Gold Awards Flashback: 2012 Direct Mail Campaigns of the Year Winners

As FundRaising Success gears up for the ninth annual Gold Awards for Fundraising Excellence, take a look back at the 2012 Direct Mail Campaigns of the Year winners.

World Vision's Hungry in America package, created with the help of Russ Reid, and The National Humane Educational Society's You've Got a Friend campaign, created with CDR Fundraising Group, took home gold honors, while the Trust for Public Land, working with Chapman Cubine Adams + Hussey, and the Coast Guard Foundation, with the help of LW Robbins (now RobbinsKersten Direct), came away with silver awards.

Read all about the 2012 Direct Mail Campaigns of the Year here.

Then, get your submissions ready for the 2014 Gold Awards. The deadline is fast-approaching — Aug. 22. For an entry to be eligible, the campaign must have taken place sometime between Jan. 1, 2013, and Dec. 31, 2013.

Download the entry form here. There is a $125 entry fee for the first entry from a company and/or nonprofit organization, and each additional entry costs $75 apiece.

Each entry must be submitted individually and be accompanied by its own entry form, tracking sheet and check. Please submit two copies of each entry.

Entries should be mailed to:

FundRaising Success Gold Awards
1500 Spring Garden St., 12th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19130
Attn: Joe Boland

You can get an entry form, tracking sheet and additional information here, then get moving! We look forward to reviewing your entries and engrossing ourselves in these wonderful campaigns.