YoungGuns celebrates 10 years

To mark its 10th birthday, YoungGuns will be releasing a number of Top 10 rankings on a specially designed website www.ygaward.com/10years that celebrates the young talent and incubator organisations that have nurtured those creative aspirations across its first 10 years.

Some of the rankings are just straightforward, one to ten and others will be decided by public vote and will be released on pre-determined dates across the next few months.

Vote for YoungGun of Decade

The first ranking released is the YoungGun of the Decade and users are asked to vote to decide on the winner, who will receive a special YoungGuns Bullet and prize. Users can vote once per day and you will be able to see the leader every day. So support your country, your friends, your agency and good ideas by voting.

Previous YoungGuns of the Year

2001 - Guy Shelmerdine & Grant Holland, Cliff Freeman & Partners, US - Finish Line, Nike Campaign
2002 - Antony Nelson, Saatchi & Saatchi London, UK - Club 18 - 30 Campaign
2003 - Trevor Clarence, Terraplane, South Africa - MTV Crazy Monkey Campaign
2004 - Travis Sorge, Saatchi & Saatchi LA, US - Toyota Tacoma - Girlfriend
2005 - Juan Cabral , Fallon London, UK - Sony Bravia Balls
2006 - Luke Crethar & Matt Devine, The Glue Society, Australia - Virgin Mobile, Jason Donovan
2007 - Jeff Anderson & Isaac Silverglate, TBWA/Chiat/Day, US - Combos Campaign
2008 - Eric Kallman & Craig Allen, TBWA/Chiat/Day, US - Skittles, Touch / Pinata
2009 - Michael Canning & Kieran Antill, Leo Burnett Sydney, Australia - Vote Earth

Other rankings coming soon

The other rankings to be released, in the order below, are:

Student YoungGun of the Decade (Public vote)
Top 10 Awarded Countries
Top Awarded Networks
Top 10 Awarded Schools
Top 10 Innovative Ideas (Public Vote)
Ten Years of Call for Entries (Public Vote)
Top 10 Awarded Agencies
Top 10 Awarded Young Creatives.

YoungGuns will also be re-releasing select virals from its last 10 years of Call For Entry Campaigns to coincide with each new ranking being revealed. These were created across the years by the following agencies:

2001 - DÁrcy Sydney
2002 - Mother, London
2003 - Fallon, London
2004 - Leo Burnett, Chicago
2005 - CP+B, US
2006 - Saatchi & Saatchi, New Zealand
2007 - TAXI, Canada
2008 - Droga5, Global
2009 - YoungGuns

New divisions

YoungGuns will also be opening two new divisions on Wednesday, 14 July 2010 - YoungGuns PR and YoungGuns Design.