Yesterday, the Newspaper Marketing Agency (NMA) announced the £25,000 ‘Winner of Winners’ award for the best national UK newspaper advertisement of 2006. Launched in December 2004, Awards for National Newspaper Advertising (ANNAs) awards top newspaper advertising monthly with a top creative judge.
The 2006 'Winner of Winners' award went to Chris Groom, Stuart Harkness and Guy Featherstone, of Wieden + Kennedy for their "St. Wayne" ad featuring Wayne Rooney. The billboard version of the ad caused a bit of an uproar back in June.
Best Art Direction went to a Murphy's Fast Flow - Drawn in 26 seconds ad by Bartle Bogle Hegarty.
Credit goes to Art Director Kevin Stark and Copywriter Nick Kidney.
Best Copywriting went to Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R's ad for Virgin Trains. Credit goes to Zac Ellis, Rich Littler, Kim Hutcheson, and Joe Fitzgerald.