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PRSA Announces 2026 Anvil Award Winners: The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) announced the winners of the 2026 Anvil Awards during a ceremony held May 14th, 2026 at the Edison Ballroom in New York City.
The Silver Anvil Awards honor the year’s most outstanding strategic public relations campaigns and organizational excellence, while the Bronze Anvil Awards recognize exceptional tactics that contribute to the success of broader communications programs and initiatives.
This year’s entries showcased the wide-ranging influence of strategic communications, with campaigns spanning public health, sustainability, transportation, education, corporate citizenship, community advocacy and cultural storytelling.
The 2026 Best of Silver Anvils Award, the profession’s highest honor for public relations programming, was presented to the American Academy of Pediatrics for its Vaccine Confidence campaign. The award recognizes campaigns that demonstrate exceptional strategic execution, measurable results and meaningful societal impact.
The AAP’s Vaccine Confidence campaign was developed in response to declining childhood immunization rates and the growing spread of vaccine misinformation. The initiative combined evidence-based messaging, social listening, targeted media outreach and rapid-response communications efforts to help strengthen public trust and support informed decision-making among families and communities.
Research partnerships helped shape message framing, audience segmentation and Spanish-language outreach strategies. Supported by a $2 million budget and a fully integrated national communications plan, the campaign focused on amplifying trusted pediatric voices, expanding message reach, strengthening vaccine messenger networks and supporting state-level outreach efforts.
During its first phase, the campaign exceeded all major benchmarks, earning more than 60,000 media placements, generating more than 216 million impressions, training more than 3,000 advocates and supporting chapter-led outreach initiatives in priority states nationwide.
“We are proud to recognize this year’s Anvil Award winners for the extraordinary creativity, strategy and purpose-driven work they represent,” said PRSA Chair Heide Harrell, MA, APR. “From advancing public health and strengthening communities to responding during moments of crisis, these campaigns demonstrate the critical role communications professionals play in shaping understanding, building trust and driving meaningful impact. The Anvil Awards continue to showcase the very best of our profession and the power of strategic communications to make a difference.”
In total, PRSA presented 42 Silver Anvil Awards, 21 Bronze Anvil Awards, 60 Silver Anvil Awards of Excellence and 21 Bronze Anvil Awards of Commendation during the ceremony.
2026 Winners
| Award | Category | Organization | Agency | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze Anvil | Annual Reports | TD SYNNEX | TD SYNNEX’s FY2024 Corporate Citizenship Report | |
| Award of Commendation | Annual Reports | ONEOK, Inc. | Bear Agency Group | ONEOK 2024-2025 Corporate Sustainability Report |
| Award of Commendation | Annual Reports | Smithsonian Institution Office of Advancement | Polygraph Creative | Smithsonian 2024: Beyond The National Mall |
| Silver Anvil | Best Agency > Best Boutique Agency (Revenue less than $5M) | Bellwether Public Relations | Bellwether Public Relations: Influence, Inform, Inspire | |
| Award of Excellence | Best Agency > Best Boutique Agency (Revenue less than $5M) | Imperium Public Strategies | Strategic Partners of Innovators Everywhere: Imperium in Action | |
| Silver Anvil | Best Agency > Best Mid-Sized Agency (Revenue $20M – 75M) | Coyne PR | Coyne PR at 35: Independence, Impact and the Future of PR | |
| Award of Excellence | Best Agency > Best Mid-Sized Agency (Revenue $20M – 75M) | Chandler Chicco Agency | Challenging the status quo of healthcare PR through innovation and imagination | |
| Award of Excellence | Best Agency > Best Mid-Sized Agency (Revenue $20M – 75M) | Jackson Spalding | Jackson Spalding | |
| Silver Anvil | Best Agency > Best Small Agency (Revenue $5M – $20M) | Bospar | From Surviving to Thriving: How Bospar Turned Market Collapse into Industry Leadership | |
| Silver Anvil | Best College/University Communications Program/Department > Graduate Program | Syracuse University Newhouse School of Public Communications | Syracuse University Newhouse School of Public Communications | |
| Silver Anvil | Best College/University Communications Program/Department > Undergraduate Program | Syracuse University Newhouse School of Public Communications | Syracuse University Newhouse School of Public Communications | |
| Award of Excellence | Best College/University Communications Program/Department > Undergraduate Program | University of Florida Department of Public Relations | University of Florida Department of Public Relations | |
| Silver Anvil | Best In-House Team > Associations/Nonprofit Organizations | Congregation Ner Tamid | Leslie T. Snadowsky, MS, APR – Congregation Ner Tamid | |
