UFCJC students honored in 2026 AAF North Central Florida ADDY Awards competition
University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Advertising students were the recipients of 2026 American Advertising Federation (AAF) North Central Florida student ADDY awards. The annual contest, coordinated by AAF North Central Florida chapter, honors creative work completed in 2025. The judges for the event were Bob Hakek, senior art director BBDO Atlanta, Daniel Duvic, creative director Adjunct Brand Studio in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Gordon Weller, creative director, copywriter and voice actor from Writing Weller in Tampa, Florida.
UFCJC students who won AAF North Central Florida Student Best of Show, Judge’s Choice and Gold ADDY winners include:
- Best of Show: Khwaish Jamwal, “Drinking Red Flags”
- Judge’s Choice: Khwaish Jamwal, “For Every Chef”
- Judge’s Choice: Faith Graham, “Dunkin’ Iced Coffee”
- Best of Category, Out of Home & Ambient Media, Outdoor & Transit Advertising, Campaign: Luciana Lawrence and Madison King, “Windows to the World”
- Best of Category, Elements of Advertising, Copywriting: Khwaish Jamwal, “Drinking Red Flags”
- Print Advertising, Magazine Advertising, Campaign: Simone Simpson, “Big Leagues”
Print Advertising, Magazine Advertising, Campaign: Khwaish Jamwal, “For Every Chef” - Print Advertising, Newspaper Advertising, Campaign: Julia Nantanawat, “Trip in Every Pot”
- Out Of Home & Ambient Media, Outdoor & Transit Advertising, Campaign: Luciana Lawrence
- And Madison King, “Windows to the World”
- Online/Interactive, Apps, Mobile or Web-Based: Mary K Farrell and Evelyn Schentrup, “The Most Memorable Caretaker”
- Cross-Platform, Integrated Advertising Campaign, Consumer: Khwaish Jamwal, “Drinking Red Flags’
- Elements Of Advertising, Copywriting: Khwaish Jamwal, “Drinking Red Flags”
- Elements Of Advertising, Copywriting: Simone Simpson, “Big Leagues”
- Elements Of Advertising, Logo Design: Sofia Cobucci Alvarez, “Keep Alachua County Beautiful Logo”
- Elements Of Advertising, Artificial intelligence, Creative Elements, Campaign: Mary K Farrell and Evelyn Schentrup, “The Most Memorable Caretaker”
The AAF North Central Florida Student Silver ADDY winners include:
- Sales & Marketing, Product or Service Sales Promotion, Point of Purchase: Faith Graham, “Dunkin’ Iced Coffee (POS)”
- Sales & Marketing, Direct Marketing: Dawson Leary, Jordan Witt, Gargi Shukla, Diego Postigo, Cole Groth, Charles Barnett, Finley Schuurmans, Alexandra Grundfast, “The Agency Recruitment Video”
- Print Advertising, Magazine Advertising: Kailey Fretwell, “Sip, Sip, Hooray!”
- Print Advertising, Magazine Advertising: Luciana Lawrence and Madison King, “Good Fortune”
- Out Of Home & Ambient Media, Outdoor & Transit Advertising, Campaign: Isabel Brunning and Paige Montero, “Chomp & Check”
- Out Of Home & Ambient Media, Outdoor & Transit Advertising, Campaign: Faith Graham, “Dunkin’ Iced Coffee”
- Out Of Home & Ambient Media, Installations and Events, Single: Samantha Stillmunks, “The Art of Listening”
- Out Of Home & Ambient Media, Installations and Events, Campaign: Mary K. Farrell, Abigail Tajah, Paige Mungall and Indya Benjamin, “Sweetcations”
- Online/Interactive, Website, Desktop or Mobile: Ava Markel, Finley Schuurmans, Charles Barnett and Alexandra Grundfast, “On the Pulse, The Agency”
- Online/Interactive, Social Media, Campaign: Samantha Stillmunks, “Main Character Energy”
- Online/Interactive, Apps, Mobile or Web-Based: Sofia Cobucci and Jena Poorman, “Gator Guardian
- Cross-Platform, Integrated Advertising Campaign, Consumer: Paige Montero and Isabel Brunning, “Sing & Save”
- Cross-Platform, Integrated Brand Identity, Campaign: Maizy Guertin, “Coach Courtside”
- Elements Of Advertising, Copywriting: Faith Graham, “Get Sip Done”
- Elements Of Advertising, Illustration: Samantha Stillmunks, “Made of Film for Orange and Blue Film Festival”
The local student competition included entries from UFCJC, Florida State University and Florida A&M University. A Gold ADDY is recognition of the highest level of creative excellence and is judged to be superior to all other entries in the category. Entries that are also considered outstanding and worthy of recognition receive a Silver ADDY. The number of awards given in each category is determined by the judges, based on the relative quality of work in that category. Gold ADDY awards are automatically forwarded to the AAF 4th District Florida/Caribbean competition and the winners will be announced in May 2026.
The Feb. 19 gala event was coordinated by UFCJC Advertising Senior Lecturer Dan Windels, and UFCJC/WUFT Community Relations Coordinator Sue Wagner.
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