STAY ON TOP OF EVERY AWARDS PROGRAM DEADLINE
STAY ON TOP OF EVERY AWARDS PROGRAM DEADLINE
PRNEWS Top Women in PR & Communications Awards celebrates the innovating, ceiling-breaking, game changing women dominating the communications industry. The prestigious honor has a profound impact on the lives of our honorees—boosting morale, accelerating career growth, expanding professional networks, and increasing company loyalty.
The PRNEWS + Chief Marketer's Experiential & Event PR Awards honor the creative and strategic PR events that engage audiences, amplify brand messages, and generate buzzworthy media coverage. Winners are the media events, press tours, PR activations and red-carpet events that are making waves and innovating at every corner.
Open for Entries: February 18, 2026
The PRNEWS People of the Year Awards showcase top talent, passionate professionals and budding comms leaders who are redefining the modern PR world. Award-worthy individuals have made a quantifiable impact on a product, group, company or even the industry at large.
Open for Nominations: March 2, 2026
For over two decades, the PRNEWS 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.
Open for Entries: March 23, 2026
PRNEWS' Agency Elite Top 120 is the industry’s most respected roster of innovative PR and communications firms. The list features agencies of all sizes and specializations— from start-ups to super-shops and everything in between.
The 120 agencies who land on the coveted list appear for 12 months on the online Agency Elite PR Partner Portal—where thousands of clients can review agencies and sort shops by capability and specialization.
Open for Entries: April 27, 2026
The coveted Chief Marketer Network IGNITE Awards is the only program celebrating innovation and excellence across the full spectrum of modern marketing. From groundbreaking experiential activations and game-changing retail strategies to powerhouse PR campaigns and sustainable brand practices, this program shines a spotlight on the marketers redefining what’s possible.
Open for Entries: June 22, 2026
PRNEWS Content Marketing & Digital Awards honor the brightest minds and boldest strategies transforming today’s communications landscape. From game-changing social media activations to AI-powered campaigns, immersive video storytelling and multichannel programs—our awards celebrate the ideas and executions shaping the future of PR.
Today’s top PR pros aren’t just pitching stories—they’re publishing, producing, and building content engines that drive real business result.
Judging in Progress!
Open for Entries: September 21, 2026
PRNEWS’ Purpose & Impact Awards honor the change makers redefining public relations—not just by telling better stories, but by building a better future. This prestigious program recognizes excellence in communications that advance equity, sustainability, innovation, employee culture, and social good. Across six purpose-driven tracks, we celebrate the organizations and individuals using PR to lead with values, inspire change and earn trust.
Judging in Progress!
