It adds up: eighty-six winners at ABA Marketing Network Ad Awards contest.

Judges presented a total of 86 awards during this year's ABA Marketing Network Ad Awards. The prizes were given during the ABA Marketing Conference in Chicago, Sept 14-16. Twenty-seven Best of the Best awards and 58 Certificates of excellence were handed out.

Overall, this was a good year for the ad awards. Bankers and ad agencies showed an unusual high level of interest in the competition, as evidenced by the record number of more than 500 entries.

Entries were submitted either by advertising agencies or by the financial institutions themselves. Competition categories include ads (print, radio, TV, outdoor and point of sale); brochures, direct mail, annual reports, websites and public relations campaigns produced during 2002.

Judges awarded a Best of Show award to Connelly Partners/CGN for its TV series for Eastern Bank, Boston, entitled "Eastern Bank 2002 TV." A Judges' Special Award was presented to McKinney & Silver for the print series entry, "Do Something Amazing Brand Print Campaign," which was done for First Citizens Bank, Raleigh, N.C.

The following is the list of winners.

Best of the Best

Annual Reports

Assets over $5 billion: Biggs/Gilmore Communications for Union Planters Corp., Kalamazoo, Mich., "Union Planters Corp. Annual Report 2001."

Assets from $1 billion to $5 billion: The PrivateBank and Trust Co., St. Charles, Ill., "2002 Annual Report."

Brochure Series

Assets under $250 million: Willey Brothers Inc., for Lee Bank, Rochester, N.H., "Lee Bank Series Brochures."

Assets over $5 billion: Bandujo Donker & Brothers for Citigroup Private Bank, Summit, N.J., "Citigroup Private Bank."

Brochure Single

Assets from $500 million to $1 billion: Ulster Savings Bank, Kingston, N.Y., "All Right Here With Us Brochure."

Assets over $5 billion: Blattner Brenner for Armada Funs/National City, Pittsburgh, Pa., "Armada Funds Investing Brochure" and "National City Charitable Gift Fund Product Brochure."

Direct Mail Single

Assets over $5 billion: Epsilon for KeyBank McDonald Financial Group, Irving, Texas, "KeyBank McDonald Financial Group: Blue Print Comprehensive Financial Plan."

Assets from $250 million to $500 million: Middleburg Bank, Middleburg, Va., "What to Wear to the Party at the Home of...."

Employee Promotion

Assets from $1 billion to $ 5 billion: MB Financial. Chicago, Ill., "MB Financial Brand Identity."

Multimedia

Assets from $500 million to $1 billion: Union Bank & Treat Co., Bowling Green, Va., "Union Bank & Trust-100th Birthday Campaign."

Assets under $250 million: BLF Marketing for First Gulf Bank, Nashville, Tenn., "Anything But Ordinary."

Assets over $5 billion: McKinney & Silver for First Citizens Bank, Raleigh, N.C., "Do Something Amazing Multimedia Campaign."

Newsletter Series

Assets over $5 billion: First Midwest Bank, Itasca, Ill., "Enrich 50 Newsletter."

Newsletter Single

Assets: Under $250 million; TowneBank, Suffolk, Va., "TowneToday."

Outdoor Series

Assets over $5 billion: Bozell & Jacobs for First National Bank of Omaha, Neb., "Convenience Outdoor."

Outdoor Single

Assets over $5 billion: Michael Flora & Associates for Comerica Bank, Troy, Mich., "Detroit Lions Concourse Sign."

Point of Sale Series

Assets over $5 billion: Willey Brothers Inc., for SunTrust Bank, Rochester, N.H., "SunTrust Grocery Series."

Print Series

Assets under $250 million: TowneBank, Suffolk, Va, "Community Sponsorship."

Assets from $500 million to $1 billion: Peoples Bank, Lynden, Wa., "Peoples Bank Business, Banking Campaign."

Assets over $5 billion: McKinney & Silver for First Citizens Bank, Raleigh, N.C., "Do Something Amazing Brand Print Campaign." (Received Judges Special Award.)

Print Single

Assets over $5 billion: Michael Flora & Associates for Comerica bank, Troy, Mich., "Ernie Harwell Tribute Ad."

