Entries submitted from 31 countries around the globe were thoughtfully reviewed by the Bowery Awards international Grand Jury in the following category groups: Audio/Radio, Film Craft/Motion Video, Design, and Quarantine Content. The Grand Jury have selected 229 entries to advance as finalists.
“We were thrilled with the response to the inaugural Bowery Awards and the extraordinary calibre of the submissions. This first year of the Bowery Awards received submissions from a robust number of countries around the world, some which typically do not enter,” said Scott Rose, executive director of The Bowery Awards.
“The goal of the competition was to shine the spotlight on Freelancers and put their work of in front of a jury that includes Advertising Hall of Famers, founders, artists, movie producers, and others recruited from a wide cross-section of creative fields,” said Rose.
2020’s Bowery Awards entries are judged by two award-winning multi-disciplinary juries, the Grand Jury and the Executive Jury. All entries achieving Finalist status were selected by the Grand Jury. Finalist entries then progress to the medal round. The Bowery Awards Executive Jury will determine the Gold, Silver, and Bronze winners as well as Grand Award winners and Best of Show.
Advertising Hall of Fame Recipient and Executive Jury member Carol H. Williams will review all of the ‘Together For Better’ work. The special category accepts work in each category group that promotes unity and diversity. Ms. Williams will select the winning entry that will receive the Carol H. William ‘Together For Better Award’.
“The Bowery is infamous for being a hotbed of creativity and culture. A place where mavericks and free thinkers met, collaborated, and developed work that would eventually escape the city streets and influence the world. Honoring that spirit, The Bowery Awards is a competition for today’s creatives working independently in the commercial landscape. Because of the Bowery Awards statement, I was honored to lend my name to such a special award,” said Carol H. Williams, Owner, President, CEO & Chief Creative Officer, Carol H. Williams Advertising.
The Bowery Awards Grand Prize winners will receive a customized trophy, expedited vetting process for FIVERR PRO and $1000 in AdVenture Media Group services.
All Bowery Awards winners selected by the 2020 jury panels will be showcased on a curated winner’s gallery on the Bowery Awards website that will include contact information allowing companies, clients, and representatives to contact the independent creators' whose work resonates with their needs.
All proceeds from the 2020 Bowery Awards were donated to Feed the Frontlines NYC.
Audio/Radio
| Category | Entrant | Country | Title |
| Best Use: Commercial (under: 60) | Soda Producciones | Venezuela | Behind the mask |
| Best Use: COVID work | Soda Producciones | Venezuela | Behind the mask |
Film Craft/Motion Video
| Category | Entrant | Country | Title |
| Discipline: Animation | Andy Potts represented by Anna Goodson Illustration Agency | Canada | Down For Whatever (feat. Friday Night Plans) |
| Best Use: Music Video | Andy Potts represented by Anna Goodson Illustration Agency | Canada | Down For Whatever (feat. Friday Night Plans) |
| Discipline: Animation | Arcade Studio | South Africa | Task And You Shall Receive |
| Discipline: Animation | Brandamin | Greece | Burlington Company History Animation |
| Best Use: TVC (over :60 for broadcast or web) | Brandamin | Greece | Burlington Company History Animation |
| Discipline: Cinematography | brotherhood | Mexico | vikingos |
| Best Use: Together For Better - Work that fosters unity, diversity and inclusion | Carolina Melis Studio | Italy | Free and Safe |
| Discipline: Animation | Carolina Melis Studio | Italy | Free and Safe |
| Discipline: Script/Copywriting | CO_ED | USA | IF So |