| Award of Excellence | Best In-House Team > Associations/Nonprofit Organizations | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital | St. Jude Internal Communication Team | |
| Silver Anvil | Best In-House Team > Business (Budget less than $5M) | Scholastic Global Brands | Dav Pilkey’s Dog Man | |
| Award of Excellence | Best In-House Team > Business (Budget less than $5M) | DaVita Communications & Marketing | DaVita: Fostering Connection, Leading with Purpose and Championing Access | |
| Silver Anvil | Best In-House Team > Business (Budget of $5M or More) | U. S. Steel | U. S. Steel – Nippon Steel Corporation: How Strategic Communications Helped Deliver A Historic Deal | |
| Award of Excellence | Best In-House Team > Business (Budget of $5M or More) | Dollar General Corporation | Dollar General PR: Here For What Matters | |
| Silver Anvil | Best In-House Team > Government | City of Greeley, Colorado | Communications & Engagement Team | |
| Bronze Anvil | Blogs/Vlogs | J.P. Morgan Payments | Building a Payments Newsroom to Elevate Impact in Media Relations Strategy | |
| Silver Anvil | Climate Action & Environmental Sustainability | Jefferson County Commission | Jefferson County Commission #KeepItCleanJeffCo | |
| Silver Anvil | Community Relations > Associations/Nonprofit Organizations | Bored No More | Simplified Media Agency | Bored No More: A Vital Teen-Led Health & Wellness Initiative to Improve Pediatric Hospitalization Experiences through Community Outreach |
| Award of Excellence | Community Relations > Associations/Nonprofit Organizations | Chicago River Swim and A Long Swim | Beth Heller Consulting | The Chicago River Swim |
| Award of Excellence | Community Relations > Associations/Nonprofit Organizations | Children’s Home of York | GAVIN | Strengthening Trust, Advocacy and Awareness Through Strategic Storytelling |
| Award of Excellence | Community Relations > Associations/Nonprofit Organizations | Good Reason Houston | Rallying Houston Around a Shared Vision for Student Success | |
| Silver Anvil | Community Relations > Business | Bank of America | Burson | Golf With Us |
| Award of Excellence | Community Relations > Business | California EDD Opportunity Young Adult Career Pathway Program | Kandula Communications | Rallying Sacramento Around Second Chances |
| Silver Anvil | Community Relations > Government | SCV Water | Proposition 218 Water Rates Engagement | |
| Award of Excellence | Community Relations > Government | City of South Jordan | Welcome to South Jordan: The New Home of the Bees | |
| Award of Excellence | Community Relations > Government | King County Metro | C+C | The First Ride Matters: Designing Confidence During the Nation’s Largest Light Rail Expansion |
| Award of Excellence | Community Relations > Government | Seminole County, FL | Scout in Seminole County: Driving Public Awareness of a New Transportation Option | |
| Silver Anvil | Content Marketing > Associations/Government/Nonprofit Organizations | Washington State Department of Licensing | C+C | Level Up: Motorcycle Safety Training Campaign |
| Award of Excellence | Content Marketing > Associations/Government/Nonprofit Organizations | Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) | Path to Zero: Repositioning an Energy Voice in the Climate Conversation | |
| Silver Anvil | Content Marketing > Business to Business | TD SYNNEX | 2025 TD SYNNEX Making IT Personal Brand Campaign | |
| Silver Anvil | Content Marketing > Business to Consumers | Visit Carson City | KPS3 | A Winter’s Charm in Carson City |
| Award of Excellence | Content Marketing > Business to Consumers | Borden Cheese | FINN Partners | Turning Cravings into Customers: Putting Borden Back Into the Middle of the Melt |
| Award of Excellence | Content Marketing > Business to Consumers | National Debt Relief | rbb Communications | National Debt Relief’s Data Journalism Campaign to Reframe Debt |
| Silver Anvil | Corporate Citizenship | California EDD Opportunity Young Adult Career Pathway Program | Kandula Communications | Corporate Citizenship Through Community Workforce Investment |
| Award of Excellence | Corporate Citizenship | Aflac Incorporated | Ketchum, KWI Communications and Late Bloomer Creative | Aflac’s Original Children’s Book, “Beyond Words,” Teaches Kids Empathy and Compassion While Supporting Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders Research and Treatment |
| Silver Anvil | Crisis Communications | Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group | Give ‘Em Truth: Forging Trust on a Global Stage | |
| Award of Excellence | Crisis Communications | Apeel Sciences | Imperium Public Strategies | Reclaiming Reality: Imperium Public Strategies Turns Viral Falsehoods Into Verified Facts |
| Award of Excellence | Crisis Communications | Oceanogràfic Valencia, Georgia Aquarium and SeaWorld | Public Communications Inc. | Rescuing Belugas from a War Zone |
| Bronze Anvil | Data Insights | National Debt Relief | rbb Communications | National Debt Relief’s Data Journalism Campaign to Reframe Debt |
| Silver Anvil | Events and Observances > More Than Seven Days > Associations/Government/Nonprofit Organizations | Seafood from Norway | Padilla | Sea-to-Table Restaurant Week 2025 |
