The 24th Global Awards has announced its finalists, selected by its Grand Jury and six Live Juries, in Australia, Brazil, Great Britain, India, South Africa, and The US, from entries submitted from 26 countries on 6 continents. The live judging sessions were hosted by FCB Health Brazil, Fine Group South Africa, Medulla Advertising India, TBWA\WorldHealth Chicago, and TBWA\WorldHealth London.
The competition received entries from 70 new companies in 2018 with entries from far-reaching destinations such as Cambodia and Iceland making the shortlists.
“This year’s entries are representative of the brilliant work emanating from some of the world’s most prominent agencies, and according to feedback from Grand Jury members, the bar has been raised again, which is incredible considering the progress that has already been made over the past couple of years,” noted Fran Pollaro, executive director, Global Awards.
133 Health & Wellness and 84 Pharma (Rx) entries have become finalists and will now be judged by the 2018 Pharma (Rx) and Health & Wellness in executive juries in a live session in New York City on Tuesday, October 16. This year’s trophies recognise Gold, Silver and Bronze level winners.
The Executive Jury is headed by Globals chairwoman, Elizabeth Elfenbein, partner & chief executive officer, Fasttwitch Group. It is two split juries. The Health & Wellness jury chairwoman is Kathy Delaney, global chief creative officer, Publicis Health, Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness USA. The Pharma Rx Jury chairwoman is June Laffey, chief creative officer, McCann Health USA.
Highest shortlist achievers by country are:
#1: The US with 92 finalists – 59 in Health & Wellness and 33 in Pharma (Rx).
#2: The UK with 55 finalists – 20 in Health & Wellness and 35 in Pharma (Rx).
#3: India with 15 finalists – 9 in Health & Wellness and 6 Pharma (Rx)
#4: Australia with 13 finalists – 8 in Health & Wellness and 5 in Pharma (Rx)
Japan has 8 finalists in Health & Wellness. Germany has 8 finalists in total; Thailand has 4; Canada and China, 3; Spain, South Korea, and the United Arab Emirates, 2; Brazil, Iceland, Italy, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and the US Minor Islands, 1 each. The US/Canada shared 2 finalists entries.
View the entire 2018 Global Awards Finalist List here.
Finalists include:
Energy BBDO Chicago’s memorial installation, Prescribed to Death:
Energy BBDO reveals US opioid deaths with a wall of 22,000 pills
Serviceplan South Korea’s Making The World Accessible, Dot by Dot:
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TBWA India’s, Blink to Speak, for Asha Ek Hope Foundation for ALS:
McCann Health Japan’s Washable Book for Angfa, Save Soap:
View last year’s winners here.
