SWDA Awards
Distributor members compete for recognition by their peers on product design and originality in the SWDA Awards Program.
2009 Awards Results – Scottsdale, Arizona
Maine Scene Inc. (Union, ME) was named the 2009 Craig Schulze Distributor of the Year during SWDA’s Annual Awards Banquet, September 12, 2009 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Smith-Southwestern Inc. (Mesa, AZ) was runner-up.
In addition, East Coast Souvenir (Providence, RI) was voted Souvenir Supplier of the Year by the distributor members of SWDA for the 2nd year in a row, with Senton Inc. Printing & Packaging (London, ON) voted Printer of the Year.
The Awards program recognizes distributors and their suppliers in 23 different categories of souvenir goods. The Distributor of the Year honor is awarded to the company that accumulates the most points in the competition. Points calculated are based on the number of items entered into a category and number of votes per item. Therefore, the more categories a company enters, the more opportunity of winning this overall award. Categories with more entries are weighted more heavily, giving the winners of those categories even more points.
Winners in each category are listed below:
Day View Post Card
- 1st Place - Mostly Postcards
- 2nd Place (tie) - Maine Scene / Litovald (Supplier)
- 2nd Place (tie) - Smith-Southwestern Inc.
Sunrise/Sunset Post Card
- 1st Place - Aerial Photography Services
- 2nd Place - Smith-Southwestern Inc.
- 3rd Place - Smith Western Co. / Smith Western Co. (Supplier)
Night View Post Card
- 1st Place - Erickson Post Card & Souvenir / Senton Inc. Printing & Packaging (Supplier)
- 2nd Place - Smith-Southwestern Inc.
- 3rd Place - Klein Post Card Service / Kina Italia (Supplier)
Aerial View Post Card
- 1st Place - Smith Western Co. / Smith Western Co. (Supplier)
- 2nd Place - Klein Post Card Service / Kina Italia (Supplier)
- 3rd Place - Smith-Southwestern Inc.
Multiview Post Card
- 1st Place - Taylor Specialties / Charm Kraft Ind. (Supplier)
- 2nd Place - South Art Inc. / PostCard (Supplier)
- 3rd Place - Maine Scene / Litovald (Supplier)
Comic or Novelty Post Card
- 1st Place - Maine Scene / Litovald (Supplier)
- 2nd Place - Mostly Postcards / Maracom Corp. (Supplier)
- 3rd Place - Smith-Southwestern Inc.
Large Size Post Card Day View
- 1st Place - Maine Scene / Litovald (Supplier)
- 2nd Place - Natural Color Productions / Forum Communications Printing (Supplier)
- 3rd Place - Smith-Southwestern Inc. / Litovald (Supplier)
Larger Size Post Card Sunset/ Night View
- 1st Place - Smith-Southwestern Inc. / Litovald (Supplier)
- 2nd Place - Klein Post Card Service / PostCard USA (Supplier)
- 3rd Place - Natural Color Productions / Forum Communications Printing (Supplier)
Larger Size Post Card Multiview
- 1st Place - Charleston Post Card Co. / Charm Kraft Ind.
(Supplier)
- 2nd Place - Royal Specialty Sales / John Hinde USA (Supplier)
- 3rd Place - Maine Scene / Litovald (Supplier)
Allied Products
- 1st Place - Taylor Specialties / Charm Kraft Ind.
(Supplier)
- 2nd Place - Arts & Cards
- 3rd Place - Erickson Post Card & Souvenir
Calendars
- 1st Place - Maine Scene Inc. / Litovald (Supplier)
- 2nd Place - South Art Inc. / PostCard USA (Supplier)
- 3rd Place - Charleston Post Card Company / Charm Kraft Inc. (Supplier)
Books (32 or Fewer Pages)
- 1st Place - Maine Scene Inc. / Charm Kraft Ind.
(Supplier)
- 2nd Place - Arts & Cards / Charm Kraft Ind. (Supplier)
- 3rd Place - Smith Western Co. / Smith Western Co. (Supplier)
Books (33 or More Pages)
- 1st Place - Natural Color Productions
- 2nd Place - Smith-Southwestern Inc. / Casa Editrice Bonechi (Supplier)
- 3rd Place - Smith Western Co. / Smith Western Co. (Supplier)
Ceramics
- 1st Place - Natural Color Productions / Smith Novelty Company
(Supplier)
- 2nd Place - Taylor Specialties / Scott Sales Company (Supplier)
- 3rd Place - Smith Western Co. / Smith Western Co. (Supplier)
Glassware
- 1st Place - Maine Scene Inc.
- 2nd Place - Smith-Southwestern Inc. / Smith-Southwestern Inc. (Supplier)
- 3rd Place - South Art Inc.
Key Chains
- 1st Place - Smith Western Co. / Smith Western Co.
(Supplier)
- 2nd Place - Maine Scene Inc.
- 3rd Place - Charleston Post Card Co. / Charm Kraft Ind. (Supplier)
Jewelry
- 1st Place - Royal Specialty Sales
- 2nd Place - South Art Inc.
- 3rd Place - Greatland Classic Sales
Magnets
- 1st Place - Maine Scene Inc. / Larry Wolf & Associates
(Supplier)
- 2nd Place - Smith-Southwestern Inc. / Smith-Southwestern Inc. (Supplier)
- 3rd Place - Kruger Ltd.
Soft Goods
- 1st Place - Victory Postcards
- 2nd Place - Erickson Post Card & Souvenir
- 3rd Place - Taylor Specialties / Billco International (Supplier)
Spoons
- 1st Place - Victory Postcards / East Coast Souvenir
(Supplier)
- 2nd Place - Smith-Southwestern Inc. / Smith-Southwestern Inc. (Supplier)
- 3rd Place- Maine Scene Inc. / Souvenir Avanti (Supplier)
Plush
- 1st Place - Taylor Specialties
- 2nd Place - Western Image
- 3rd Place - Erickson Post Card & Souvenir
- 3rd Place (tie) - Royal Specialty Sales
Edibles
- 1st Place - Taylor Specialties
- 2nd Place - Kruger Ltd. / Kruger Ltd. (Supplier)
- 3rd Place - Maine Scene Inc. / Larry Wolf & Associates (Supplier)
Miscellaneous Souvenirs
- 1st Place - Maine Scene Inc. / Larry Wolf & Associates
(Supplier)
- 2nd Place - Smith Western Co. / Smith Western Co. (Supplier)
- 3rd Place - Taylor Specialties / Promo Files (Supplier)
