he following is a partial list of awards and honors Dan Adams and Adams Creative have received.
Not included are some major industry awards (such as two Clio Finalists, for example) received for projects to which Dan was a key contributor but not the prime contractor.

As you might surmise from the dates listed below, we are not very consistent about entering competitions and do so only when we believe we have broken new ground in terms of the creative concept or the projects takes us into a new medium. Dan has judged several national and regional competitions, and chooses to enter those in which the criteria measure both excellence in production quality and effectiveness in achieving the client's objectives. Which is, after all, what clients look for in a production source.
  • 2002 Gold CINDY Award, Best Interactive Sales & Marketing CD-ROM (producer)
  • 2002 Gold Emerald City Award, Interactive Media (writer/producer/director/designer)
  • 2002 Silver Award, Asian Aerospace, Engine/Airframe Conversion (print ad designer)
  • 2002 Best Service Advertisement, Professional Pilot magazine reader's poll (print ad designer)
  • 1999 International CINDY Award, Sales/Marketing, Assn. of Visual Communicators (scriptwriter)
  • 1999 Creative Excellence Award, Corporate Communications: Dealers & Distributors, US International Film and Video Festival (scriptwriter)
  • 1999 Gold Award of Excellence, Sales & Marketing, International Television Assn. (scriptwriter)
  • 1999 Award of Excellence, Corporate Training, New York Festivals (scriptwriter)
  • 1998 Creative Excellence Award. Specialty Productions: Meeting Presentations, US International Film & Video Festival (scriptwriter)
  • 1997 Silver Telly (First Place), Corporate Training, 18th Annual Telly Awards National Competition (writer/producer/director)
  • 1997 Silver Telly (First Place), Sales & Marketing, 18th Annual Telly Awards National Competition (scriptwriter)
  • 1997 Silver Emerald City Award, Corporate Training, International Television Assn. (writer/producer/director)
  • 1995 International Gold CINDY Award, Sales/Marketing, Association of Visual Communicators (writer/producer/director)
  • 1995 Emerald City Gold Award, Sales & Marketing, International Television Association (writer/producer/director)
    1995 Emerald City Award, Special Achievement for Producing, International Television Association (the only such award, given at the judges’ discretion, presented at the 1995 competition)
  • 1995 Bronze TELLY Award, Sales & Marketing, 16th Annual Telly Awards National Competition
  • 1994 Film/Video Person of the Year, first runner-up, Media Inc and The American Marketing Association
  • 1994 Intercom Gold Plaque Award, Employee Motivation, The International Film & Video Festival of Chicago (scriptwriter)
  • 1994 International Silver CINDY Award, Employee Motivation, The Association of Visual Communicators (scriptwriter)
  • 1993 Crain Award, Public Service Announcement, Public Relations Society of America (writer/producer)

In addition to scores of awards for television commercials, films and video presentations over 38+ years as a media production professional, Dan is especially proud of these awards prior to 1993:

  • 1980 Grand Aggy, Best Vo-Ag Educational Film of the Year, Agri-Educator
  • Best of the Northwest, 17th Annual Emerald City Awards, Seattle ITVA
  • Award of Excellence, U.S. Industrial Film Festival, Hollywood
  • Best of Show & Best of Category, NW Int'l Film Festival (3 awards in two categories and overall)
  • Gold Award, Film Festival for the Exceptional Individual, California Dept. of Rehabilitation
  • International Film Producers Association Award, I.F.P.A., L.A.
  • Grand Award, Cooperative Information Fair Show, New Orleans