| Discipline: Sound Design/Use of Sound | CO_ED | USA | IF So |
| Discipline: Animation | CO_ED | USA | IF So |
| Best Use: TVC (under :60 for broadcast or web) | CO_ED | USA | IF So |
| Discipline: Sound Design/Use of Sound | CO_ED | USA | When the Waking Day Ends |
| Discipline: Script/Copywriting | CO_ED | USA | When the Waking Day Ends |
| TVC (under :60 for broadcast or web) | CO_ED | USA | When the Waking Day Ends |
| Discipline: Animation | CO_ED | USA | When the Waking Day Ends |
| Discipline: Direction | CO_ED | USA | When the Waking Day Ends |
| Best Use: TVC (over :60 for broadcast or web) | Dino & Luigi Presents | USA | The Gift of Spike |
| Discipline: Acting | EL LIVING | Venezuela | Lucy |
| Discipline: Sound Design/Use of Sound | EL LIVING | Venezuela | Lucy |
| Discipline: Editing | EL LIVING | Venezuela | Lucy |
| Entertainment: Scripted Short Film | EL LIVING | Venezuela | Lucy |
| Discipline: Script/Copywriting | EL LIVING | Venezuela | Lucy |
| Discipline: Cinematography | EL LIVING | Venezuela | Lucy |
| Discipline: Direction | EL LIVING | Venezuela | Lucy |
| Entertainment: Scripted Short Film | Emilie Hahn | USA | Clammy Club |
| Discipline: Motion Graphics | Erica Jacobson Design | Sweden | Absolut Cubed, Instagram promotion and animations |
| Discipline: Animation | FOREAL | Germany | California Avocados - Summer |
| Best Use: COVID work | Hamidreza Khosh-Bazan | Iran | Cutstein |
| Discipline: Editing | Hamidreza Khosh-Bazan | Iran | Cutstein |
| Discipline: Animation | Headexplodie | USA | Travel Shoe Care Kit |
| Discipline: Editing | Intrepid Fox | South Africa | Let's Go Together |
| Best Use: TVC (over :60 for broadcast or web) | Intrepid Fox | South Africa | Let's Go Together |
| Discipline: Script/Copywriting | Intrepid Fox | South Africa | Let's Go Together |
| Discipline: Acting | Intrepid Fox | South Africa | Let's Go Together |
| Best Use: Together For Better - Work that fosters unity, diversity and inclusion | Intrepid Fox | South Africa | Let's Go Together |
| Discipline: Cinematography | Intrepid Fox | South Africa | Let's Go Together |
| Discipline: Animation | Jiaqi Wang | USA | Data Detox |
| Discipline: Animation | Johnny DePalma | USA | 52 - A Tale of Loneliness |
| Entertainment: Scripted Short Film | Jorge M. Rodrigo | Spain | Better Places |
| Discipline: Direction | Jorge M. Rodrigo | Spain | Better Places |
| Discipline: Editing | Jorge M. Rodrigo | Spain | Better Places |
| Discipline: Script/Copywriting | Jorge M. Rodrigo | Spain | Emile |
| Discipline: Editing | Jorge M. Rodrigo | Spain | Emile |
| Entertainment: Scripted Short Film | Jorge M. Rodrigo | Spain | Emile |
| Discipline: Visual Effects | Jorge M. Rodrigo | Spain | The Dream of Humanity |
| Discipline: Cinematography | Jorge M. Rodrigo | Spain | The Dream of Humanity |
| Best Use: TVC (under :60 for broadcast or web) | Jorge M. Rodrigo | Spain | The Dream of Humanity |
| Discipline: Sound Design/Use of Sound | Jorge M. Rodrigo | Spain | The Dream of Humanity |
| Discipline: Script/Copywriting | Jorge M. Rodrigo | Spain | The Dream of Humanity |
| Discipline: Animation | KingBoss | USA | Rick & Morty - Emperor |
| Discipline: Direction | Lisa Tedesco | USA | House of La Reine |
| Entertainment: Scripted Short Film | Lisa Tedesco | USA | House of La Reine |
| Discipline: Animation | Lucy Kirk | United Kingdom | Kiehl's Pride 2020 Animation |
| Discipline: Sound Design/Use of Sound | Mare Singara Mohan | India | A Date in the Dark |
| Best Use: COVID work | Mare Singara Mohan | India | A Date in the Dark |
| Entertainment: Scripted Short Film | Max Levine Film | USA | Crunchatized |
| Discipline: Editing | National Puerto Rican Day Parade | USA | 2020 TV Broadcast and Social Media - Bomba for BLM |
| Discipline: Animation | Neryl Walker | Australia | Best Dinner Guest |
| Discipline: Sound Design/Use of Sound | Nilton Resende | Brazil | The Ferry |
