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Awards for creativity in advertising are exercises in self-adulation and
tangible evidence of the advertising industry’s obsession with itself instead of its
clients. I am very glad to have won enough awards to be able to dismiss them so casually.
I am also not nearly so secure as not to list several.
Ad Club of Orange County Golden Oranges, Gold, 1986
Ad Club of Orange County Golden Oranges, Silver and Excellence, 1986, 1987
Clio Award, 1989
Clio Award, Finalist, 1991
Communication Arts Advertising Annual, 1997
Creative Show San Diego, Gold, 1988, 1994
Creative Show San Diego, Silver and Excellence, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994,
1995, 1997, 1999, 2000
CUNA Diamond, 2003
Graphis, 1993
San Diego Union-Tribune, Best of Show, 1991
San Diego Union-Tribune, Gold, 1988, 1991
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John Kuraoka, freelance advertising copywriter
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San Diego, California
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