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Ragan Communications Opens Entries for 2026 Marketing Awards
Prestigious awards program celebrates standout campaigns, strategies, teams and marketing leaders. Finalists will be recognized, and winners announced, at a live event in 2027.
Entry Deadline: December 2, 2026
Late Deadline: December 9, 2026
CHICAGO, Sept. 1, 2026 – Ragan Communications is now accepting entries for its 2026 Marketing Awards, a recognition program celebrating the campaigns, strategies, teams and professionals behind marketing work that earns attention, moves audiences and delivers measurable results.
The Marketing Awards are designed for the work marketers are proud to put their names on. From a brand launch that became a moment to an integrated campaign that moved customers from awareness to action, the program recognizes the thinking, creativity and execution behind marketing that made a clear impact.
Entries are open to brands, agencies, nonprofits, educational institutions, government organizations, independent practitioners and marketing professionals around the world. Organizations may submit their own work, agencies may enter on behalf of clients, and professionals may nominate a colleague, leader or team for recognition.
“Great marketing is not just about getting seen. It is about knowing the audience, making smart choices and creating work that produces a result,” said Brendan Gannon, director of marketing at Ragan Communications and PR Daily. “The Marketing Awards are a chance to put credible recognition behind the campaigns, ideas, teams and leaders that made those results happen.”
The entry deadline is December 2, 2026. Learn more and enter here.
Categories span the breadth of modern marketing, giving entrants opportunities to showcase both established disciplines and emerging areas of practice. Among this year’s categories are:
- Cause-Related Marketing
- Corporate or Brand Website
- Email & Marketing Automation Campaign
- Event Strategy
- In-House Marketing Team
- Marketing Leader of the Year
- Nonprofit Campaign
- Rebrand or Refresh
- Social Media Marketing Campaign
- Video Marketing Campaign
View the full list of categories here.
Entries should tell the story behind the work: the challenge or opportunity, the audience insight, the strategy, the execution and the results. Depending on the category, entrants may include metrics tied to revenue, leads, conversions, audience growth, engagement, retention, brand awareness, search performance, event participation or other meaningful marketing and business outcomes.
The same campaign or initiative may be entered in multiple categories when appropriate, with each submission judged independently. This gives organizations and agencies the opportunity to highlight different strengths of the same work, from strategy and creative execution to channel performance, customer impact or business results.
Finalists will be announced in advance of a live awards event in 2027, where they will be recognized and category winners will be revealed. The event will bring together marketers, agency leaders, teams and industry peers to celebrate the ideas and results behind some of the year’s strongest work.
Recognition through Ragan’s Marketing Awards gives winning work a life beyond the campaign itself. Winners may receive visibility across Ragan’s websites and social channels, along with editorial coverage and resources to help organizations, agencies, teams and professionals share their achievement with clients, colleagues, leadership and the broader marketing community.
The standard entry deadline is December 2, 2026. Late entries will be accepted through December 9, 2026, with additional late fees applying after December 2.
Review the categories, eligibility requirements and submission guidelines, and enter here.
For entry questions, contact Barbara Kanady at [email protected].
For sponsorship opportunities, contact Morgan Einspanier at [email protected].
About Ragan Communications and PR Daily
Ragan Communications has been delivering trusted news, training and intelligence for more than 60 years to internal and external communicators, HR professionals and business leaders. Its daily news sites, PRDaily.com and Ragan.com, are read by more than 600,000 internal and external communicators monthly. Ragan’s Communications Leadership Council is one of the fastest-growing membership groups for communications executives, and its conferences, webinars and workshops are attended by more than 5,000 communicators a year. Ragan Training is the leading learning portal among communicators, offering more than 800 hours of training and development for communicators. Ragan is also the producer of Communications Week, which is held each November. Headquartered in Chicago, Ragan has team members spanning the country and loyal customers worldwide. Visit us at ragan.com.
