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AWARD School Applications close

The deadline for all applications across Australasia, is Friday, January 29th. Your submission must be received by 5:00pm in your state or country. The brief will still be available to download until tomorrow evening.

For AWARD School Australia, including Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Hobart, visit www.awardschool.com.au.

For Wellington, New Zealand, visit www.awardschool.co.nz and for

AWARD School Asia, including Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok, visit www.awardschoolasia.com

All work must be submitted hand drawn this year, computer generated work will not be accepted. The names of successful applicants will be posted on the AWARD School website by mid February.

Lead by AWARD Committee Executives and senior creatives across the Asia Pacific, AWARD School offers an amazing opportunity for budding advertising art directors and copywriters learning from the industry’s finest.

The 16-week part time course runs from March to July across Australia, New Zealand and Asia. The course consists of a Monday evening lecture and Thursday evening tutorial. AWARD school invites some of the most talented creatives currently working in the industry to be lecturers and tutors.

For further information, visit www.awardschool.com.au or contact Hannah - hannah@awardonline.com. Telephone + 61 2 8297 3800

Google™ is the principal sponsor of AWARD School Australia and New Zealand.

AWARD School Application Info 2010

January 15th, 2010 --- The AWARD School Application briefs across Australasia are now avaliable online!

The applications for AWARD School 2010 are open across Australasia, until the 29th of Janaury, 2010.

For AWARD School Australia, including Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Hobart, visit www.awardschool.com.au.

For Wellington, New Zealand, visit www.awardschool.co.nz and for

AWARD School Asia, including Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok, visit www.awardschoolasia.com

Applicants will have two weeks to complete their submission, and anyone can apply. All work must be submitted hand drawn this year, computer generated work will not be accepted. The names of successful applicants will be posted on the AWARD School website by mid February.

AWARD School is a special course run by the Australasian Writers and Art Directors Association for people who want to become copywriters or art directors in advertising. AWARD School is not so much about ads, as about ideas. The emphasis is on how to recognise a simple idea and then how to turn this into great advertising.

 For further information contact Hannah - hannah@awardonline.com or telephone + 61 2 8297 3800

Google™ is the principal sponsor of AWARD School Australia and New Zealand.

AWARD School Application Info 2010

December 15th, 2009--- AWARD Announces Applications for AWARD School Australasia open January 15th, 2010 and close January 29th, 2010!

AWARD School, the ideas programme for aspiring art directors and copywriters, opens for applications on January 15th.

The application brief will consist of a series of questions to respond to, and will be avaliable to download online from the follwing links;

www.awardschool.com.au, www.awardschool.co.nz and www.awardschoolasia.com

All work must be submitted hand drawn, computer generated work will not be accepted. The names of successful applicants will be posted on the AWARD School website in mid February.

There are no age restrictions or particular tertiary requirements to be eligible for AWARD School. Anyone is welcome to apply, and it is free to do so. However, if you have worked for more than 6 months as an art director or copywriter in an advertising agency you are not eligible to apply. Exceptions can be made but must be discussed prior to application.

The 16-week part time course runs from March to July each year in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Hobart, Wellington, Singapore,

Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok. The course consists of a Monday evening lecture and Thursday evening tutorial, held inside agencies.

For further information contact Hannah - hannah@awardonline.com or telephone + 61 2 9699 2999

Google™ is the principal sponsor of AWARD School Australia and New Zealand.

Google joins AWARD School 2009

Wednesday October 21st, 2009 -- Google and AWARD School announce new partnership

Google has today been named the new principal sponsor of AWARD School Australia and New Zealand, a 16 week course which teaches copywriters and art directors how to create big advertising ideas.

The partnership is founded on Google’s belief in creativity and innovation, and the importance this plays in creating effective and unique ways to connect with people.

Lucy Mckee, General Manager of AWARD says, “With great ideas at their common core, AWARD School and Google make a perfect fit. This partnership will not only benefit the next generation of advertising creatives, but the AWARD membership and industry can be inspired to take advantage of the opportunities available on the web, through both the Google and YouTube platforms.”

Google's Head of Agency Relations, Guy Gibbs, says, "At Google, we develop tools to enable creative minds to implement their big ideas online. We want advertising creatives to play with Google's technology, to use it in new and unexpected ways and to make the most of the vast possibilities on the web. We're delighted to work with AWARD School which has such a long history of nurturing the generation of creative ideas."

The AWARD School part-time course starts in March and will run in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Hobart, Wellington, Singapore, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur.

About AWARD:

AWARD School is a special course run by the Australasian Writers and Art Directors Association for people who want to become copywriters or art directors in the advertising industry. AWARD has conducted the course in Australia for 25 years and it is the premier creative education system in the country.