2014 Winners
The Pearl Awards celebrate excellence in content marketing across print, digital and multi-channel platforms. Content Marketers - small and large; B2B and B2C; representing clients in a wide range of industries; and producing programs across multiple outlets - enter the Pearl Awards.
We are delighted to announce the winners of this year's Pearl Awards!
| EDITORIAL | |||
| Best Feature Article/Package | |||
| Award | Company | Client | Publication |
| GOLD | New Media Publishing | FNB | Siyasiza |
| Silver | iostudio | Army National Guard | GX Magazine |
| Bronze | Rodale Grow | Whole Foods Market | Whole Foods Market |
| Best New Magazine | |||
| Award | Company | Client | Publication |
| GOLD | McNeill Media Group | Capital Health Systems | Real Woman magazine |
| Silver | Lowe Campbell Ewald | Cadillac | Cadillac Magazine |
| Bronze | D Custom | HP | HP Enterprise Forward |
| Most Improved Publication | |||
| Award | Company | Client | Publication |
| GOLD | Bauer Media | Foxtel | Foxtel Magazine |
| Silver | Plot Content Agency | Montepio | Em direto |
| Bronze | GLC Custom Media | National Multiple Sclerosis Society | Momentum |
| Best Special Issue B2B | |||
| Award | Company | Client | Publication |
| GOLD | Pace | Walmart | Walmart World November 2013 |
| Silver | Spoon Publishing | If | The Heat is On |
| Bronze | Hanley Wood | Sherwin-Williams | STIR |
| Best Special Issue B2C | |||
| Award | Company | Client | Publication |
| GOLD | H.O. Zimman, Inc. | Augusta National Golf Club | 2014 Masters Journal |
| Silver | T3 Custom | TD Ameritrade | How to thinkorswim |
| Bronze | Story Worldwide | RCI | Endless Vacation |
| Best International Publication | |||
| Award | Company | Client | Publication |
| GOLD | muehlhausmoers corporate communications | Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz | SPK Magazin |
| Silver | Bauer Custom Media | Qantas Airlines | Qantas The Australian Way |
| Bronze | Primafila AG | Siemens AG | Living Energy |
| Best White Paper | |||
| Award | Company | Client | Publication |
| GOLD | Meredith Xcelerated Marketing | Bank of America Merrill Lynch | How to manage your debt and invest for your future (topic paper) |
| Silver | Leverage Media LLC | Vantiv | Top 10 Payment Trends to Watch in 2014 |
| Bronze | Meredith Xcelerated Marketing | Bank of America Merrill Lynch | Merrill Lynch: Plan Design White Paper |
| Best Overall Editorial B2B | |||
| Award | Company | Client | Publication |
| GOLD | Mahlab Media | The National Insurance Brokers Association | Insurance & Risk Professional |
| Silver | Progressive Customer Publishing (PCP) | Foodservice Consultants Society International | Foodservice Consultant |
| Bronze | Leverage Media LLC | Morrison & Foerster LLP | MoFo Tech |
| Best Overall Editorial B2C | |||
| Award | Company | Client | Publication |
| GOLD | Lowe Campbell Ewald | Cadillac | Cadillac Magazine |
| Silver | Bauer Custom Media | Qantas Airlines | Qantas The Australian Way |
| Bronze | Meredith Xcelerated Marketing | ACLU | STAND Magazine (Summer 2014) |
| DESIGN | |||
| Best Cover B2B | |||
| Award | Company | Client | Publication |
| GOLD | AUDE | Netia | @mazing |
| Silver | GLC Custom Media | AAMVA | MOVE |
| Bronze | Leverage Media LLC | Morrison & Foerster LLP | MoFo Tech |
| Best Cover B2C | |||
| Award | Company | Client | Publication |
| GOLD | Meredith Xcelerated Marketing | ACLU | STAND Magazine (Summer 2014) |
| Silver | Head Office NL | Zienrs Beheer | Zienrs |
| Bronze | New Media Publishing | Woolworths | Taste |
