GSD&M, Stone Ward Lead Region in National Addy Awards

DALLAS GSD&M and Stone Ward are the Southwest region’s top winners of the American Advertising Federation’s national Addy awards.

Omnicom Group’s GSD&M, in Austin, Texas, has won eight golds and 13 silvers. Independent Stone Ward, in Little Rock, Ark., has won one gold and three silvers.

GSD&M won golds for three 7-Eleven TV commercials, “Fingers,” “Gulp Envy” and “Blue Numb”; two Southwest Airlines TV spots, “Fast Food” and “Portrait Studios”; two Air Force print ads, “Jim Crow” and “Civil Rights”; and a Kinko’s collateral poster, “Tree Hugger.”