TD50 Dec. 6 (and other award show notes)

• TD50 judging is supposed to end on September 14. But it won't. Because just like nearly all of our entrants needed an extension, the judges need a few extra days to finish voting. It's a lot of work to get through, and our judges are some of the best - and busiest - creative directors in America.

• The show book will debut on December 6 at the first-ever Denver 50 award show. Trust me when I say the event will not resemble your basic rubber-chicken, sit-down, emceed affair.

• If I could do the submission process over again, I'd have done two things differently. I'd have specified RGB instead of CMYK files. And I'd have given agencies the option to upload film to YouTube and send us the link, instead submitting Flash or Quicktime files.

• This news had to break eventually. I might as well do it here. Crispin did not enter TD50. They'd indicated they would. And we were so excited to have them. But for reasons that weren't communicated to me, they opted to sit out this year.

• Two sneak preview photos from The Denver 50 cover shoot are on our Facebook page. If you're a Colorado marketing-type, please consider joining the group.

• Last week, I dropped by Coffee Friday to see if any of Denver's account planners wanted to weigh in on TD50. Most everybody thought the show concept sounded great. (Or at least, that's what they said to my face.) Some were suprised to hear they could have submitted a strategy or insight as an idea in itself. Personally I think the best ideas are insightful plans backed up by creative media buys and killer executions. But there was nothing in the rules that defined what an "idea" was. Assuming the show is a success and the community prefers it to doing the ADDYs, I think that in 2008 we'll see even more entries and an even broader definition of the word "idea."