Press Releases

Date: 2025-10-08
Location: Chicago, IL

Brendan Gannon
Senior Marketing Manager, Awards Programs
Ragan Communications
[email protected]

Ragan’s HR Awards Is Accepting Submissions

Entry Deadline: December 5, 2025
Late Deadline: December 12, 2025

Ragan Communications is accepting entries for its HR Awards. This program celebrates the organizations, individuals and teams creating positive and productive workplaces through their HR initiatives, employee engagement programs and people-first strategies.

The HR Awards honor the work that strengthens organizational culture, supports employee wellbeing and drives measurable business results. If your organization has implemented successful programs that improve how employees connect, grow and thrive this is your opportunity to gain recognition.

The entry deadline is Dec. 5, 2025. Learn more and complete your entries here.

Categories include:

  • Change Management & Culture Transformation
  • DEI Initiatives
  • Employee Benefits
  • Employee Engagement
  • Employee Performance Management
  • Learning & Development
  • People & Teams
  • Talent Retention & Recruitment
  • Total Rewards Program
  • Top HR Workplaces

View the full list of categories.

The HR Awards is open to organizations, agencies, vendors, people and teams in the corporate, nonprofit and government sectors. You may enter your own work, your organization’s work or submit on behalf of a client or partner. Companies and individuals from around the world are welcome to participate, provided entries are submitted in English.

The late deadline for entries is December 12, 2025. An additional fee applies to late submissions.

Enter your work here.

For questions, contact Brendan Gannon at [email protected].

To sponsor, contact Morgan Einspanier at [email protected].

The awards program is presented by Ragan Communications and PR Daily, the leading authorities in PR and communications intelligence.

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, with team members spanning the country and loyal customers worldwide. Visit us at ragan.com.