| Silver Anvil | Events and Observances > More Than Seven Days > Business | Brach’s | Agency H5 | Brach’s Introduces First-Ever Egg Hunt Hiding Service |
| Award of Excellence | Events and Observances > More Than Seven Days > Business | National Gypsum Company | Centennial Celebrations | |
| Silver Anvil | Events and Observances > Seven Or Fewer Days > Associations/Government/Nonprofit Organizations | Holy Angels | Holy Angels 33rd Annual Angel Bowl – A Blockbuster Fundraiser | |
| Award of Excellence | Events and Observances > Seven Or Fewer Days > Associations/Government/Nonprofit Organizations | Arkansas Symphony Orchestra | Ghidotti Communications | Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Stella Boyle Smith Music Center Grand Opening |
| Award of Excellence | Events and Observances > Seven Or Fewer Days > Associations/Government/Nonprofit Organizations | Orange County Human Resources | Mayor’s Take Your Child to Work Day – Building Bonds, Inspiring Futures | |
| Award of Excellence | Events and Observances > Seven Or Fewer Days > Associations/Government/Nonprofit Organizations | Walton Family Foundation | The Peacock Group | Market Center of the Ozarks Grand Opening |
| Silver Anvil | Events and Observances > Seven Or Fewer Days > Business | Novonesis | Rinck Advertising | Novonesis Manufacturing Day 2025 – National Flagship Event |
| Award of Excellence | Events and Observances > Seven Or Fewer Days > Business | Jacobsen Construction | Base Camp Breakfast: An Experiential Business Networking Event | |
| Award of Excellence | Events and Observances > Seven Or Fewer Days > Business | Wells Fargo | Heartfelt Thanks: Employee Appreciation Week 2025 | |
| Bronze Anvil | Executive Communications | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital | Every Child. Everywhere: The Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines | |
| Award of Commendation | Executive Communications | Aflac Incorporated | Ketchum, KWI Communications | Executive Communications: Aflac Chairman and CEO Dan Amos, Longest-Tenured CEO in Fortune 250 |
| Silver Anvil | Global Communications | Preferred Hotels & Resorts | Redefining Modern Luxury | How Preferred Hotels & Resorts Shaped a Global Travel Conversation | |
| Award of Excellence | Global Communications | Bose | Burson and Lede | Uplifting the Bose Brand with Color |
| Bronze Anvil | Influencer Marketing | GSK | Chandler Chicco Agency (CCA) | Ask2BSure Campaign: Pretty Hurts |
| Award of Commendation | Influencer Marketing | Pfizer | dna Communications and Weber Shandwick | Rated RSV |
| Silver Anvil | Influencer Marketing > Macro-Influencers | Supernus Pharmaceuticals | Burson | Ms. Represented |
| Award of Excellence | Influencer Marketing > Macro-Influencers | Inland Empire Health Plan | Meehan Business Advisers | “IEHP Start the Conversation with Abi Carter” |
| Silver Anvil | Integrated Communications > Associations/Nonprofit Organizations | American Academy of Pediatrics | M. Harris & Kern, The FrameWorks Institute, Precision Strategies, Upswing Research & Strategies and psa3 | American Academy of Pediatrics Vaccine Confidence Campaign |
| Award of Excellence | Integrated Communications > Associations/Nonprofit Organizations | World Food Program USA | Fill the Silence | |
| Silver Anvil | Integrated Communications > Business to Business | National Gypsum Company | Integrated Marketing Centennial Anniversary Campaign | |
| Award of Excellence | Integrated Communications > Business to Business | TD SYNNEX | 2025 TD SYNNEX Direction of Technology Report Strategic Communications Campaign | |
| Silver Anvil | Integrated Communications > Consumer Products | Borden Cheese | FINN Partners | Turning Cravings into Customers: Putting Borden Back Into the Middle of the Melt |
| Award of Excellence | Integrated Communications > Consumer Products | D’USSÉ Cognac | D’USSÉ Friday Campaign: Reviving Roc Nation’s Decade-Old Tradition of Weekly Toasts to Win Today’s Drinker | |
| Award of Excellence | Integrated Communications > Consumer Products | Haleon / TUMS | TUMS Makes Gameday Food Dreams a Reality with TUMS Fantasy Foodball Pool | |
| Silver Anvil | Integrated Communications > Consumer Services | University of Alaska Anchorage | Brilliant Media Strategies and Wake One LLC | Your Journey, Your Community, Your Impact |
| Award of Excellence | Integrated Communications > Consumer Services | Charles Schwab | TrailRunner International and Ruth Communications | National Investing Day |
| Award of Excellence | Integrated Communications > Consumer Services | PENN Entertainment, Inc. and Hollywood Casino Joliet | Laughlin Constable Public Relations | Hollywood Casino Joliet Transforms Experience |
| Silver Anvil | Integrated Communications > Government | Hennepin County | Padilla and 3VLTS | Trash or Cash |
| Award of Excellence | Integrated Communications > Government | Kroll Media | Cobell Settlement: A Search for 17,000 Long Lost Heirs | |
| Award of Excellence | Integrated Communications > Government | Oklahoma Insurance Department Medicare Assistance Program | Jones Strategies | 12 Days of Christmas: SMP Medicare Fraud Prevention Campaign |
