're reuniting for a good cause. Its stars including Kerry Washington, Tony Goldwyn and Bellamy Young will take part in a live virtual script reading on Nov. 17 to raise money for hurricane relief in western North Carolina.
Beginning Friday, fans can go online and donate to reserve a spot for the online reading. Proceeds will benefit United Way of North Carolina. Everyone who donates will be able to take part in a virtual pre-event with the cast and Shonda Rhimes will give an introduction.
Additional guest stars will also be announced. The online fundraising platform Prizeo is also holding a contest where one person who donates online via their site will be selected to read a role from the script with the actors. The winner should not worry about the "Scandal"-pace, assured Young over Zoom.
"Whomever the lucky reader is can read at whatever pace they want," she said.
Young, who played Mellie Young, the first lady and later Republican presidential nominee on "Scandal," was born and raised in Asheville, North Carolina. She came up with the idea for the effort with a friend and took it to her fellow "Scandal" actors, who all jumped on board. Young said this is the first script reading the cast has all done together since the show ended after seven seasons in 2018.
Which episode they will be reading has not been announced yet.
Young said it's "been devastating" to see so many parts of her hometown badly damaged by Hurricane Helene, which ravaged western North Carolina one month ago.
To research the best use for donations, Young spoke with numerous political leaders, including North... Read More