TV Series

Assets from $250 million to $500 million: The Mother Ship for Columbia River Bank, Lake Oswego, Ore., "See For Yourself."

Assets from $1 billion to $5 billion: Connelly Partners/CGN for Eastern Bank, Boston, Mass., "Eastern Bank 2002 TV." (Received the Best in Show Award.)

TV Single

Assets over $5 billion: Zions Bank, Salt Lake City, Utah, "Rancher TV."

Website/E-Commerce

Assets from $1 billion to $5 billion: The PrivateBank and Trust Co., St. Charles, Ill., "PrivateBank and Trust Co., Website."

Assets over $5 billion: ING Direct, Wilmington, Del., "ING Direct Online Marketing Great Rates Campaign.

Certificates of Excellence

Annual Reports

Assets from $500 million: to $1 billion: DeLuca Frigoletto Advertising for First National Community Bancorp Inc., Scranton. Pa., "First National Community Bank Animal Report 2002."

Assets from $500 million to $1 billion: The Palmetto Bank, Laurens, S.C., "2002 Annual Report."

Assets under $250 million: RIGGS for First Community Bank, Columbia, S.C., "2002 First Community Bank Annual Report."

Assets from $1 billion to $ 5 billion: Pacific Northwest Bancorp, Oak Harbor, Wash., "2002 Annual Report."

Brochure Series

Assets over $ 5 billion: Michael Flora & Associates for Comerica Bank, Troy, Mich., "Human Resources Corporate Identity."

Assets over $ 5 billion: Bandujo Donker & Brothers for bank of America, Summit, N.J., "Bank of America--The Private Bank."

Assets from $1 billion to $5 billion: MB Financial, Chicago, Ill., "MB Financial-Insurance, Home Loans, Money market, Banker."

Brochure Single

Assets under $250 million: Valley First Community Bank, Scottsdale, Ariz "Power of Partnership."

Assets over $5 billion: First Midwest Bank, Itasca, Ill., "Taking Care of Business."

Assets from $500 million to $1 billion: Ulster Savings Bank, Kingston, N.Y., "At Home With Us--Mortgage."

Assets from $1 billion to $5 billion: Washington Trust Bank, Spokane, Wash., "100th Anniversary Brochure."

Direct Mail Series

Assets of under $250 million. Interstate Bank, Oak Forest, Ill., "Small Biz Quiz."

Assets from $1 billion to $5 billion: The Hiebing Group for AnchorBank, Madison, Wisc., "E-Checking."

Direct Mail Single

Assets over $5 billion: Michael Flora & Associates for Comerica Bank, Troy, Mich., "Comerica Securities 8-Ball."

Assets over $5 billion: Epsilon for KeyBank, Irving, Texas, "KeyBank Key Growth Solutions."

Assets over $5 billion: Customer Communications Group for SouthTrust Bank, Denver, Colo., "SouthTrust Bank SmartCheck Services Brochure."

Assets of $250 million to $500 million: Pannos & Skeffington Marketing for First Trade Union Bank, Bedford, N.H., "The Secret's Out."

Employee Promotion

Assets over $5 billion: Arras Group for Charter One, Cleveland, Ohio, "Choice ARM Internal Sales Piece."

Multimedia

Assets over $5 billion: Arras Group for Charter One Bank, Cleveland, Ohio. "First Federal of Michigan Name Change."

Assets under $250 million: Interstate Bank, Oak Forest, Ill., "Small Biz Quiz."

Assets from $500 million to $l billion: Crowe Chizek & Co. for United Bank & Trust, Grand Rapids, Mich., "United Bank & Trust Campaign."

Assets from $500 million to $1 billion: Country Bank for Savings, Ware, Mass., "Our Home Is Your Home."

Newsletter Series

Assets from $500 million to $1 billion: Turk's Head for Horizon Bank, Seattle, Wash., "One the Horizon Newsletter."

Assets over $5 billion: Capitol Federal Savings, Topeka, Kan., "Blue Bucks Newsletter."

Outdoor Single

Assets from $1 billion to $5 billion: Fidelity Federal Bank & Trust, West Palm Beach, Fla., "Objects in Mirror."

Assets from $1 billion to $5 billion: Klamath First, Klamath Falls, Ore., "Home Loan Outdoor--Need More Room.?"

