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ICCO Global Awards: The Global Stage for PR’s Defining Work
In a profession often measured by recognition, the ICCO Global Awards place the focus where it truly belongs: on ideas that matter, campaigns that resonate, and storytelling that drives real influence. This is where public relations is examined at its highest level and not just for creativity, but for its ability to shift perspectives, build trust, and create lasting impact.
Evaluated by a distinguished international jury, the ICCO Global Awards honour the craft behind the campaigns - the insight, the strategy, and the execution that elevate communications from noise to meaning.
Each year, the global PR community gathers in an iconic setting to celebrate not just winners, but the work itself - the thinking, the ambition, and the stories that are redefining the future of our profession.
Dates to Remember 2026
Five key milestones from submission to the awards night.
Categories
Five families of recognition spanning teams, regions, industries, craft and lifetime achievement.
Large Consultancy of the Year
This category is open to networks with over 50 members of staff, whether multi-discipline or niche. As with all team categories, judges will look for evidence of financial performance, staff and client retention, diversity and innovation: the make-up of your workforce, both gender and ethnicity; talent management and mentoring programmes for under-represented groups.
Mid-size Consultancy of the Year
This category is open to networks with under 50 members of staff, whether multi-discipline or niche. As with all team categories, judges will look for evidence of financial performance, staff and client retention, diversity and innovation: the make-up of your workforce, both gender and ethnicity; talent management and mentoring programmes for under-represented groups.
Championing Diversity Award
This award recognises PR consultancies championing diversity, inclusivity and change within the industry. This could include both internal or client work to attract and retain a more diverse workforce, to ensure that talent from all backgrounds are reaching leadership levels, or to engage with, and learn from, diverse audiences in new ways that deliver measurable communications or business success.
Special ICCO Global Award for Improving Society and Reputation of PR
PR Leader of the Year
An award for an individual who has shown great leadership and achieved greatness with excellent results. This award will be given to an individual (or joint consultancy heads) who has/have delivered outstanding performance to clients, made a significant contribution to the industry and to their consultancy.
Rising Star of the Year
An award for any young individual (under 30 years old) with the great potential to become industry leader of the future — and who has achieved greatness already.
- Campaign of the Year: Central, Eastern and Southern Europe
- Campaign of the Year: Western and Northern Europe
- Campaign of the Year: Americas
- Campaign of the Year: Middle East and Africa
- Campaign of the Year: APAC
- Automotive and Transport Award
- Professional Services Award
- Technology Award
- Not for Profit or Charity Award
- Health, Wellness and Wellbeing Award
- Infrastructure (Construction, Energy, Manufacturing &Real Estate) Award
- Sport and Entertainment Award
- Consumer Goods Award
- Best Digital, New Media and Influencer Marketing Campaign
- Best Use of AI in a Campaign
- Best B2B Campaign
- Best Internal Communications and Employer Branding Campaign
- Best ESG Campaign
- Best Strategy and Evaluation in a Campaign
- Best Media Relations Campaign
- Best Public Affairs Campaign
- Best Event, Launch or Stunt in a Campaign
- Best Crisis Management Campaign
- Hall of Fame
- GWPR and ICCO Angela Oakes Award
Entry Process
To enter, please register as a Participant and fill in the details as asked.
Registration
After you register and log in, you will be able to add entries on the ICCO Awards system. On your Home page, you will see a dashboard displaying all the categories that you have entered.
You can view your entries as well as edit them until they are locked in.
Submission Requirements
For Geographic, Industry, and Specialist Awards – we require two things:
a) A4 storyboard (submitted in PDF format) Watch Video
Storyboard: A storyboard should have
- Objective
- Strategy
- Idea or tactic
- Result
b) Logo of the brand whose campaign you are entering (submitted in PNG/JPG format)
Team and Individual Entries
For Team and Special Individual Awards – we require an A4 Storyboard (submitted in PDF Format), not more than two pages.
Ensure you upload a separate storyboard for every category you wish to enter.
Review & Lock
An entry is locked in once the payment is made. Post payment, an entry CAN NOT be edited.
Confirmation
All completed entries will be acknowledged online at the time of submission and a confirmation email will be sent containing details of your entry/entries. Please check all details in your confirmation email and contact us if you have any queries.
If you do not receive this confirmation email, please contact awards@iccopr.com
Important Note
Entry Guidelines
Read carefully before you submit. Entries that don't meet the guidelines below will be disqualified.
The ICCO Global Awards are open to individuals & teams from consultancies and corporate communication teams.
A campaign/project undertaken between January 2025 – April 2026 will be eligible for ICCO Global Awards 2026. The campaign may be ongoing at the time of submission.
The storyboard must be uploaded in PDF format only. The PDF must not exceed two-pages.
Upload the official logos of the brand whose work you are submitting. These logos will be used in the event brochure, on the awards night, and on the website, should you get shortlisted.
All logos submitted may be in .jpg format only and file size not exceeding 1 Mb.
Judging Criteria
The jury pre-scores are combined and the highest-scoring entries form the shortlists.
Pre-scoring by specialist groups, then a senior panel ranks shortlisted entries.
