ALOHA AND WELCOME TO THE 2011-12 PELE AWARDS COMPETITION.

The Pele Awards is a District 13 National ADDY Competition. The Pele Awards competition is open to any individual, company or organization engaged in the business of advertising or design work in Hawaii.

The Pele Awards recognizes the best advertising and design work created in Hawaii. All work entered must have been conceived and created within the Hawaiian Islands, although production services may be used outside of Hawaii and must have first appeared in the media between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011.

AAF District 13 will automatically forward all PELE (GOLD ADDY) Award winners to compete in the National ADDY Awards Competition at no charge being judged in Washington, DC in early May 2012.

MEET THE JUDGES

Monica Taylor Wieden+Kennedy, Portland	Rob Tarry Rethink Communications, Vancouver	Marty McDonald Egg, Seattle
MONICA is a senior art director at Wieden+Kennedy in Portland, Oregon. She's worked on Old Spice, Powerade and Nike and has been recognized at Cannes, D&AD and the One Show	ROB is a partner and creative director at Rethink Communications. He's been recognized by Communication Arts, Cannes and D&AD and has judged for the CLIO Awards and the One Show.	MARTY is a partner and creative director at Egg Seattle, a sustainable brand development agency. Marty's been recognized by Communication Arts, Cannes and the CLIO Awards.

LINKS TO DOWNLOAD:

SEE LAST YEAR’S PELE AWARD WINNERS

SEE 2011 AAF NATIONAL ADDY AWARD WINNERS

IMPORTANT DATES:

Pele Awards Judging: Saturday & Sunday, February 25 & 26, 2012

Pele Finalist Notification: Friday, March 23, 2012

(Please email peleawards@aafhawaii.com if you don't receive your letter by US Postal Service)

2011-12 Pele Awards Show on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at the Royal Hawiian Hotel. $75/per ticket; $725/table of 10. Check back to register and sign up. 

Questions: PeleAwards@aafhawaii.com