| Award of Excellence | Integrated Communications > Government | Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute | Giant Panda Planda: The Strategic Return of America’s Most Beloved Conservation Ambassadors | |
| Silver Anvil | Internal Communications > Associations/Government/Nonprofit Organizations | VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System | Making Voices Heard: VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System All Employee Survey | |
| Award of Excellence | Internal Communications > Associations/Government/Nonprofit Organizations | Jefferson Lab | Jefferson Lab’s Employee Rewards and Recognition Program | |
| Award of Excellence | Internal Communications > Associations/Government/Nonprofit Organizations | Navy Personnel Command and MyNavy Career Center Public Affairs | MyNavy HR Permanent Change of Station Guide | |
| Award of Excellence | Internal Communications > Associations/Government/Nonprofit Organizations | VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System | Combined Federal Campaign / MP May | Be The Change: VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System Combined Federal Campaign |
| Silver Anvil | Issues Management | Nisha Media Leadership Solutions | Defending Due Process: A 10-Month Strategic Campaign from Deportation to Supreme Court Victory | |
| Award of Excellence | Issues Management | Navy Personnel Command (MyNavy HR) | Sailor for Life | |
| Award of Excellence | Issues Management | Orange County Government | Truth and Transparency: Protecting Public Trust | |
| Award of Excellence | Issues Management | Pacific Gas and Electric Company | Highwire Public Relations and Duncan Channon | Trust Rewired: How PG&E Built Confidence in a Safer, More Affordable Energy Future |
| Bronze Anvil | Magazines | USC Dornsife Office of Communication | USC Dornsife College of Letters, Art and Sciences magazine | |
| Award of Commendation | Magazines | Texas A&M University – San Antonio, Strategic Communications | From Vendor to Vision: How A&M‑San Antonio Reimagined Its Magazine | |
| Silver Anvil | Marketing > Consumer Products – National/International Focus | Borden Cheese | FINN Partners | Turning Cravings into Customers: Putting Borden Back Into the Middle of the Melt |
| Award of Excellence | Marketing > Consumer Products – National/International Focus | BUBS | Burson | “BUBSifying” the United States |
| Award of Excellence | Marketing > Consumer Products – National/International Focus | DECKED | FINN Partners | The Day That Counted: DECKED Helped Dads Get After What Matters |
| Silver Anvil | Marketing > Consumer Products – Regional Focus | Seafood from Norway | Padilla | Sea-to-Table Restaurant Week 2025 |
| Award of Excellence | Marketing > Consumer Products – Regional Focus | Ingeborg Initiatives and Royal Philips | The Peacock Group | Delivering Life-Saving Information at Scale: Launching Arkansas-Specific Content in the Pregnancy+ App |
| Silver Anvil | Marketing > Consumer Services | King County Metro | C+C | The First Ride Matters: Designing Confidence During the Nation’s Largest Light Rail Expansion |
| Award of Excellence | Marketing > Consumer Services | Cohen Veterans Network | Cohen Veterans Network’s “Have Her Six: Prevent Military Women Suicide” Campaign | |
| Award of Excellence | Marketing > Consumer Services | Haciendas at Grace Village | Sinuate Media | STORIES OF IMPACT: How Human-Centered Marketing Rebuilt a Community of Care at Haciendas at Grace Village |
| Bronze Anvil | Media Relations > Associations/Nonprofit Organizations | Allen Institute | Attempting the Impossible: A 20-Year Journey to Learn the Language of the Brain | |
| Award of Commendation | Media Relations > Associations/Nonprofit Organizations | Jewish Community Services of South Florida | Fighting for Miami’s Safety-Net of Services | |
| Bronze Anvil | Media Relations > Business to Business | SociosPR | Powering the Future of Freight: Launching California’s First Hydrogen Switcher Locomotive | |
| Bronze Anvil | Media Relations > Consumer Products > Non-Packaged Goods | Red Robin | Carmichael Lynch Relate | Red Robin Launches Bottomless Burger Pass |
| Award of Commendation | Media Relations > Consumer Products > Non-Packaged Goods | Airstream | TURNER | When American Design Icons Converge: Elevating Airstream into the Global Architecture Conversation |
| Award of Commendation | Media Relations > Consumer Products > Non-Packaged Goods | Edible | Coyne PR | Sound the Alarm: How Edible Turned a TV Moment Into Cultural Buzz |
| Bronze Anvil | Media Relations > Consumer Products > Packaged Goods | National Tree Company | Stanton Public Relations & Marketing | How National Tree Company (& Stanton) Refused to Let Tariffs be the Grinch that Stole Christmas |
| Bronze Anvil | Media Relations > Consumer Services | Oxford Crossings | Caryl Communications | To Antarctica or Bust: An Impactful Journey That Hit All the Marks |
| Award of Commendation | Media Relations > Consumer Services | Bank of America | Burson | 2025 Better Money Habits Gen Z Report |
| Award of Commendation | Media Relations > Consumer Services | GoFundMe | GoFundMe’s Earned Media Wildfire Response in Los Angeles | |
