(Nashville, Tenn.) Thomas Nelson Bibles has announced that its bestselling project The Word of Promise® Audio Bible (Thomas Nelson, Inc.) has been selected for the Platinum Marcom Creative Award in recognition of excellence in creativity. The star-studded audio presentation received the highest level award in the competition.

The MarCom Awards is an international competition for marketing and communication professionals involved in the concept, writing and design of marketing and communication programs and print, visual, and audio materials. The mission of the MarCom Awards is for the creative industry to honor excellence and recognize creativity and hard work by giving recognition to the talent, firms, departments and/or clients that collaborate on outstanding marketing and communication projects. The awards are administered and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals. The international organization consists of several thousand marketing, communication, advertising, public relations, media production and free-lance professionals. Each year there are over five thousand entries received from around the world.

“The Word of Promise® Audio Bible represents over three years of dedication to excellence, the work of over 600 professional actors portraying 1,100-plus different roles, an average of 220 hours of Foley (sound effect) man-hours a week, close to 30,000 man-hours of recording time, and the use of numerous audio studios across the country and abroad, and the implementation of comprehensive marketing and publicity initiatives. It is an extreme honor to have the project honored by the creative industry,” says JoBe Cerny who served as director for the work. “What’s the most exciting thing for me personally is that with this audio Bible, we have found a new and exciting way to introduce people to the Bible and an award of this nature helps draw attention to the Word.”

The Word of Promise® Audio Bible is a scripted dramatization of the trusted New King James Version (NKJV) of the Bible presented in a compelling, dramatic audio theater format. The project features the talents of Hollywood actors including Michael York (narrator), Richard Dreyfuss (Moses), Gary Sinise  (David), Jesse McCartney (young David and Daniel), Stacy Keach (Paul and Job), Ernie Hudson (Peter), Sean Astin (Elihu), Malcolm McDowell (Solomon), Joan Allen (Deborah), Lou Diamond Phillips (Mark), Luke Perry (Judas), Harry Hamlin (Nehemiah), Jim Caviezel (Jesus), and Martin Jarvis (voice of God). Complete with production by AFTRA Award winner Carl Amari (The Twilight Zone™ Radio Dramas), an original music score by prolific Italian composer Stefano Mainetti (Abba Pater & The Shooter), and movie-quality sound effects produced, engineered, and mixed at Cerny American Creative in Chicago—an award-winning facility ranked in the Top 3 in the nation for sound design headed by Cerny. The 90+ hour project released through Thomas Nelson, Inc., in October in a special 79-CD box set collection and an 11-MP3 CD offering, both with a bonus features DVD. Stand-alone New Testament and Old Testament sets are also available.

Thomas Nelson, Inc. is a leading provider of Bibles, products, and live events emphasizing Christian, inspirational and family value themes. Audio samples, a free iPod application, and additional information about The Word of Promise® Audio Bible are available by visiting http://www.thomasnelson.com/thewordofpromise. For more information on the company and its titles, visit http://www.thomasnelson.com or http://www.nelsonbibles.com.

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Brenda Smotherman
Publicist
tel:    (615) 902-2231
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