LWT companies win 53 ADDY awards

MONTGOMERY -- LWT Communications, a Montgomery-based advertising and marketing firm, and sister company, LWT/KBK New Media, a Web development company, received 53 ADDY Awards in the Montgomery Advertising Federation's 2003-2004 American Advertising Awards.

The firms won a combined 15 Gold ADDY?? Awards, 34 Silver ADDY Awards, both Best of Show Awards, the Best of No Show Award, Copywriter of the Year and Art Director of the Year, walking away with more than half the awards at the event held at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts.

Each year, the American Advertising Federation's ADDY Awards recognize outstanding creativity in advertising. LWT and LWT/KBK received awards for a variety of local, regional and national accounts. Special awards received include Art Director of the Year for work done by LWT's Camille Leonard, Copywriter of the Year for work produced by LWT's Danny Thompson, Best of Show less than $5,000 for Alabama Shakespeare Festival's 2003-2004 Season Brochure, Best of Show greater than $5,000 for LWT's New Year's Card and Best of No Show for a logo designed by LWT/KBK's Kris Kendrick for textile artist Susan Starr.

Awards were also given for work produced for other LWT clients including Hodges Warehouse + Logistics, Burger King, Kyser Furniture, Bohlert Massey Interiors, Montgomery Convention & Visitor Bureau, Aronov Realty, Goodwyn, Mills & Caywood, Bromberg's Fine Jewelry, Community Care Network, Dogwood Festival Market, Ono Realty, Eastdale Mall, ThrowPro and Aronov Marketing Cooperative.

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LWT/KBK New Media won awards for Web sites produced for Capell & Howard Attorneys P.C., Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Paragon Construction, Seay Seay & Litchfield, Hodges Warehouse + Logistics, artist David Keith Braly, Nat King Cole Society, Earth Elements and print/photography work for Churchill Academy, Capell & Howard and The Montgomery Lightning Route Committee.

"It's wonderful for us and for our clients to have our work recognized by industry peers." said LWT partner Jim Leonard.

LWT Communications, owned by Jim Leonard and David Allred, was founded in 1959. LWT/KBK New Media, founded in 1998, is owned by Leonard and Allred along with partners Kris Kendrick and Paul MacIsaac.