Bronze Quill (formerly known as Blue Wave Awards)

Due to submission deadlines coinciding with the 2010 Winter Games, the Bronze Quill Awards are on hiatus for 2010. The program is expected to return in Winter/Spring 2011. Consider submitting your local project this year to the national Silver Leaf Awards (see below).

IABC Canada Silver Leaf Awards

All that glitters is not always gold – sometimes it’s silver

Entry Deadline: Monday, August 16, 2010

Think silver. Silver bullet. Silver arrow. Silver sword. Silver screen. Silver Leaf! Harder than gold, glittering brilliant white, and a tribute to the passion for excellence of Canadian communicators. Take a look at this silver lining:

We’ve ramped up our judging process, added a go-green option to protect the planet and your pocketbook and added and expanded categories to offer more opportunities to shine.
We’re going green! Early bird deadline entries have been replaced with an option to send work samples on a CD or memory stick. This change will help to reduce your mailing and courier costs, and is better for the environment, to boot.
We’ve extended the time frames, and added a few new categories so you can help us make it happen.
For the first time in Silver Leaf Awards history, we will bring top communicators across Canada together to judge entries over a weekend as part of our Blue Ribbon Panel, modeled after the Gold Quill Blue Ribbon Panel.
New categories have been added and others expanded (New Categories). In addition, student members can enter work in the student categories listed for each division.
Watch for some nifty improvements to the judging process and evaluation techniques. Meanwhile, check out the Judging Criteria and Marks of a Winner.

If you feel the need for speed, fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a great ride!

Questions? Comments? Ideas? Email Claire Watson, ABC, APR, 2010 Silver Leaf Chair at Claire.Watson@fcc-fac.ca or call 306-780-3961 on weekdays.

Download the Application Form

International Gold Quill Awards

The Gold Quill Award is the ultimate, annual international recognition and award program for communicators. Congratulations to local 2010 winners:

Division 1: Communication Management

Category 1 Government Relations
Time to Hang Up
Geraldine Vance APR, FCPRS. with Rob Hulyk ABC, Vince Lee and Sharon Shore
BC Medical Association
Vancouver, BC
Award of Merit

Category 13 Special Events – Internal or External

Canada Day at Canada Place: Welcoming the World to Canada's Games
Canada Place Corporation
Vancouver, BC
Award of Merit

Division 2: Communication Skills

Category 20: Publications
Intersections Newsletter
Nancy Painter, ABC and Eduarda Hodgins, ABC, Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
Jennifer Wah, ABC, MC, Forwords Communication Inc.
North Vancouver, BC
Award of Merit

Category 21 Writing
Values Series
Nancy Painter, ABC
Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
North Vancouver, Canada
Award of Merit

Division 3: Communication Creative

Category 22 Publication Design
ICBC’s Intersections Newsletter

Brandon Brind, Jennifer Wah, ABC, MC, Nancy Painter, ABC, Eduarda Hodgins, ABC
ImageStudio Creative Communications Inc., with Forwords Communication Inc., for the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Award of Merit

For a full list of winners: http://www.iabc.com/awards/gq/winners/