| Award of Commendation | Media Relations > Consumer Services | GSK | Chandler Chicco Agency (CCA) | Ask2BSure Campaign: Pretty Hurts |
| Bronze Anvil | Media Relations > Government | Inland Empire Health Plan | Meehan Business Advisers | “IEHP Start the Conversation with Abi Carter” |
| Award of Commendation | Media Relations > Government | USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Public Affairs | On the Record in the North Sea | |
| Silver Anvil | Most Effective Campaign On A $5,000 To $10,000 Budget | Greater Topeka Partnership | Violet PR | The U.S. City Bridging Borders: How Topeka Tackled Tariffs |
| Award of Excellence | Most Effective Campaign On A $5,000 To $10,000 Budget | Martha’s Vineyard Museum | WE’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER MUSEUM (BUT NOT A BIGGER BUDGET) | |
| Silver Anvil | Most Effective Campaign On A Shoestring Budget ($5,000 or Less) | VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System | Making Voices Heard: VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System All Employee Survey | |
| Award of Excellence | Most Effective Campaign On A Shoestring Budget ($5,000 or Less) | Alexandria City Public Schools | Making the Unseen Work Seen: ACPS Heart Work | |
| Award of Excellence | Most Effective Campaign On A Shoestring Budget ($5,000 or Less) | California EDD Opportunity Young Adult Career Pathway Program | Kandula Communications | High-Impact Workforce Communications on a Shoestring Budget |
| Award of Excellence | Most Effective Campaign On A Shoestring Budget ($5,000 or Less) | Minyoli | Junipr Public Relations | Introducing Minyoli: A PR-Led Launch of Cultural Cuisine |
| Silver Anvil | Most Effective Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Campaign | California EDD Opportunity Young Adult Career Pathway Program | Kandula Communications | An Inclusive Workforce Campaign Advancing Equity and Access |
| Silver Anvil | Multicultural Public Relations | Nevada Office of State Epidemiology | KPS3 | Block the Pox |
| Bronze Anvil | Newsletters | GAVIN | GAVIN Fi Newsletter | |
| Bronze Anvil | Non-Traditional Tactics | Akron Children’s with partner Marcus Thomas LLC | Akron Children’s SpineScreen: Turning Sunscreen Application Into Scoliosis Detection | |
| Award of Commendation | Non-Traditional Tactics | Ohio Goes to the Movies | Yopko Penhallurick | Ohio Movie Database (OMD) |
| Bronze Anvil | Paid Promotions | Virginia Community College System | The Hodges Partnership and AccessU | Find Your Answer: Paid Promotions That Turned Statewide Community College Stigma into Three Years of Growth |
| Award of Commendation | Paid Promotions | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals | A Patient’s AHP Journey In Motion | |
| Award of Commendation | Paid Promotions | Children’s Hospital Association | LSG | Made Possible: A Paid Media Strategy Driving Policy Impact |
| Bronze Anvil | Podcasts | Kent State University, University Communications and Marketing | Legacy: May 4 | |
| Award of Commendation | Podcasts | Deborah Heart and Lung Center | Deborah Heart and Lung Center – Health Report Podcast | |
| Silver Anvil | Public Affairs | Arrow International | Bose Public Affairs Group | Advocacy on Wheels: How a Mobile Technology Demo Changed Indiana Charitable Gaming for Good |
| Award of Excellence | Public Affairs | Arkansas Pharmacists Association | Ghidotti Communications | Rx Reform Now |
| Award of Excellence | Public Affairs | Children’s Hospital Association | LSG | Made Possible: Research-Driven Advocacy Advancing Children’s Health Policy |
| Award of Excellence | Public Affairs | Ingeborg Initiatives | The Peacock Group | Amplifying Arkansas’s Maternal Health Crisis |
| Silver Anvil | Public Service > Associations/Government/Nonprofit Organizations | Seminole County, FL | Scout in Seminole County: Driving Public Awareness of a New Transportation Option | |
| Award of Excellence | Public Service > Associations/Government/Nonprofit Organizations | Washington State Department of Health | PRR | Centering Community Voices from Within |
| Silver Anvil | Reputation/Brand Management > Associations/Government/Nonprofit Organizations | Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group | Give ‘Em Truth: Forging Trust on a Global Stage | |
| Award of Excellence | Reputation/Brand Management > Associations/Government/Nonprofit Organizations | Children’s Hospital Association | LSG | Made Possible: Elevating the Voice and Reputation of Children’s Hospitals |
| Award of Excellence | Reputation/Brand Management > Associations/Government/Nonprofit Organizations | Orange County Government | Truth and Transparency: Protecting Public Trust | |
| Silver Anvil | Reputation/Brand Management > Business | Pacific Gas and Electric Company | Highwire Public Relations and Duncan Channon | Trust Rewired: How PG&E Built Confidence in a Safer, More Affordable Energy Future |
| Award of Excellence | Reputation/Brand Management > Business | Haciendas at Grace Village | Sinuate Media | STORIES OF IMPACT: How Values-Driven Storytelling Restored Trust at Haciendas at Grace Village |
| Award of Excellence | Reputation/Brand Management > Business | Textron Aviation | In-house | From Runway to Regional Impact: Establishing the Beechcraft M-346N as America’s Next Generation Jet Trainer |
