American Business Press Announces Winners of 1999 CEBA Awards for Creative Excellence in Business Advertising.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 19, 1999--

Top Prize of $25,000 goes to Martin/Williams Team:

Ad for 3M's Tooth Whitening System

The American Business Press has announced the winners of its 1999 Creative Excellence in Business Advertising (CEBA) Awards.

The winner for "Single Ad - Spread or Larger" and the Grand CEBA for overall excellence is Martin/Williams, a Minneapolis-based advertising firm. Martin/Williams creative team was cited for its advertisement for a professional dental whitener made by 3M. The simple visual likens the fresh whiteness of a newly painted picket fence to the efficacy of the product. Both the Prizes for "Single Ad - Spread or Larger" and the Grand CEBA, go to the creative team. The Grand CEBA includes a $25,000 honorarium, which goes to the agency and the creative team.

The 1999 Grand CEBA winners are: Lyle Wedemeyer, Creative Director; Anne Taylor, Art Director and; Cathy Ostlie, Copywriter. These three make up the creative team who put together the winning ad "Picket Fence."

The winner in the category "Single Ad - One Page or Less" went to Carmichael Lynch of Minneapolis. Creative team: Jim Nelson, Creative Director; Frank Haggerty, Art Director and; Dan Roettger, Copywriter. Client: Normark. Ad title: "Logo on a Golf Ball."

WestWayne Inc., Atlantic won "Ad Campaign - Three or More Ads." Creative Team: Luke Sullivan, Creative Director; Jim Smith, Art Director and; David Huntington, Copywriter. Client: American Cyanamid Co. Ad Title: "Justifiable Herbicide."

For outstanding advertising in "Interactive Ads - Web Sites or CD-ROMs," Stein Rogan and Partners of New York garnered top honors. Creative Team: Mark Rogan, Creative Director; Michael Kim, Design and; Tom Stein, Copywriter. Client: Infoseek. Ad Title: "Infoseek, Online Media Kit."

The category winner for Inserts - Special Supplements went to Fallon McElligott, Minneapolis. Creative Team: David Lubars, Creative Director, John Liegey, Art Director, and Dean Buckhorn, Copywriter. Client: VCU Advertising Center. Ad Title: "Students of Advertising." The 1999 CEBA Awards were announced at a gala dinner held October 12 at the Hudson Theater in the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City. The CEBA Awards are sponsored by The Ad Age Group; Adweek magazines; B2B Works; Bill Communications; BPA International; Cahners Business Information; Competitive Media Reporting; Folio:; Intertec Publishing; Miller Freeman, Inc.; Penton Media, Inc.; Publishers Press Incorporated; and Readex, Inc.

The six winners of the 1999 CEBA were selected by a judging panel comprised of noted advertising executives renowned for their innovative and forward-thinking work. They are: Andy Berlin, Chairman, Berlin Cameron & Partners; Brent Bouchez, Executive Creative Director, Bozell Worldwide, Inc.; Nick Cohen, Chairman, Mad Dogs and Englishmen; Kathy Delaney, Executive Creative Director, Deutsch Inc.; Nina DiSesa, Chairman/Chief Creative Officer, McCann-Erickson New York; George Fertitta, President, Margeotes, Fertitta & Partners LLC; Frank Ginsberg, CEO/Creative Director, Avrett, Free & Ginsberg, Inc.; Burt Manning, Chairman Emeritus, J. Walter Thompson Worldwide; and Jon Soto, Art Director, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners.

Founded in 1907, American Business Press is the industry association for global information providers that produce magazines, newsletters, Web sites, trade shows, and other media reaching an audience of more than 39 million professionals and generating more than $8 billion in annual advertising revenues.