Bank Ad Award Winners in Arkansas.

Award winners have been announced in the annual Arkansas Bank Advertising Awards, which were sponsored by the ABA Marketing Network's Arkansas Chapter.

Sells/Clark Agency of Little Rock received 11 of 34 first-place awards and two of 10 honorable mentions.

The banks that that Sells/Clark created ads for and the award categories: Twin City Bank of North Little Rock, one first place and one honorable mention in the total campaign category; First State Bank of Conway, first place in newspaper campaign, television campaign and miscellaneous, plus honorable mention in total campaign; Century Bank of Texarkana, first place in color newspaper and brochure collateral; Heartland Community Bank, headquartered in Camden, first place in radio campaign and direct-mail flat; and Arvest Bank Group of Northwest Arkansas, first place in radio single entry, television campaign and outdoor campaign.

Bowman & Associates of Fayetteville won best of show for its campaign for National Bank of Springdale. Bowman & Associates also won awards for newspaper and television campaigns, outdoor and total campaign, all done for the National Bank of Springdale.

Other winners of the awards, which were announced at the Arkansas chapter's annual meeting in Heber Springs:

* McNabb Kelley & Barre: Black and white and color newspaper campaigns for Heritage Bank, and outdoor campaign for Midsouth Bank of Jonesboro.

* Mangan Holcomb Rainwater Culpepper: Consumer magazine and radio campaigns for Farmers & Merchants Bank of Stuttgart; television campaign and total campaign for First Community Bank of Conway; radio, black and white newspaper campaign and miscellaneous for Farmers Bank & Trust of Magnolia; newspaper campaign for Bank of DesArc; and television campaign for First Community Bank.

* Kirby Williams Communications: Business magazine, radio and outdoor campaigns and collateral brochures for Summit Bank.

* Maris West & Baker Advertising: Black and white newspaper, outdoor and total campaigns and collateral, posters, counter cards and merchandising mails for BancorpSouth.

* Studio B: Direct mail, flat and outdoor campaigns for Arvest Central Bank.