Carmichael Lynch Spong has been chosen as a finalist for the 2008 PRWeek Midsize Agency of the Year Award. Should Carmichael Lynch Spong win this accolade in March, it would mark the third time in the last four years that the agency has been named Midsize Agency of the Year. Carmichael Lynch Spong previously received this honor from PRWeek in 2005, and from The Holmes Report in 2004.

"We are thrilled to be recognized as a finalist for this celebrated award, and at the prospect of achieving the Midsize Agency of the Year title three times in the last four years," says Douglas K. Spong, APR, president of Carmichael Lynch Spong. "During the past year our firm has achieved new levels of success: another record year of outstanding revenue growth, ranking among the nation's top 20 PR firms and being one of the most award-winning public relations firms in the world."

The PRWeek Awards, the world's leading awards program for the public relations industry highlighting and showcasing the best PR campaigns, people and companies from the past year, will be held in New York City at Tavern on the Green on March 6, 2008. The Midsize Agency of the Year Award is given to one firm with annual fees between $10 and $65 million that’s shown impressive, steady growth over several years; leadership in its category (a highly competitive one); and a profound understanding of top-level service to clients and staff alike, according to PRWeek.com. Additional firms nominated for this year’s Midsize Agency of the Year Award are Capstrat, Peppercom, OutCast Communications and Text 100.