Point of Sales Series

Assets over $5 billion: Willey Brothers Inc., for AmSouth Bank, Rochester, N.H., "AmSouth BLISS Series."

Assets over $5 billion: Design One for Visa International, San Francisco, Calif., "Card Designs for Athens 2004 Olympic Games."

Print Series

Assets from $250 million to $500 million: Orrstown Bank, Shippensburg, Pa., "Committed to Community."

Assets under $250 million: Kirvin Doak Communications for Sun West Bank, Las Vegas, Nev., "Sun West Bank Print Campaign."

Assets over $5 billion: Perdue Creative for NBC Wealth Management, Memphis, Tenn., "Think. Think Again."

Assets from $1 billion to $5 billion: Washington Trust Bank, Spokane, Wash., "100th Anniversary Campaign."

Assets from $250 million to $500 million: Central Bank of Lake of the Ozarks, Osage Beach, Mo., "It Comes With a Lake."

Print Single

Assets over $5 billion: BancorpSouth, Tupelo, Miss., "E Pluribus Unum."

Assets over $5 billion: Michael Flora & Associates for Comerica Bank, Troy, Mich., "Energy Lending Group Ad."

Assets from $1 billion to $5 billion: City Bank, Honolulu, Hawaii, "Have You Ever Sat With a Friend?"

Assets under $250 million: J.R. Navarro & Associates Inc., for Bank of the West, Los Angeles, Calif., "We're Nuts About Diamond of California."

Assets over $5 billion: Thompson & Co. for First Tennessee Bank, Memphis, Tenn., "Last Time You Had This Much Free Stuff...."

Assets from $500 million to $1 billion: Boone County National Bank, Columbia, Mo., "Boone County National Bank Student Checking Print."

Public Relations

Assets from $500 million to $1 billion: Camden National Bank, Camden, Maine, "Stop and Smell the Roses."

Assets from $500 million to $1 billion: Stratecom for First National Bank of Colorado, Boulder, Colo., "Flat Iron Crossing Branch Grand Opening."

Radio Single

Assets over $5 billion: Thompson & Co. for First Tennessee Bank, Memphis, Tenn., "Promotion."

Assets over $5 billion: Biggs/Gilmore Communications for Union Planters Bank, Kalamazoo, Mich., "Everything You Plan On."

Sales Promotion

Assets from $250 million to $500 million: Grabill Bank, Grabill, Ind., "Doctor's Kit."

TV Series

Assets from $5 billion: Zions Bank, Salt Lake City, Utah, "2002 Branding TV."

Assets Under $250 million: TowneBank, Suffolk, Va., "Hometown Banking."

TV Single

Assets over $5 billion: Zions Bank, Salt Lake City, Utah, "Teacher "TV."

Assets from $1 billion to $5 billion: Klamath First, Klamath Falls, Ore., "Home Equity--Back to College TV."

Assets from $1 billion to $5 billion: Cotton and Crown Inc. for South Carolina Bank & Trust, Charlotte, N.C., "Just Another Day at the Office."

Assets under $250 million: Countybank, Greenwood, S.C., "CBOne."

over $5 billion: Thompson & Co. for First Tennessee Bank, Memphis, Term, "Sync Swim."

Assets of $500 million to $1 billion: First Federal Savings Bank, Leesburg, Fla., "Teller."

Website/E-Commerce

Assets over $5 billion: Blattner Brunner for sky Financial Group, Pittsburgh, Pa., "Sky Financial Group Website."

Assets from $1 billion to $5 billion: The CBK Group for Spencer Savings Bank, Paramus, NJ., "Spencer Savings Bank Website."

Assets from $500 million to $1 billion: TotalBank, Miami, Fla., "TotalBank Website."

Assets from $250 million to $500 million: Crowe Chizek & Co. for Farmers State Bank, Grand Rapids, Mich., "Farmers State Bank Website."

Assets from $1 billion to $5 billion: The Washington Trust Co., Westerly, R.I., "The Washington Trust Co. Website."

Assets under $250 million: Transportation Alliance Bank, Ogden, Utah, "Website--Take Your Bank on the Road."

For more information about 2004 Ad awards Conteest call Barbara Payne at 1 (800)--BANKERS, ext. 5398.