| Discipline: Editing | Nilton Resende | Brazil | The Ferry |
| Discipline: Cinematography | Nilton Resende | Brazil | The Ferry |
| Discipline: Visual Effects | Nilton Resende | Brazil | The Ferry |
| Discipline: Direction | Nilton Resende | Brazil | The Ferry |
| Best Use: Together For Better - Work that fosters unity, diversity and inclusion | Pancho González | Chile | Settlements |
| Entertainment: Scripted Short Film | Pepi Ginsberg | USA | Bad Candy |
| Discipline: Direction | Pepi Ginsberg | USA | Bad Candy |
| Discipline: Script/Copywriting | Pepi Ginsberg | USA | Bad Candy |
| Discipline: Script/Copywriting | Pepi Ginsberg | USA | End Zoom |
| Entertainment: Documentary Short Film | Red Hawk Films | USA | Out of The Storm Drains |
| Discipline: Cinematography | Red Hawk Films | USA | Out of The Storm Drains |
| Best Use: Music Video | Red Hawk Films | USA | Out of The Storm Drains |
| Discipline: Editing | Red Hawk Films | USA | Out of The Storm Drains |
| Discipline: Direction | Red Hawk Films | USA | Out of The Storm Drains |
| Best Use: Music Video | Red Hawk Films | USA | Say Whoa! |
| Discipline: Direction | Red Hawk Films | USA | Say Whoa! |
| Entertainment: Documentary Short Film | Red Hawk Films | USA | Texas Tongue & Groove |
| Discipline: Direction | Red Hawk Films | USA | Who Sang It First |
| Best Use: TVC (under :60 for broadcast or web) | Regional Hospice | USA | Not Fred! |
| Discipline: Animation | Regional Hospice | USA | Not Fred! |
| Discipline: Animation | Shelby Baldock | USA | We Got a Problem with Groundwater |
| Discipline: Sound Design/Use of Sound | Shelby Baldock | USA | We Got a Problem with Groundwater |
| Entertainment: Scripted Short Film | Shelby Baldock | USA | We Got a Problem with Groundwater |
| Discipline: Editing | Shelby Baldock | USA | We Got a Problem with Groundwater |
| Discipline: Sound Design/Use of Sound | Soda Producciones | Venezuela | Behind the mask |
| Discipline: Direction | Soda Producciones | Venezuela | Behind the mask |
| Best Use: COVID work | Soda Producciones | Venezuela | Behind the mask |
| Discipline: Cinematography | Soda Producciones | Venezuela | Behind the mask |
| Discipline: Script/Copywriting | Soda Producciones | Venezuela | Behind the mask |
| Discipline: Acting | Soda Producciones | Venezuela | Behind the mask |
| Entertainment: Scripted Short Film | Spartan Daggenhurst | USA | Vinny Mancuso's Rules for Good Business |
| Discipline: Animation | Stevie Gee | United Kingdom | Waze & Google - Assistant |
| Best Use: Together For Better - Work that fosters unity, diversity and inclusion | Taurus | Spain | Homemade Video |
| Best Use: TVC (over :60 for broadcast or web) | Taurus | Spain | Homemade Video |
| Discipline: Cinematography | Taylor Hebden | USA | Romantic States "Jason Hatred" |
| Discipline: Direction | Taylor Hebden | USA | Romantic States "Jason Hatred" |
| Discipline: Editing | Taylor Hebden | USA | Romantic States "Jason Hatred" |
| Discipline: Cinematography | Tres Cinematografia | Venezuela | ANTÖ |
| Discipline: Direction | Tres Cinematografia | Venezuela | ANTÖ |
| Discipline: Sound Design/Use of Sound | Tres Cinematografia | Venezuela | ANTÖ |
| Entertainment: Scripted Short Film | Tres Cinematografia | Venezuela | ANTÖ |
| Discipline: Editing | Tres Cinematografia | Venezuela | ANTÖ |
Design
| Category | Entrant | Country | Title |
| Discipline: Brand Design (i.e package design, logo, business cards) | Anastasia Igolnikova | Russia | Toothbrush set for dogs |
| Best Use: Environmental (Murals, billboards, retail pop up, live event) | Anastasia Igolnikova | Russia | Toothbrush set for dogs |
| Best Use: Environmental (Murals, billboards, retail pop up, live event) | Asthetique | USA | Polet Restaurant |
| Best Use: Environmental (Murals, billboards, retail pop up, live event) | Asthetique | USA | The Y Restaurant |