| Bronze Anvil | Single Issue Publications | Cleveland Clinic | 10:10 10.10: Anatomy of a Moment (Spring 2025 Special Issue of Cleveland Clinic Magazine) | |
| Award of Commendation | Single Issue Publications | InspiroGene by McKesson | Supreme Communications | 2025 Cell and Gene Therapy Report: Advancing the Future of Medicine |
| Bronze Anvil | Social Media > Multichannel Use | Gold Star | Marcus Thomas | Hell is Real: Launching Gold Star’s Spicy Chicken Sandwich |
| Award of Commendation | Social Media > Multichannel Use | GSK | Chandler Chicco Agency (CCA) | Ask2BSure Campaign: Pretty Hurts |
| Award of Commendation | Social Media > Multichannel Use | The City of Newport News | Great Food Truck Race | |
| Bronze Anvil | Social Media > Single Channel Use | Wonderful Halos and The Wonderful Company | Wonderful Halos TikTok | |
| Bronze Anvil | Video | Oklahoma Insurance Department Medicare Assistance Program | Jones Strategies | 12 Days of Christmas: SMP Medicare Fraud Prevention Campaign |
| Award of Commendation | Video | Jacobsen Construction | Help is here: Celebrating a new era of behavioral health in Utah and the builders who made it happen | |
| Award of Commendation | Video | The New England Center for Children | Colossus | One Powerful Place |
| Bronze Anvil | Websites | National Coalition for Sexual Health/Altarum | Fors Marsh | Empowering Healthy Relationships Through an Audience-Informed Web Experience |
2026 Judges
| NAME | TITLE | COMPANY |
|---|---|---|
| Caroline Ackerman, APR | Manager of Communications and Public Affairs | Renown Health |
| Annette Albrecht | Director | Brandpoint |
| Jennifer Morgan Allanson, APR | Chief Communications Officer | |
| Kelliann Amico, APR, Fellow PRSA | Director of Everything Amico | Amico |
| Ann Andrews Morris | Chief Communications and Marketing Officer | NAMI: The National Alliance on Mental Illness |
| Kelsey Archer-Bugjo, APR | Public Relations and Marketing Content Manager | Boujee Communications |
| Julie L. Ardito, APR | ||
| Ellen Averill, APR, Fellow PRSA | Vice President of Communications and Strategy | Tulsa Zoo Management, Inc. |
| Sydney Ayers, APR, Fellow PRSA | Principal | Ayers Public Relations |
| Meredith D. Bagnulo, APR | President | Bagnulo Communications |
| Elizabeth Beck, APR | none | |
| Julianne Beck, APR | Assistant Director of Marketing and Communications | Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy |
| Joseph Bradford Belote, APR | Associate Professor in the Practice | Gordon College |
| Angela Berardino | Founder, Creative Catalyst | The Brouhaha Collective |
| Debra L. Bethard-Caplick, MBA, APR | Lecturer | Kennesaw State University |
| Denise Blackburn-Gay, APR, Fellow PRSA | President & Owner | Marketing Strategies, Inc. |
| Todd Blecher | Snr. Director, Media Relations | Leidos |
| Andrew Lawrence Boehmker, APR | Digital Director | Scooter Media |
| Vijaya Koilpillai Bohlmann, MA, APR | President and Founder | Designing Communication |
| Madison Breuer, APR | Senior PR Manager | Proof Publicity |
| Kathleen A. Broniecki, APR | Chief Executive Officer | Envoy, Inc. |
| Kimberly Liane Brown, APR | Co-founder | Story and Strategy PR |
| Angela Brumm, APR | Internal & Executive Communications, Sr. Manager | Exact Sciences |
| Mercedes Bryant, APR | Director of Travel Studies | American Horticultural Society |
| Julia Alice Burgos, APR | Chief of School & Community Relations | Alexandria City Public Schools |
| Katina Bush, APR | Vice President | Segal Communications |
| Dawn E. Buzynski, APR | AVP, Communications | Hy-Vee, Inc. |
| Brenda Cassabon | Sparkle Creator | TK PR |
| Tanya Castaneda, APR | Principal | PRM Consulting, Inc. |
| Molly Drew Castano, APR | Vice President of Public Relations and Communications | Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority |
| Kristin L. Christian, APR | Senior Social Media Specialist | Express Employment International |
| Shara Clark, APR | Manager, Advertising & Consumer Marketing | UC Health |
| Victoria Dorothy Ann Clausen, APR | Community Communications Manager | Athene |
| Michelle A. Cometa | Sr Communication Specialist University News Services | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| Mary E. Connell, APR | Communications Manager | The Woodlands Township |
| Elizabeth Connor, APR | AVP, Marketing Analytics Insights & Reporting Manager | First Merchants |
| Timothy A. Coxey, APR | Director of Communications and Marketing | Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership |
| Angela Renae Crosland, APR | Director of Communications | South Carolina School Boards Association |
| Lori Croy, APR | Consultant | Mentor PR |
| Malarie Dauginikas, APR | Communications Director | Spirit Airlines |
| Jillian Davidson, APR | Associate Director, Marketing & Creative Services | Seminole State College of Florida |
| Amy D. Dawson, APR | Executive Vice President | Fahlgren Mortine |
| Alexander Della Rocca, APR | Vice President, Corporate Communications | TIAA |
| Brook DeWalt, MA, APR+M, Fellow PRSA | Captain (Retired) | U.S. Navy |
| Ian Dinkins, APR | Assistant Director of Marketing and Communications | University School of Nashville |
