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YoungGuns celebrates 10 years

To mark its 10th birthday, YoungGuns will be releasing a number of Top 10 rankings on a specially designed website www.ygaward.com/10years that celebrates the young talent and incubator organisations that have nurtured those creative aspirations across its first 10 years.
YoungGuns celebrates 10 years

Some of the rankings are just straightforward, one to ten and others will be decided by public vote and will be released on pre-determined dates across the next few months.

Vote for YoungGun of Decade

The first ranking released is the YoungGun of the Decade and users are asked to vote to decide on the winner, who will receive a special YoungGuns Bullet and prize. Users can vote once per day and you will be able to see the leader every day. So support your country, your friends, your agency and good ideas by voting.

Previous YoungGuns of the Year

  • 2001 - Guy Shelmerdine & Grant Holland, Cliff Freeman & Partners, US - Finish Line, Nike Campaign
  • 2002 - Antony Nelson, Saatchi & Saatchi London, UK - Club 18 - 30 Campaign
  • 2003 - Trevor Clarence, Terraplane, South Africa - MTV Crazy Monkey Campaign
  • 2004 - Travis Sorge, Saatchi & Saatchi LA, US - Toyota Tacoma - Girlfriend
  • 2005 - Juan Cabral , Fallon London, UK - Sony Bravia Balls
  • 2006 - Luke Crethar & Matt Devine, The Glue Society, Australia - Virgin Mobile, Jason Donovan
  • 2007 - Jeff Anderson & Isaac Silverglate, TBWA/Chiat/Day, US - Combos Campaign
  • 2008 - Eric Kallman & Craig Allen, TBWA/Chiat/Day, US - Skittles, Touch / Pinata
  • 2009 - Michael Canning & Kieran Antill, Leo Burnett Sydney, Australia - Vote Earth

Other rankings coming soon

The other rankings to be released, in the order below, are:

  • Student YoungGun of the Decade (Public vote)
  • Top 10 Awarded Countries
  • Top Awarded Networks
  • Top 10 Awarded Schools
  • Top 10 Innovative Ideas (Public Vote)
  • Ten Years of Call for Entries (Public Vote)
  • Top 10 Awarded Agencies
  • Top 10 Awarded Young Creatives.

YoungGuns will also be re-releasing select virals from its last 10 years of Call For Entry Campaigns to coincide with each new ranking being revealed. These were created across the years by the following agencies:

  • 2001 - DÁrcy Sydney
  • 2002 - Mother, London
  • 2003 - Fallon, London
  • 2004 - Leo Burnett, Chicago
  • 2005 - CP+B, US
  • 2006 - Saatchi & Saatchi, New Zealand
  • 2007 - TAXI, Canada
  • 2008 - Droga5, Global
  • 2009 - YoungGuns

New divisions

YoungGuns will also be opening two new divisions on Wednesday, 14 July 2010 - YoungGuns PR and YoungGuns Design.

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