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]
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.
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
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Categories include:
| PEOPLE CATEGORIES: |
| CEO of the Year |
| Corporate Spokesperson of the Year |
| Crisis Manager of the Year |
| Marketer of the Year |
| Measurement Expert of the Year |
| Media Relations Professional of the Year |
| PR Intern of the Year |
| PR Professional of the Year: Agency |
| PR Professional of the Year: Corporate |
| PR Professional of the Year: Nonprofit |
| PR Student of the Year |
| PR Team Leader of the Year |
| PR Trainer/Educator of the Year |
| Marketing Team of the Year |
| 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) |
| PR Team of the Year |
| COMMUNICATIONS & CAMPAIGNS CATEGORIES |
| 24-Hour Campaign |
| Anniversary |
| Branding |
| Campaign of the Year > Ecommerce |
| Campaign of the Year > Education |
| Campaign of the Year > Entertainment |
| Campaign of the Year > Finance/Fintech |
| Campaign of the Year > Healthcare |
| Campaign of the Year > Sports |
| Campaign of the Year > Travel/Hospitality/Tourism |
| Campaign of the Year > Other |
| Community Engagement |
| Community Relations |
| Content Marketing |
| Cause-Related Marketing |
| Crisis Management |
| Employee Event |
| Employee Relations |
| Event PR/Marketing |
| External Publication (print or online) |
| Global PR Campaign |
| Government and Regulator Relations |
| Integrated Communications, Marketing & PR |
| Internal Publication (print or online) |
| Investor Relations |
| Marketing Communications |
| Media Event |
| Media Relations: Agency |
| Media Relations: Corporation |
| Media Relations: Nonprofit |
| Multicultural Campaign |
| On a Shoestring Campaign |
| Online Press Room/Media Center |
| Product Launch, Consumer |
| Product Launch, B2B |
| Public Affairs |
| Re-Branding/Re-Positioning |
| Platinum "Best-In-Show" Award |
| Use of Data and Measurement |
| Virtual Event |
| Visual Storytelling Campaign |
PRNEWS’ People 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, free of charge, 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.
PRNEWS’ Nonprofit Awards honor the most talented communicators that work hard to make the world a better place via nonprofit initiatives.
View the 2022 Nonprofit Winners
See Categories| INDIVIDUAL CATEGORIES |
| Communicator of the Year - Association |
| Communicator of the Year - Charity |
| Communicator of the Year - Education/University |
| Communicator of the Year - Government |
| TEAM CATEGORIES |
| Nonprofit Team of the Year |
| COMMUNICATIONS & CAMPAIGNS CATEGORIES |
| Advocacy Campaign and Lobbying Efforts |
| Annual Publication or Brochure |
| Blog |
| Branding/Re-Branding |
| Corporate/Nonprofit Partnership |
| Crisis Management |
| Diversity and Inclusion Campaign |
| Employee/Internal Communications |
| Event PR |
| External Publication or Report |
| Fundraising Campaign |
| Internal Publication |
| Media Relations |
| Member Communications |
| Podcast |
| PR on a Shoestring Budget |
| PR or Marketing Campaign |
| Social Media Campaign |
| Social Responsibility Campaign/Initiatives |
| Video |
| Volunteer Program |
| Website |