| Laura T. Dunn, APR | Director, Manager, Strategic Communications and Executive Operations | embrace pet insurance |
| Angela Dwyer, APR | VP of Insights | Fullintel |
| McGavock Edwards, APR | Managing Partner | E&V Strategic Communications |
| Sandra M. Ericson, APR | Executive Vice President | rbb Public Relations |
| Richie F. Escovedo, APR | Director or Project Management & PR Specialist | Balcom Agency |
| Angelita Faller, APR | News Director | University of Arkansas at Little Rock |
| Monique L. Farmer, APR | PR Consultant | Avant Solutions |
| Henry P. Feintuch | President | Feintuch Communications |
| Melody Fisher | Associate Professor | Mississippi State University |
| Julie B. Fix, APR, Fellow PRSA | President/Principal | Fix & Associates Public Relations |
| Rina E. Foster, APR | Founder and CEO | 84 Communications |
| Michelle Franklin, APR | Director of Communications, Physical Sciences | University of California San Diego |
| Stephanie A. French, APR, CTA, MA | Manager, Communications | NTT DATA |
| Tom Gable, Jr., APR, Fellow PRSA | Retired | |
| Jo Temah Gabrielski | New York University | |
| Karen Garnik, APR, Fellow PRSA | President | Global Vision Marketing & Communications |
| Alison L. Gaulden, APR, Fellow PRSA | Principal Lecturer | Reynolds School of Journalism, University of Nevada |
| Christina Marie Gayman, APR | Director of Communications and Marketing | Syverson Strege |
| Ginger Geoffery, MS, APR | Director of Communications | Neighborhood Health Center |
| Lea-Ann O’Hare Germinder, APR, Fellow PRSA | President & Founder | Germinder + Associates |
| Robert O. Giblin, APR | Thought Partner | |
| Linda L. Goelzer, APR | Associate Director of Public Relations | Buckner International |
| Holly Nicole Angeles Gonzales, APR | Public Information Officer | CITY OF CARLSBAD FIRE DEPARTMENT |
| Jennifer Marie Goulart, MBA, APR+M | Regional Public Affairs Officer | Naval Medical Forces Atlantic |
| Leonard Greenberger, APR | Vice President | AKCG – Public Relations Counselors |
| Michael Hidalgo Grimes, APR | Earned Media Specialist | State Farm Insurance |
| Cameron Grimm, APR | Principal | |
| Michael S. Gross, APR, Fellow PRSA | President | AKCG – Public Relations Counselors |
| Jennifer S. Gwaltney | Sr. Public Relations Specialist/Change Manager | Alakaina Foundation |
| Michael Hemmesch | Director of Public Relations | College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University |
| Laura Hennen, APR | Communications Director | Medtronic |
| Justin A. Herndon, APR | Director, PR & Enterprise Reputation | Thrivent |
| Carol Higgins Taylor, APR | Owner | Bryant Street Public Relations LLC |
| Joshua Daniel Holder, APR | Public Relations Outreach Specialist | Osceola County Fire Rescue & EMS |
| William Carson Horn, APR | Vice President, Director of Public Relations | The Communications Group |
| Ann D. Jabro, Ph.D. | University Professor of Communication and Organizational Leadership | Robert Morris University |
| Justin Warren Jackson | Principal | JWJackson Consulting |
| James L. Janicki, APR, Fellow PRSA | Vice President of Marketing | Hillcrest Health & Living |
| Rockhelle A. Johnson | Director, Communications | Helios Education Foundation |
| Barbara Bingham Kalavik | Public Relations Consultant | Reverberate Public Relations |
| Eva Keiser, APR, Fellow PRSA | Principal | The Plural I |
| Rachel Kerstetter, APR | Director of Marketing | SOLiD |
| Sabrina A. Kidwai, CAE, APR | CEO | Kidwai Collective llC |
| KiYong Kim, APR | Professor of Practice | University of Arizona |
| Anthony P. King, APR | Assistant Dean of Strategic Engagement | University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) |
| Spiro K. Kiousis, Ph.D., APR | Executive Associate Dean | University of Florida |
| Georgienne Kirsten, APR | Head of Corporate Communications | Freudenberg Chemical Specialities |
| Wendi L. Koziol, APR | Senior Vice President, Managing Director | Public Communications Inc. |
| Minda Marie Kuckuck, APR | PR & Content Strategy Manager | Two Rivers Marketing |
| Kolby Kucyk Gayson, APR | Communications Director | Bradenton Area Convention & Visitors Bureau |
| Niccole Kunshek, APR | PR & Communications Associate | American Society of Plastic Surgeons |
| James Madison Lail, APR | ||
| Caitlyn Lamm, APR | Public Relations Coordinator | Iowa Farm Bureau |
| Fred C. Lash, APR | Public Relations Advisor | FLASH Communication |
| Emily L. Lauer, APR | Vice President of PR/Communications | Destination Cleveland |
| Grete K. Lavrenz, APR | General Manager | Carmichael Lynch Relate |
| Paige Cline Layne, APR | Senior Manager; Corp. Comm & Community Relations | National Gypsum Company |
| Brian N. Lee, APR | President | Revelation PR, Advertising & Social Media |
| Kathleen R. Leonard, APR | Dominion Energy | |
| Grace T. Leong, APR, Fellow PRSA | CEO | HUNTER |
| Krissy M. Lillie, APR | Public Affairs Manager | Aurora Health Care |
| Thomas J. Logue, APR | Associate Vice President | AKCG – Public Relations Counselors |
| Towanda Long, APR | Corporate and Strategic Communications | Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Company |
