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Kochi May 1 More than 500 entries from south India will compete for Pepper-2007 - the annual creative awards competition organised by the Advertising Club of Cochin.

"The creative award competition of the Club has received overwhelming response from advertising agencies in south India," Mr K. Venugopal, President of the Club, said.

All top agencies from south India are taking part in the event. This is an honour for Cochin Ad Club as the annual creative award competition was opened to agencies from all over south India for the first time, he said.

"We are now confident to invite agencies from all over the country to compete for the creative awards in coming years. Our endeavour is to make creative award function of the Cochin Ad Club as a globally benchmarked premium event every year. We hope the legend of pepper and the sparkling creative spirits of the present would jell well to create a niche for Cochin in global creative space," he said.

A team comprising top professionals such as Mr Prathap Suthan, Creative Director, Grey WorldWide, (Jury Goa Fest), Mr Josy Paul, National Director, JWT WorldWide (Jury Clio Awards New York), Mr Raj Nair, Associate Vice-President, Creative Contract Advertising (Jury Goa Fest), Mr Ramesh Narayan, Communication Consultant and former President of Bombay Ad Club, will evaluate the entries and select the winners.

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The competition will be open to categories such as multimedia campaigns, press campaigns, TV, radio advertising, retail advertising, outdoor campaigns, POP, photography, print materials etc. The winners will be presented with gold, silver and bronze awards and certificates.

The agency winning the maximum number of points will be honoured with the Agency of the Year Award. The awards will be presented on May 11 at a function in Hotel Bolghatty Palace.

The Advertising Club of Cochin having 450 members has been organising Creative Award function for the past 12 years. Besides the Creative Award Function, the Club regularly organises seminars and workshops to enhance the creative abilities of advertising professionals in Kochi.

The Club also runs an institute for diploma course in advertising, media planning, creativity and copywriting.

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