PRNEWS Awards spotlight the people, organizations and brands challenging assumptions, pushing boundaries and embracing the seemingly impossible to create winning campaigns. PRNEWS Awards community is comprised of communicators and marketers from corporations, agencies and nonprofits worldwide.
Award Questions:
Contact Awards Manager Mary-Lou French at [email protected]
Sponsorship Questions:
Contact Senior Client Solutions Executive, Dara Brooks: [email protected]
For over two decades, the Platinum Awards have been hailed as the most coveted and competitive award in the communications space. The winners of this world-renowned recognition represent the best of the best—those that have reached the pinnacle of both innovation and industry knowledge.
View the 2022 Platinum PR Winners
Extended Deadline: May 31, 2023
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| About WordPress
TEAM CATEGORIES |
| Agency of the Year: Boutique (5 or fewer employees)
Agency of the Year: Small (6 to 25 employees) Agency of the Year: Medium (25 to 100 employees) Agency of the Year: Large (101 or more employees) |
| Agency of the Year: LGBTQIA2+
Agency of the Year: Minority Owned Agency of the Year: Women Owned In House Team of the Year |
| COMMUNICATIONS & CAMPAIGNS
24-Hour Campaign Activism/Advocacy Campaign |
| Anniversary
Branding Branding Reputation Campaign Campaign of the Year > Automotive Campaign of the Year > B2B Campaign of the Year > Beauty & Fashion Campaign of the Year > Cannabis/CBD Campaign of the Year > CPG Campaign of the Year > Ecommerce Campaign of the Year > Education/EDTECH Campaign of the Year > Entertainment |
| Campaign of the Year > Finance/Fintech
Campaign of the Year >Environment/Sustainability Campaign of the Year > Healthcare/Pharmaceutical Campaign of the Year > Retail Campaign of the Year > Restaurant/F&B Campaign of the Year > Sports Campaign of the Year > Travel/Hospitality/Tourism Campaign of the Year > Technology Campaign of the Year > Other Cause-Related Marketing Community Engagement Community Relations Content Marketing Community Relations Conference Marketing/PR Campaign Content Marketing Campaign Crisis Management Campaign |
| Customer Relations
Experiential Event External Publication (print or online) Employee Event Global PR Campaign Government and Regulator Relations In-House Campaign Influencer Campaign Integrated Communications, Marketing & PR |
| Internal Publication (print or online)
Investor Relations Launch Event |
| Legislative and Regulatory Relations
Marketing Communications Media Event Marketing Communications Media Relations Campaign: Corporation Media Relations Campaign: Nonprofit Multicultural Campaign On a Shoestring Campaign Platinum "Grand Prix" Award Podcast Pop-Up Experience PR Stunt Press Room Product Launch, B2B Product Launch, Consumer Public Affairs Re-Branding/Re-Positioning Use of Data and Measurement Video Series |
| Visual Storytelling Campaign |
PRNEWS’ People of the Year Awards highlight the top talent whose work is making an impact in the field of PR, marketing and communications.
PRNEWS’ AGENCY ELITE TOP 100 recognizes the top communications, marketing, and digital agencies. PR and communications agencies are invited to enter into this most exclusive club…THE AGENCY ELITE.
View the 2023 Agency Elite Top 100
The Social Impact Awards honor communicators who use their platforms for the betterment of their communities - as well as the global community at large – and the campaigns, initiatives, professionals, teams, rising stars, and lifetime pioneers that are helping to usher in a diverse, equitable future and redefine organizations’ role in the fight for global change.
