The Pendoring Advertising Awards were held on Friday, 13 November 2020. Unfortunately, we are still enduring a pandemic so one couldn’t get dressed up and enjoy the ceremony in real time – like we did this time last year at a different event! My book, Mpumi’s Magic Beads was nominated in the “Publication Design – Whole Publication” category. According to the website, this is what the awards are about:
The Pendoring advertising awards are 25 years old this year – a truly unique initiative that celebrates the 10 indigenous languages of our country – quite simply, at Pendoring, we speak South African. Originally created in 1995 to promote and stimulate the use of Afrikaans in advertising, Pendoring has gone through a number of changes to celebrate all our indigenous languages.
Pendoring Awards’ background.
My favourite thing was seeing that all nominations adhere to advertising conventions so I was credited as the Chief Creative Officer, Masego Morulane as the Art Director and Dusanka Stojakovic as the Content Strategist. Dusanka, Vanessa, Solly and team from David Philip continue to make my journey as an author so remarkable and full of wonder! I was honestly so nervous about these awards but, wow, we actually won! We now have a gold Pendoring Award to add to the three awards that we already have for this book.
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Thank you, Pendoring Awards’ judges and amazing adults who keep buying this book for your babies!
