AAF Northern Illinois

The American Advertising Federation of Northern Illinois has issued its Call for Entries for the 2009–2010 AAF Northern Illinois ADDY® Awards Competition.

The annual AAF Northern Illinois ADDY Awards Competition recognizes exceptional advertising created in the Rockford Metropolitan Market. The ADDY Awards honor advertising excellence in all media including print, broadcast, out-of-home and public service advertising.

All entries must be received by Noon on Friday, February 12 at KMK Media Group, 1111 S. Alpine Rd., Suite 300. Entry fees are $75 for members of the AAF NI, and $150 for nonmembers.

A distinguished panel of advertising creative executives will gather in Rockford the weekend of February 20, to select the winners from an anticipated 70 entries. To be eligible for consideration of an ADDY, all work must have been published or aired between January 1 and December 31, 2009.

The AAF Northern Illinois ADDY Awards winners will be honored during a gala on Thursday, March 4, at the New Sullivan Theater in downtown Rockford.

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Winners of the ADDY Awards are eligible to compete in the second level of the three-tiered ADDY Awards Competition, the District 6 ADDY Awards conducted in April.  District winners are then eligible for the ultimate competition, the national ADDY, presented in June every year by the American Advertising Federation. As a three-tiered national competition with 60,000 entrants overall, the national ADDY Awards are the advertising industry’s largest and most representative competition, recognizing creative excellence and the very best advertising worldwide.

The AAF Northern Illinois ADDY Awards Competition is sponsored by the AAF Northern Illinois, a member association comprised of advertising and media professionals. For more information or to enter the ADDY Awards competition, visit www.niadfed.org, or contact Lori Wallace, the ADDY Awards competition chair at 815-399-2805 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it