PARIS, Today: VMLY&R’s RIP Simon for TradeMe/Life Direct has received a belated inclusion in the shortlist for the Epica Awards (in the Promotions & Incentives category).
NZ turns its back on global ad show
PARIS, Today: No New Zealand agencies turned up to the Epica Awards this year, passing up on a fine opportunity to display their wares to the world.
Journos join forces with One Young World
PARIS, Today: Every year, before its annual prize-giving ceremony, The Epica Awards holds its Creative Circle conference, exploring different facets of creativity and its impact on society.
What’s new for the Epica Awards 2019?
PARIS, Today: Mark Tungate, the tireless director of the Epica Awards, has written a Q+A for M+AD. And – true journo to the core – he even wrote his own questions. (M+AD ed David Gapes is on the jury for Epica 2019.)
Epica launches PR Grand Prix
PARIS, Today: The Epica Awards has announced a new PR Grand Prix. The prize will be open to the winners of the PR category as well as other campaigns with a proven high level of earned media coverage, at the discretion of the jury.
Epica launches Gender Equity category
PARIS, Thursday: The Epica Awards has added Gender Equity to its range of Public Interest categories for the 2019 edition, which is currently open for entries.
Amsterdam beckons?
PARIS, Today: Epica Awards director Mark Tungate writes: “I noticed that your reporter wrote that Epica is judged by journalists NOT including M+AD [scroll down for the link].
New ads, new website for Epica
CANNES, Sunday: The Epica Awards has underlined its positioning in the awards landscape with a new advertising campaign from Hecho Studios Amsterdam, reminding potential entrants that it’s time to leave the “self love” to other awards.
Sonic branding? The Mark Tungate interview
LONDON, Tuesday: Epica Awards director Mark Tungate – a Paris-based British journalist, and regular contributor to M+AD – sounds out Max De Lucia about the new sonic branding agency he co-founded with Greg Moore, Sascha Darroch-Davies and Jeremy Paterson.
France unveils new global creative comp
PARIS, Today: The Inaugural Gerety Awards has announced its arrival on the international creative awards circuit. “Does the world REALLY need another awards show? reads the blurb.
