University of Alabama at BirminghamMegan Maddry won a District 7 Silver Student ADDY in the Sales Promotion/Packaging category for her Mexican Hot Chocolate Liquor Package design. student Mia Stowe and graduate Megan Maddry won top student awards in the American Advertising Federation District 7 Awards.

The American Advertising Federation Awards, or ADDYs, are the advertising industry’s largest and most representative competition, attracting more than 40,000 entries nationally every year in local AAF Club competitions. The mission of the American Advertising Awards competition is to recognize and reward the creative spirit of excellence in the art of advertising.

Stowe and Maddry submitted work from their studies in the College of Arts and Sciences’

Department of Art and Art History to the American Advertising Federation of Birmingham. Their wins were announced in March 2025, and their work was then submitted for the AAF District 7 competition; District 7 includes Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee and the southern half of Louisiana. See all District 7 winners.

Stowe, 21, won a District 7 Gold Student ADDY in the Sales Promotion/Packaging category for her Bare Bones Tattoo Supply Package design. Maddry, 22, won a District 7 Silver Student ADDY in the Sales Promotion/Packaging category for her Mexican Hot Chocolate Liquor Package design. 

Mia Stowe won a District 7 Gold Student ADDY in the Sales Promotion/Packaging category for her Bare Bones Tattoo Supply Package design.Stowe, an art studio major with an English minor set to graduate in May 2026, won a Student Gold ADDY award from the Birmingham chapter of the AAF in March. She is a graphic designer, illustrator and current tattoo apprentice from Alabaster, Alabama, residing in Birmingham, Alabama. While her disciplines are varied and can be quite different, she uses her experience in each world to inform her work in the others and often blends them in her practice. She is heavily inspired by tattoo culture, including the American traditional style of tattooing, and how that can interact with and be used as a tool and style in forms of art other than tattoos. Similarly, her graphic design experience is a tool that is cross-referenced and evident in her tattoos and illustration work. Stowe completed design work for several Birmingham businesses and is set to graduate her tattoo apprenticeship with Unhallowed Gallery within the near future.

Maddry, of Huntsville Alabama, won a Student Silver ADDY award from the Birmingham chapter in March. She graduated from UAB in May 2025 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in art studio and a minor in marketing. A multidisciplinary artist working across graphic design, sculpture and painting, Maddry draws inspiration from pop culture, film and video games to create vibrant, imaginative works. Embracing a wide range of media, she believes each material holds the potential to unlock new creative directions and bring bold, unconventional ideas to life. Maddry hopes to teach art to children in elementary or middle school one day while also doing freelance artwork.