Talent-spotters, look out. The Art Directors Club has just named the 50 young professionals to claim the ADC Young Guns 6 title.

The winners were announced last week, and the winning entries are being exhibited at the ADC Gallery in New York until September 18th . And for anyone interested in , the exhibition will conclude on September 18 with an ADC Backstory event. It will feature members of this year's ADC young Guns presenting and discussing their work.

The ADC Young Guns competition takes place every two years, and this year's competition saw the number of entries almost double that of the previous 2006 contest. And this year the judging panel consists entirely of Young Guns alumni in a move intended to enhance the spirit of competition and foster a stronger sense of community.

So who are this year's sharp shooters? Ranging in age from 23 to 30, this year's ADC Young Guns represent a diverse array of creative backgrounds, such as graphic design, art direction, photography, motion design and illustration. The ADC Young Guns 6 class represents 13 countries. They are:

Also, USA
Emily CM Anderson, freelance, USA
Jerome Austria, AKQA, USA
Mike Bishop, freelance, Canada
Michael Christopher Brown, freelance, USA
Greg Brunkalla, @radical.media, USA
C-F: Cybu Richli - Fabienne Burri, Switzerland
Marta Cerdà, Vasava, Spain
Josh Cochran, freelance, USA
Damien Correll, freelance, USA
CTRL, USA
Keetra Dean Dixon, FromKeetra, USA
Eric Elms , freelance, USA
Daniel Eskils, Eskils Junker Film, Sweden
Jason Evans, LLOYD&CO, USA
Nicholas Felton, Megafone, USA
Naoki Ga, Wieden+Kennedy Tokyo, Japan
Brian Michael Gossett, freelance, USA
Graeme Hall, DDB London, UK
Kristian Henson, Studio Number One, USA
Derick Holt, freelance, USA

Philipp Hubert, Visiotypen, Germany
Jesse Kaczmarek, Jkaczmarek, USA
Max Kaplun, NYC & Company, USA
Shun Kawakami, artless Inc., Japan
Masashi Kawamura, 180 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Justin Thomas Kay, freelance, USA
Alex Kirzhner, 7 Local, USA
Menno Kluin, Saatchi & Saatchi New York, USA
Marcos Kotlhar, AlmapBBDO, Brazil
John Kudos, Kudos Design, USA
Labour, USA
Morris Lee, Momorobo, Singapore
Justin Meredith, Thornberg & Forester, USA
Joel Micah Miller, Joel Micah Miller Fotografie, Germany
Garrett Morin, freelance, USA
Carl Nielson, exit10, USA
Ed O'Brien, Hybrid Design, USA
Mike Perry, Midwestisbest, USA
Emiliano Ponzi, Magnet Reps, Italy
Pawel Piotr Przybyl, Siedemzero, Poland
Yolanda Santosa, Ferroconcrete, USA
Paul Schlacter, Trollbäck+Co., USA
Ryan Schude, freelance, USA
Alex Trochut, Alex Trochut SL, Spain
Julien Vallée, freelance, Canada
Emre Veryeri, Trollbäck+Co., USA
Craig Ward, Words are Pictures, UK
Sarah Wilmer, freelance, USA
Florencio Zavala, Studio Number One, USA