CSR LEADERS CATEGORIES
CSR Professional of the Year
CSR Team of the Year
CSR Agency of the Year
Sustainability Leader of the Year
DIVERSITY LEADERS CATEGORIES
Ally Award
Graduate Student of the Year
HBCU Student of the Year
Mentor of the Year
Outstanding Educator of the Year
Outstanding HBCU Educator of the Year
Undergraduate Student of the Year
Women’s Empowerment Champion
DIVERSITY TEAM CATEGORIES
Diversity Team of the Year
PIONEER AWARD CATEGORIES
Asian/Asian Pacific Islander Pioneer
Black Pioneer
Indigenous Persons Pioneer
Latinx Pioneer
LGBTQIA2+ Pioneer
Persons with Disabilities Pioneer
ORGANIZATIONAL MISSION
Community Affairs
Corporate-Community Partnership
Corporate CSR Program
Environmental Stewardship or Best ESG Program
Employee Development Initiative
Employee Volunteer Program
Scholarship Program
Sustainability/CSR Report
Diversity & Inclusion Program
Recruiting Program
Mentoring Program
COMMUNICATIONS & CAMPAIGNS AWARDS
Activism Campaign
Best Health/Public Safety
Best Human Rights Campaign
Best Literacy /Education Campaign
Best Sustainability Campaign
Best Transparency or Trust Campaign/ Initiative
Cause Branding Campaign
CSR Event
CSR on a Shoestring Budget
Fundraising
Global CSR
Philanthropy Communications
Pro Bono
PSA
Social Good/Responsibility Campaign
Video Storytelling
Best Mobility Campaign
Campaign by a Black-Owned Business
Campaign by a Latinx-Owned Business
Campaign by an LGBTQ-Owned Business
Campaign by a Non-US Based Company
Campaign by a Women-Owned Business
Campaign by an AAPI Owned Business
Diversity & Inclusion Campaign
Diversity & Inclusion Series
Diversity and Inclusion Event
Foreign Language Campaign
In-House Diversity and Inclusion Campaign
LGBTQIA2+ Centered Campaign
Most Impactful Response to Racial Injustice
PRNEWS’ Digital Awards honor the year’s most outstanding digital communicators and their campaigns.
View the 2023 Digital Awards Winners
PRNEWS’ Nonprofit Awards honor the most talented communicators that work hard to make the world a better place via nonprofit initiatives.
PRNEWS’ Top Women Awards celebrates the innovating, ceiling-breaking, game changing women dominating the communications industry. If you know a female leader who fights for her voice to be heard, navigates a team through a crisis with poise and inspires others to work smarter, she belongs on the annual Top Women list.
PRNEWS and sister brand, The Social Shake-Up, present the Social Media Marketing Awards honoring the year’s most outstanding social media communicators and their campaigns.
| PEOPLE |
| Digital Agency of the Year |
| Digital Communicator of the Year |
| Digital Team of the Year |
| Social Media Agency of the Year |
| SEO Maven of the Year |
| Social Media Team of the Year |
| Social Media Marketer of the Year |
| CAMPAIGNS & CONTENT |
| Accessibility |
| Activism/Advocacy Campaign |
| Best use of Artificial Intelligence |
| Brand Awareness |
| Brand Partnership |
| Brand Voice |
| Cause-Related Campaign |
| Celebrity Partnership |
| Crisis Response Campaign |
| Customer Service |
| Diversity and Inclusion Campaign |
| Employee Engagement |
| Event Marketing Campaign |
| Experiential Campaign |
| Fundraising Campaign |
| Gamification |
| Global Campaign |
| Integrated Campaign |
| Launch Campaign |
| Live Video |
| Local Campaign |
| Long Form Video |
| Micro Influencer Campaign |
| Macro Influencer Campaign |
| Mega Influencer Campaign |
| Mid-Tier Influencer Campaign |
| NIL (Name/Image/Likeness) Campaign |
| On a Shoestring Campaign |
| Public Service Announcement |
| Rebrand Campaign |
| Repurposed Content |
| Search Marketing Campaign |
| Short Form Video |
| Social Listening |
| Sponsored/Paid Content |
| Use of Social Commerce |
| User-Generated Content |
| Video Ad |
| Video Series |
| Viral Marketing Campaign |
| Visual Storytelling Campaign |
| PLATFORM PRESENCE |
| TikTok |
| YouTube |
| Other Platform |
