AWARDS
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
1. Silver Medalist: Nautilus Book Awards
2. Bronze Medalist: Axiom Business Book Awards
3. Finalist Award: International Business Book Awards
4. 2nd Place Design Award: The New England Book Show, “HMH Into Reading” Book Cover Design
5. 3rd Place Design Award: The New England Book Show, “HMH Into Literature” Book Cover Design
6. Selected Winner: Tschutti Heftli Magazine – International Illustration Competition
7. Silver Design & Illustration Award: The Create Awards Winners Showcase, Create Magazine, Catalog Cover
8. Silver Design & Illustration Award: The Create Awards Winners Showcase, Create Magazine, Trifold Brochure
9. 1st Place Design Award: J.P. Morgan Chase – Corporate Challenge Team T-Shirt Design (Penguin Random House & J.P. Morgan Chase)
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1. Silver Medalist
Nautilus Book Awards
Category: Relationships & Communication
How to Communicate Effectively with Anyone, Anywhere. (Career Press, 2021) Written by Raúl Sánchez and Dan Bullock, Illustrated by Rod Sánchez
"Silver Medalist" in the 2022 Nautilus Book Awards in the category, “Relationships & Communication”
2. Bronze Medalist
Axiom Business Book Awards
Category: International Relations / Globalization
How to Communicate Effectively with Anyone, Anywhere. (Career Press, 2021) Written by Raúl Sánchez and Dan Bullock, Illustrated by Rod Sánchez
"Bronze Medalist" in the 2022 Axiom Business Book Awards in the category, “International Relations / Globalization”
Bronze Medalist Award
3. Finalist Award
International Book Awards – 12th Annual Awards Sponsored by American Book Fest
How to Communicate Effectively with Anyone, Anywhere
(Career Press, 2021)
Written by Raúl Sánchez and Dan Bullock, Illustrated by Rod Sánchez
"Finalist" in the 2021 International Book Awards for two categories:
• Best “Business Communications / Public Relations”
• Best "General Business"
Finalist Award
4. 2nd Place Design Award
The New England Book Show, 2019
Rod Sanchez received a 2nd Place Design Award for his design and illustration of the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, “HMH Into Reading” K-12 educational covers by The New England Book Show, 2019. The award pertained to Rod's logo design and brand direction for the “HMH Into Reading” program, which was displayed consistently across the grade level cover set as well as for his cover illustrations in both the English and Spanish language markets. These published works will be retained in the “Book Show” archive at Boston College.
2nd Place Design Award | New England Book Show 2019
2nd Place Design Award | New England Book Show 2019
5. 3rd Place Design Award
The New England Book Show, 2019
Rod Sanchez received a 3rd Place Design Award for his design of the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, “HMH Into Literature” high school educational covers by The New England Book Show, 2019. The award pertained to Rod's logo design and brand direction for the “HMH Into Literature” program, which was displayed consistently across the grade level cover set. These published works will be retained in the “Book Show” archive at Boston College.
3rd Place Design Award | New England Book Show 2019
3rd Place Design Award | New England Book Show 2019
Rod Sánchez's painted portrait of Diego Maradona was one of 32 selected Maradona portraits out of 523 worldwide submissions in the International Illustration Competition hosted by Swiss futból magazine, Tschutti Heftli.
6. Selected Winner
Tschutti Heftli Magazine
International Illustration Competition, 2018
Portrait Illustrations of the Colombia National Team – FIFA World Cup 2018
Rod Sánchez's painted portrait of Diego Maradona was one of 32 selected Maradona portraits out of 523 worldwide submissions in the International Illustration Competition hosted by Swiss futból magazine, Tschutti Heftli. International jury members included National Soccer Hall of Fame member and Fox Sports professional U.S. footballer/sports commentator, Alexi Lalas. Each winning artist will paint the portraits of one team in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Rod was selected to paint the portraits of the Colombia National Team for publication in the 2018 Tschutti Heftli Collectors Album. Proceeds from the album go to the humanitarian charity "Terre des Hommes," the leading Swiss child relief agency improving the lives of vulnerable children through health care, protection, and emergency aid projects.
7. Silver – Design & Illustration Award
The Create Awards Winners Showcase
Create Magazine, 2008
Rod Sánchez received a Silver Design and Illustration Award by The Create Awards 2008 – Winners Showcase for the design and illustration of the Random House Children’s Books (Fall 2008) Catalog Cover. This award was published in the 2008 Nov. + Dec. issue of Create Magazine.
Silver Design & Illustration Award
8. Silver – Design Award
The Create Awards Winners Showcase
Create Magazine, 2008
Rod Sánchez received a Silver Design Award by The Create Awards 2008 – Winners Showcase, for his graphic design of the sell-in brochure in promotion of the book: Heck: Where the Bad Kids Go. This award was published in the 2008 Nov. + Dec. issue of Create Magazine.
Silver Design Award
9. 1st Place Design Award
J.P. Morgan Chase – Corporate Challenge, 2008
Rod was selected by Human Resources management at Penguin Random House to design the award-winning Penguin Random House T-shirt design for the Penguin Random House running team racing in the J.P. Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge. Rod’s T-Shirt design won the 1st place design award in the 2008 annual J.P. Morgan Chase T-Shirt Design competition in New York City. The J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge is the world’s largest corporate running event, (a 3.5-mile / 5.6-kilometer road race) with events taking place in 15 locations across eight countries and six continents.