| Best Opening Spread | |||
| Award | Company | Client | Publication |
| GOLD | Rodale Grow | Conrad/Hilton Hotels | Conrad |
| Silver | Agency Fish | QATAR AIRWAYS | Oryx Premium |
| Bronze | Time Inc. Content Solutions | U.S. Trust | Capital Acumen |
| Best Overall Design B2B | |||
| Award | Company | Client | Publication |
| GOLD | Imagination | US Foods | Food Fanatics |
| Silver | McMURRY/TMG | American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) | Associations Now |
| Bronze | Cypres | bpost | Sparkle |
| Best Overall Design B2C | |||
| Award | Company | Client | Publication |
| GOLD | Plot Content Agency | Casa do Azeite | Az-zait |
| Silver | Lowe Campbell Ewald | Cadillac | Cadillac Magazine |
| Bronze | Pace | Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts | Four Seasons Magazine |
| Best New Magazine | |||
| Award | Company | Client | Publication |
| GOLD | SPH Magazines | Diageo Brands B.V. | The Johnnie Walker House Edit |
| Silver | Lowe Campbell Ewald | Cadillac | Cadillac Magazine |
| Bronze | Head Office NL | Zienrs Beheer | Zienrs |
| Most Improved Publication | |||
| Award | Company | Client | Publication |
| GOLD | Journal Communications | North Carolina Farm Bureau | North Carolina Field and Family |
| Silver | Plot Content Agency | Montepio | Em direto |
| Bronze | Leverage Media LLC | Morrison & Foerster LLP | MoFo Tech |
| Best Special Issue | |||
| Award | Company | Client | Publication |
| GOLD | IIBK - a division of KircherBurkhardt | Bentley Motors Limited | Bentley Brand Book |
| Silver | Aude | ING Bank ÅšlÄ…ski | ING THE ART OF RESPONSIBILITY |
| Bronze | Spafax | Lan | Revista in |
| Best Use of Photography | |||
| Award | Company | Client | Publication |
| GOLD | Spafax | Lan | Revista in Sept - Paradise Valley |
| Silver | McMURRY/TMG | JW Marriott | JWM - Kissaten and Tell |
| Bronze | McMURRY/TMG | JW Marriott | JWM - Culture Club |
| Best Use of Illustration B2B | |||
| Award | Company | Client | Publication |
| GOLD | Leverage Media LLC | Crowell & Moring LLP | Litigation Forecast 2014 |
| Silver | KircherBurkhardt | Deutsche Bahn AG | DB Welt "Starke Marken" |
| Bronze | KircherBurkhardt | OBI Group Holding SE & Co. KGaA | Wir sind OBI "Ein sicheres Zuhause" |
| Best Use of Illustration B2C | |||
| Award | Company | Client | Publication |
| GOLD | Meredith Xcelerated Marketing | ACLU | "When Teachers Preach" STAND Magazine |
| Silver | Plot Content Agency | Montepio | Montepio Jovem 8 |
| Bronze | Pace Communications | Wells Fargo | Conversations Spring/Summer 2014 - “A Better Bottom Line” |
| Best Use of Typography | |||
| Award | Company | Client | Publication |
| GOLD | Rodale Grow | Whole Foods Market | Whole Foods Market |
| Silver | Meredith Xcelerated Marketing | Publix Super Markets, Inc. | Harvest to Table, Publix Grape, Fall 2014 |
| Bronze | New Media Publishing | FNB | Siyasiza |
| STRATEGY | |||
| Best Tie-in with Corporate Integrated Marketing Campaign | |||
| Award | Company | Client | Publication |
| GOLD | AUDE | Netia | @mazing – Netias Employees Magazine |
| Silver | McMURRY/TMG | American Optometric Association | AOA Focus |
| Bronze | The Globe and Mail, Globe Edge | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Sunnybrook |
| Best Distribution Strategy | |||
| Award | Company | Client | Publication |
| GOLD | Imagination | be.group | be.magazine |
| Silver | Agora SA | LEKAM pharmaceutical company | NASZE ZDROWIE |
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Best New Launch or Re-launch&n | |||