CLIO Healthcare Awards Kicks Off First Ever Sweepstakes Honoring the 2011 CLIO Healthcare Lifetime Achievement Award Winner

NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, CLIO Healthcare Awards launches its first ever sweepstakes honoring the 2011 CLIO Healthcare Lifetime Achievement Award Winner. Individuals can enter for the chance to win two (2) tickets for the 3rd Annual CLIO Healthcare Awards on November 10, 2011, and two (2) tickets for the 2012 CLIO Awards in May.

By visiting http://www.cliohealthcare.com/sweepstakes/ participants can use the clues provided to submit their entries, moving one step closer to solving the puzzle and revealing the 2011 CLIO Healthcare Lifetime Achievement Award Winner. New puzzle pieces and clues will be added periodically, but entrants may submit their guess at any time during the sweepstakes. A random drawing from all eligible entries will be conducted on October 17, 2011, to determine the winner, who will win tickets to the 2011 CLIO Healthcare Awards and the 2012 CLIO Awards. CLIO Healthcare will post updates to its Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook each week with links to new clues and fun facts about the CLIO Healthcare Awards. For Official Sweepstakes Rules please visit http://www.cliohealthcare.com/sweepstakes/rules.cfm.

"We have been looking forward to introducing this sweepstakes for some time and are excited for the official kick-off," said Karl Vontz, Director of the CLIO Awards. "This is a great opportunity to learn more about the CLIO Healthcare Awards, this year's Lifetime Achievement Award Winner and possibly win some great prizes."

Additionally, CLIO Healthcare Awards has announced the final deadline to enter submissions; all entries must be received by CLIO Healthcare no later than August 26. The 3rd Annual CLIO Healthcare Awards will be held at the historic Paris Theatre in New York City followed by the after-party just steps down the street at LAVO on Thursday, November 10. To enter, please visit www.CLIOhealthcare.com

To begin the festivities, CLIO Healthcare and Pharmapalooza have teamed up in a combined celebration that honors celebrities of the health care industry through their musical talents and professional accomplishment. Pharmapalooza, a charitable entertainment event that takes place on November 9, will tap into the sometimes hidden musical and vocal talent of healthcare advertising professionals to benefit The Children's Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM). The winning Pharmapalooza band will take center stage for an encore presentation at the CLIO Healthcare Awards ceremony in celebration of the charity and hard work our industry is known for. To purchase tickets to the 3rd Annual CLIO Healthcare Awards please visit: www.CLIOHealthcare.com.

About The CLIO Healthcare Awards

The CLIO Healthcare Awards is an extension of The CLIO Awards, one of the world's most recognized awards competitions for advertising, design and communications, which celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2009. Healthcare accounts for more than one-third of the U.S. gross national product. It has become one of the most visible sectors of advertising, promotion and creative design in the last few years, particularly on TV and online. However, it is regulated differently and more stringently than traditional advertising and promotion. The CLIO Healthcare Awards will be executed using the same rigorous standards and commitment to excellence as the CLIO Awards, but levels the playing field to qualify and judge this particular and massive industry sector more fairly and appropriately. For more information about the 3rd Annual CLIO Healthcare Awards, visit www.CLIOHealthcare.com. Follow the CLIO Healthcare Awards on your favorite social networks: Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

About Pharmapalooza

On November 9, 2011, the CDM Group will host this fourth annual night of music, entertainment, and camaraderie in a battle of the pharma agency bands to benefit The Children's Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM). To date, the Pharmapalooza events have raised more than $250,000 for CHAM.

CHAM, located in the Bronx, New York, has been recognized as one of the finest children's hospitals in the country and is highly praised for its care of vulnerable and underserviced populations. Donations to Pharmapalooza will go directly to CHAM to help continue its important mission. Contact Ali Hagerty at [email protected] for more information about sponsorship.  To enter a band, contact Chris Palmer at [email protected].

About Prometheus Media

Prometheus Global Media is a diversified company with leading assets in the media and entertainment arenas, including: Music (Billboard and its related conferences and events, including The Billboard Music Awards), Entertainment (The Hollywood Reporter, Backstage, ShowEast, Cineasia, and CineEurope); and Advertising & Marketing (Adweek, Adweek Conferences and The CLIO Awards).

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