7th Pepper Creative Awards: Dates announced...!

The Advertising Club Cochin & Pepper Creative Awards Trust jointly announced the 7th edition of Pepper Creative Awards, the largest creative awards in South India and the second largest in India. Call for entries have been sent to all ad agencies in South India. A panel of eminent personalities from India’s creative world will evaluate the entries for Pepper- 2013. The last date for the receipt of the entry is March 15, 2013.

The four-member panel comprising – Prathap Suthan, Managing Partner/Chief Creative Officer at Bang In The Middle; Ms. Priti Nair, Director & Founder Curry-Nation; Raj Nair, Chief Creative Officer, BMB India, RAJIV RAO, National Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather India will be the members of the jury for Pepper 2013. “The four persons have proven credentials in heading juries of similar nature at national and international levels”, said Oommen Kurian, Chairman, Pepper Creative Awards Trust. All of them have bagged many awards at Cannes, New York Festival, London International, Adfest Asia Pacific, Clio, One Show, Media Spikes, Euro Effie etc for their creations from time to time.

“This year, for the first time in India, Pepper 2013 will be trying to use a fully automated online platform for accepting entries under some categories like TVC, radio, digital etc. Entries under press, DM, outdoor, collaterals etc can be sent as physical formats. The online technical support is being provided by GBA (Global Best Awards), a company based in New York and the payment gateway will be set by Federal Bank Ltd. According to GBA, pepper 2013 will be the first award to use online platform in India for accepting entries. If this is a success, we will be using only online platform for accepting entries from next year onwards, which will take Pepper awards to great high” , says P K Natesh, Chairman, Pepper Awards 2013.

“We are expecting more than 2000 entries for the competition which has become a stepping stone for creative fraternity from this part of the world to take part in other major peer reviewed national and international competitions”, said Sandeep Nayar, President, Advertising Club Cochin. All leading advertising agencies from South India will take part in Pepper-2013, a unique event when luminaries from South Indian creative fraternity come to a single platform evaluating and celebrating the success and challenges in professional manner, he added.

The competition will be open to categories such as Agency of the Year Award, Advertiser of the Year, Art Director of the Year, Copywriter of the Year, Special Jury Award, Campaign of the Year, Press Campaign, TV Commercial, Corporate AV, Outdoor, Radio, Interactive – Web-based, viral, film craft, radio craft,POP, Direct Mailer, Photography, Packaging, Logo Design, Unpublished works, PR and Promos. The seventh edition of Pepper will also have an exclusive section for participants from Kerala: under category like Jewellery, Real Estate, Textile, Hospitality, Ayurveda and Others.

The winners will be presented with Gold, Silver and Bronze awards and certificates. The much-awaited and glamorous awards function complete with sizzling stage performances will be held at Le Meridien Cochin Space Frame on April 12, 2013 at 6 pm