Entries are open from 22 April 2009 for the Melbourne Advertising and Design Club’s (MADC) prestigious 2009 MADC Awards.

The MADC is Australia’s oldest advertising club, established in 1955, and is ‘dedicated to raising the creative and professional standards of the advertising and design industry.’

The judges this year include Jonathan Kneebone of The Glue Society, who has been named Chairman of Judges. He will lead the team in selecting the best and most creative work from Melbourne’s advertising and design community.

Speaking of the MADC Awards, Jonathan commented that ‘the work that is genuinely the freshest always seems to be the work that’s most rewarded. And politics always seems to step aside for actual talent. I’m looking forward to being part of what it already shaping up to be a great year for Victorian agencies.’

Jonathan is a writer/director at The Glue Society, an independent creative collective he co-founded in 1998 with Gary Freedman. The Glue Society now featured 10 writers, designers and directors working out of offices in Sydney and New York.

Entries for the 2009 MADC Awards close Wednesday 27 May, with judging conducted in early July. This year’s winners will be revealed at the 2009 MADC Awards held at Atlantic, Pier 14 on Central Pier, Docklands, on Friday 28 August, 2009.

For further information on MADC or the MADC Awards visit www.madc.com.au or contact Katherine White, MADC Club Manager on 61 3 9645 6500 or email to info@madc.com.au