The 2016 Music City Gold Pen Awards took place on Thursday, May 19. There are dozens of award categories, which recognize effective communications projects and campaigns across middle Tennessee and southeastern Kentucky. MP&F took home 13 International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Awards of Excellence and five Awards of Merit.

MP&F received the 18 awards on behalf of a range of client projects. Job Corps, NashvilleNext, CSX, Kirkland’s, Red White and Food, Nashville Public Education Foundation, and Nashville Mayor Megan Barry’s Inauguration all won Awards of Excellence. Job Corps, NashvilleNext, Kirkland’s and Nashville Mayor Megan Barry’s Inauguration also won Awards of Merit.

MP&F recently won the “Best of Show” award at the 2016 PRSA-Nashville Parthenon Awards for the “#Christmasland” Blogger Campaign on behalf of Kirkland’s.

MP&F also has won an impressive four national awards for its work on the Red White and Food campaign. Most recently, the campaign was named the recipient of the 2016 Gold Quill customer relations Award of Merit. Winners of the IABC Gold Quill Awards were selected from 223 entries across the world, with 12 countries represented in the winners list. The award will be presented at the Excellence Awards Gala on Monday, June 6. Red White and Food also won last year’s PRSA-Nashville Parthenon’s Best in Show award.

Congratulations to everyone who worked on the winning projects and campaigns.