| Best Use: Books | Aurèlia Durand | France | This Book Is Anti-Racist |
| Best Use: COVID work | Avión de papel - Lucho González | Argentina | Crosses |
| Best Use: Newspaper/Magazine | Avión de papel - Lucho González | Argentina | Emoji |
| Discipline: Brand Design (i.e package design, logo, business cards) | B studio SAS (brandstudio) | Colombia | It’s time to play! |
| Discipline: Brand Design (i.e package design, logo, business cards) | China | The Mask that Ate the Virus | |
| Discipline: Illustration | Bo Lundberg Illustration AB | Sweden | Film posters |
| Discipline: Illustration | Bo Lundberg Illustration AB | Sweden | Grammy Awards |
| Best Use: Newspaper/Magazine | Bo Lundberg Illustration AB | Sweden | Grammy Awards |
| Discipline: Illustration | Bo Lundberg Illustration AB | Sweden | Working overtime |
| Best Use: Newspaper/Magazine | Bo Lundberg Illustration AB | Sweden | Working overtime |
| Discipline: Brand Design (i.e package design, logo, business cards) | Bravebird | Indonesia | Brand Identity Design |
| Discipline: Illustration | CreativeSNARK | USA | Midtown Guardian Illustration |
| Best Use: Together For Better - Work that fosters unity, diversity and inclusion | CreativeSNARK | USA | You All Sound the Same |
| Best Use: Environmental (Murals, billboards, retail pop up, live event) | Damien Poulain | France | Planets, Earth, Humans |
| Discipline: Illustration | DAQ | Spain | When Can America Reopen From Its Coronavirus Shutdown? |
| Discipline: Illustration | Dave Arcade | USA | Big Cartel Mural |
| Discipline: Illustration | Dentsu | Japan | Our Future |
| Discipline: Brand Design (i.e package design, logo, business cards) | DH, LO Creative Boutique | Brazil | Winghook Branding System |
| Best Use: Environmental (Murals, billboards, retail pop up, live event) | Dirty Bandits aka. Annica Lydenberg | USA | Hudson Whiskey NY Mural |
| Discipline: Typography | Eduardo Fajardo | El Salvador | Experimental Alphabet |
| Best Use: Logos & IDs | Emilie Hahn | USA | Shortfest |
| Discipline: Illustration | Erica Jacobson Design | Sweden | Bapstism branding illustrations |
| Discipline: Illustration | Fabrizio Lenci | Brazil | além illustration system |
| Best Use: Social Media | Fillin Global | USA | DAIN x Hunters (Amazon Prime Original Series) |
| Best Use: Environmental (Murals, billboards, retail pop up, live event) | Fillin Global | USA | Jason Naylor x Maybelline House |
| Best Use: Environmental (Murals, billboards, retail pop up, live event) | Fillin Global | USA | Jason Naylor x Maybelline House |
| Discipline: Illustration | Geo Law Illustration LTD | United Kingdom | Honda Easter Egg Hunt |
| Best Use: Self Promotion | Gitanos | Costa Rica | Extra Spicy |
| Best Use: Package Design | Gitanos | Costa Rica | Picnic |
| Discipline: Brand Design (i.e package design, logo, business cards) | Gitanos | Costa Rica | Picnic |
| Best Use: Newspaper/Magazine | Gitanos | Costa Rica | Sana Sana |
| Discipline: Brand Design (i.e package design, logo, business cards) | Gitanos Consulting | The Fit Poster | |
| Best Use: Promotional Items | Gitanos Consulting | The Fit Poster | |
| Discipline: Illustration | Guille Manchado (represented by Anna Goodson Illustration Agency) | Canada | America's Immigraion Paradox |
| Best Use: Together For Better - Work that fosters unity, diversity and inclusion | Hanna Melin, Anna Goodson Illustration Agency | United Kingdom | Our Body Our Choice |
| Discipline: Typography | Heather Landis | USA | Art Will Save The World |
| Discipline: Illustration | Henri Campea | Brazil | Illustration Identity for Café Querida |
| Best Use: Package Design | Henri Campea | Brazil | Illustration Identity for Café Querida |
| Discipline: Illustration | Jack Hughes | United Kingdom | Musicians |
| Discipline: Illustration | Jack Hughes | United Kingdom | Pride Forever : Entertainment Weekly Cover |
