Over the years, there have been many awards for Dennis Spear. From PBS gold, silver and bronze to International Broadcast Designer gold and silver, the recognition of quality work has been steady. The Echo Award is from the Direct Mail Association for work on promotional material supporting a PBS event called "Pledge Free". Some are quite unusual. Two PBS golds were the first given to a design director by PBS Promotions for the design of the pledge Free Can and another for the Pledge Free marketing promotion.

Some awards are not shown. There are three Telly Awards, three Best-of-the-West awards and multiple Addy awards from the Sacramento Ad Club. N magazine has been nominated twice for the Arts in Business Council Award. There have been three Emmy nominations, but an actual win is elusive.

While awards are welcome, it's the ability to create solid visual communication for interesting projects that makes the work worthwhile.

There have been three Emmy nominations,
but an actual win is still elusive.