| Discipline: Illustration | Javier Soler | Colombia | The Origin Stories |
| Best Use: Promotional Items | Javier Soler | Colombia | The Origin Stories |
| Discipline: Illustration | Jiaqi Wang | USA | Data Detox |
| Best Use: Social Media | Jiaqi Wang | USA | Data Detox |
| Best Use: Direct Mail Marketing | Jill de Haan | USA | Water.org Fall Fundraising |
| Best Use: Environmental (Murals, billboards, retail pop up, live event) | Jorge M. Rodrigo | Spain | Parasol |
| Best Use: Digital /Mobile | Jorge M. Rodrigo | Spain | Summer |
| Best Use: Newspaper/Magazine | Jorge M. Rodrigo | Spain | Summer |
| Best Use: COVID work | Jose Maria Photo | Costa Rica | The Monster COVID-19 |
| Discipline: Illustration | Kari Moden Illustration | Sweden | Akademibokhandeln |
| Discipline: Illustration | Kari Moden Illustration | Sweden | Intel poster |
| Discipline: Illustration | Kati Szilagyi | Germany | A Queer Holiday Survival Guide |
| Discipline: Illustration | Katie Walker | United Kingdom | All of the women |
| Best Use: Together For Better - Work that fosters unity, diversity and inclusion | Katie Walker | United Kingdom | All of the women |
| Discipline: Illustration | Laila Ekboir | Argentina | Trip to Mars |
| Discipline: Illustration | Lizzy Layne and Alex Mazer | USA | Telluride Bluegrass Festival Pin |
| Best Use: Promotional Items | Lizzy Layne and Alex Mazer | USA | Telluride Bluegrass Festival Pin |
| Best Use: Together For Better - Work that fosters unity, diversity and inclusion | Lucy Kirk | United Kingdom | Kiehl's Pride 2020 Animation |
| Discipline: Brand Design (i.e package design, logo, business cards) | Manureva Studio | USA | Design by Maud Passini |
| Best Use: Social Media | Marcelo Câmara Rosa Publicidade | Brazil | BANK CIAO |
| Discipline: Illustration | Martin Tognola | Spain | How Google Interferes With Its Search Algorithms and Changes Your Results |
| Best Use: Logos & IDs | mel blauth design | Brazil | Venus |
| Discipline: Illustration | Miguel Monkc | Spain | The New Subway Map |
| Discipline: Brand Design (i.e package design, logo, business cards) | Mitra Shahsavand | Iran | She's got beautiful hair |
| Best Use: Corporate Identity | Mitra Shahsavand | Iran | She's got beautiful hair |
| Best Use: Wearables (t-shirts, hats, bags, etc.) | Mokshini | USA | The Summer Shirt Series |
| Discipline: Illustration | Mokshini | USA | The Summer Shirt Series |
| Best Use: Environmental (Murals, billboards, retail pop up, live event) | Ndubisi Okoye | USA | ACLU VOTE Mural |
| Best Use: Books | Noah Lekas | USA | Saturday Night Sage |
| Best Use: Package Design | Noah Lekas | USA | Saturday Night Sage |
| Discipline: Photography | Pancho González | Chile | I use Metro |
| Best Use: Self Promotion | Pancho González | Chile | Reading is traveling: Aeroplane |
| Discipline: Digital design | Pancho González | Chile | Settlements |
| Best Use: Together For Better - Work that fosters unity, diversity and inclusion | Pancho González | Chile | Settlements |
| Best Use: Self Promotion | Particular | Colombia | The Measure Font |
| Discipline: Typography | Robinson Cursor | Hungary | Typography collection |
| Discipline: Brand Design (i.e package design, logo, business cards) | Roy G. Biv | USA | Chasing Alice |
| Discipline: Brand Design (i.e package design, logo, business cards) | Shekel | Colombia | The Origin Stories |
| Discipline: Illustration | Simon Paulson | United Kingdom | Dating on Dopamine |
| Discipline: Illustration | Simona De Leo | United Kingdom | Settembre, vinyl cover design |
| Best Use: Self Promotion | Snyder New York | USA | Snyder New York Promotional Zine |
| Discipline: Illustration | Stephanie Wunderlich | Germany | Story for Spring Magazine GHOSTS |
| Discipline: Illustration | Sue Gent | United Kingdom | An Idea Arrived |
| Discipline: Digital design | System Font Studios | USA | Backstory in Blue |
| Discipline: Brand Design (i.e package design, logo, business cards) | Tess Smith-Roberts | United Kingdom | Chilly's Artists Series |
| Best Use: Self Promotion | Tess Smith-Roberts | United Kingdom | Still Life 100% Fruit |
| Discipline: Brand Design (i.e package design, logo, business cards) | The Rainbow Vision | USA | Open Dated Seeing Eye Planner |
| Discipline: Illustration | The Rainbow Vision | USA | Open Dated Seeing Eye Planner |
| Best Use: Package Design | Veronica Ballart Lilja | USA | Beer packaging |
| Discipline: Typography | Vic Lee | United Kingdom | Vic Lee's Corona Diary 2020 |
| Discipline: Illustration | Vic Lee | United Kingdom | Vic Lee's Corona Diary 2021 |
| Discipline: Digital design | White Rabbit Budapest | Hungary | Stones Full of Life |
| Best Use: Environmental (Murals, billboards, retail pop up, live event) | WINGS The Agency | Venezuela | Harpoons |
| Best Use: COVID work | WINGS The Agency | Venezuela | Bearded |
| DESIGN: Best Use: Newspaper/Magazine | WINGS The Agency | Venezuela | Bearded |
| Best Use: Environmental (Murals, billboards, retail pop up, live event) | WINGS The Agency | Venezuela | Bearded |
| Best Use: COVID work | WINGS The Agency | Venezuela | Globes |
| Discipline: Illustration | WINGS The Agency | Venezuela | Security Dogs |
| Discipline: Photography | WINGS The Agency | Venezuela | Security Dogs |
Quarantine Content
| Category | Entrant | Country | Title |
| Social Media (i.e emojis, Takeovers) | Anna Rupprecht | Germany | Heroines and Heros of 2020 |
| Social Media (i.e emojis, Takeovers) | Bastian Kraus | Germany | Untitled |
| Products (i.e coloring book pages to print, masks) | Birger Linke Design | China | The Mask that Ate the Virus |
| Entertainment (i.e music videos, short film, live stream) | Carolina Melis Studio | Italy | 2 Meters For Our Future |
| Entertainment (i.e music videos, short film, live stream) | Carolina Melis Studio | Italy | Alone Together |
| Entertainment (i.e music videos, short film, live stream) | Creatives for Kitchens | USA | Creatives for Kitchens |
| Social Media (i.e emojis, Takeovers) | Creatives for Kitchens | USA | Creatives for Kitchens |
| Entertainment (i.e music videos, short film, live stream) | Dino & Luigi Presents | USA | The Gift Of Spike |
| Entertainment (i.e music videos, short film, live stream) | Francisco Solorzano | USA | The Space Since and In Between |
| Social Media (i.e emojis, Takeovers) | Geo Law Illustration LTD | United Kingdom | Head Spin |
| Social Media (i.e emojis, Takeovers) | KingBoss | USA | Power of 6 |
| Products (i.e coloring book pages to print, masks) | Launch Signage | USA | COVID Contactless Check In |
| Products (i.e coloring book pages to print, masks) | Neryl Walker | Australia | Rock 'n Dolls Printable Paper Dolls |
| Entertainment (i.e music videos, short film, live stream) | NION Inc. | Japan | Stay Tricky |
| Entertainment (i.e music videos, short film, live stream) | Pepi Ginsberg | USA | El Cielo No Es Nadie |
| Entertainment (i.e music videos, short film, live stream) | Pepi Ginsberg | USA | End Zoom |
| Social Media (i.e emojis, Takeovers) | Soda Producciones | Venezuela | Behind the mask |
| Entertainment (i.e music videos, short film, live stream) | Soda Producciones | Venezuela | Behind the mask |
| Entertainment (i.e music videos, short film, live stream) | Taurus | Spain | Homemade Video |
| Products (i.e coloring book pages to print, masks) | Taylor Lee | USA | Revival |
| Entertainment (i.e music videos, short film, live stream) | Taylor Lee | USA | Revival |
| Products (i.e coloring book pages to print, masks) | Vic Lee | United Kingdom | Vic Lee's Corona Diary 2020 |
The 2020 Bowery Awards winners will be announced in late November.
To learn more about the 2020 New York Festivals Bowery Awards, click here.