| Hannah Rose Lupi, APR | Public Relations & Communications Manager | Bellwether Public Relations |
| William M. Madway | State Co-Coordinator | Braver Angels Pennsylvania |
| Marie Manning, APR | Director, Marketing Communications | American Red Cross |
| Michelle Marie Maresh-Fuehrer | Professor of Public Relations & Department Chair | Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi |
| Karli R. Massey, APR | Program Communications Specialist | Sandia National Laboratories |
| Clark Maxwell, APR | Manager, PR & Communications | Fleetio |
| Mark W. McClennan, APR, Fellow PRSA | General Manager | C+C |
| Dan C. McFadden, APR | Director of Communications and Community Engagement | Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center |
| Julie McGowan, APR | AVP, Public Relations | SBC Communications | International Mission Board |
| Patricia M. McLaughlin | VP, Communications & Marketing | Riverbend Community Mental Health |
| Elizabeth S. McMillan, APR | Senior Director, Corporate Communications | Americold |
| Anne McMillin, APR | Public Information Officer | Churchill County, Nevada |
| Molly McPherson, APR | PR + Crisis Communication Strategist | Molly McPherson LLC |
| William Patrick McSweeney, APR, Fellow PRSA | Managing Director | McSweeney Public Relations LLC |
| Jason Meza, APR | Sr. Director of Communications & Member Relations | Better Business Bureau |
| Angela Minicuci, APR | Partner | Bellwether Public Relations |
| Brittany E. Mobley | Senior Media Relations Specialist | Eastern Michigan University |
| Heidi Modarelli-Frank, APR | Partner/Chief Relationship Officer | Marcus Thomas LLC |
| Kristine P. Naidl, APR | EVP & Head of PR | Laughlin Constable Public Relations (LCPR) |
| Kristen Vandaveer Nicholson, APR | Vice President of Public Relations | MHP/Team SI |
| Jeffrey D. Ory, ABC, APR | Loyola University New Orleans | |
| John William Paff, APR | Founder | Fort Wayne Marketing LLC |
| Tony M. Pals | Director of Communications | American Educational Research Association |
| Faye Pantazopoulos | Creative Director | South County Tourism Council |
| Heather Parsons, APR | Public Information Manager | City of Clearwater |
| Christopher A. Perez, APR | Partner | Westbound Communications |
| Carrie Phillips, APR | Chief Communications and Marketing Officer | University of Arkansas at Little Rock |
| Adam Dale Pietrala | Managing Director, North America | The Romans |
| Marsha Pitts-Phillips, APR | Public Relations Consultant | MRPP & Associates Communications, LLC |
| Andrea Poole, APR | Partner | Bellwether Public Relations |
| Daniel Pooley | Managing Partner | FINN PARTNERS |
| Mary J. Prevost | Founder | Prevost Partners |
| Cheryl I. Procter-Rogers, APR, Fellow PRSA | Strategist and Executive Coach | A Step Ahead Consulting and Coaching |
| Paul R. Raab, APR | Senior VP, Partner | Linhart Public Relations |
| Roberta Rewers | Senior Communications Manager | American Planning Association |
| Catherine Marie Jenne Rhebergen, MPA, APR | Communications Manager | 24 Hour Home Care |
| Iris E. Rivera Ortiz, APR, Fellow PRSA | President | Segmentos Public Relations |
| Madeline Roberts, APR | Public Relations Manager | The Peacock Group |
| Courtney L. Robinson, APR | Director, CFO Communications | UKG, Inc. |
| Natasha L. Rogers, APR | Founder and Owner | twelve21 |
| Sarah Sauls, APR | Public Relations Manager | Gresham Smith |
| Kristin Scheithauer, APR | Vice President | Reveille Inc. |
| MacKenzie Elizabeth Seroka, APR | Senior Communications Advisor | 84 Communications |
| Tina Sheesley, APR | Director of PR/Marketing | Adventist HealthCare |
| Hilary Fussell Sisco, Ph.D., APR | Professor | Quinnipiac University |
| Brant Kullen Skogrand, APR | Director of Public Relations | University of St. Thomas |
| Christopher Curtis Sparrer | Principal | Bospar |
| Ivy A. Sprague, APR | Director, Strategic Communications | Hy-Vee, Inc. |
| Joseph Earl Stabb, Ph.D., APR | Assistant Professor of Practice | University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
| Andrew Staub, APR | Communications Manager | BAE Systems Inc. |
| Frances A. Stephenson, APR, Fellow PRSA | Principal | Step In Communication |
| Yvette M. Sterbenk, APR | Associate Professor | Ithaca College |
| Jennifer Strohm, APR | Senior Director, Public Relations & Engagement | Fors Marsh |
| Susan Sugg-Nuccio | Partner | River Communications |
| Philip Tate, APR, Fellow PRSA | President | Philip Tate Strategic Communications, LLC |
| Rashidah Timothy | VP, Media Relations | Dentsu Creative |
| Meredith Topalanchik | Managing Director | G&S Business Communications |
| Rebecca L. Van Gundy, APR | Customer Management Strategy | fnbo |
| Lisa Van Hook, APR | President | The Communications Group, Inc. |
| Teresa C. Veazey | Community Services Representative | City of Wichita |
| Danielle M. Walker, APR | Business Development | Williams |
| Michelle Lynn Washington, APR | Vice President for Communications and Marketing | Hampton Roads Community Foundation |
| Brandi Watkins, APR | Assistant Professor | Auburn University |
| Mark D. Weinstein | Executive Director of Public Relations | Cedarville University |
| Chyresse Lynn Wells, APR | Vice President | Corning Place Communications |
| Laura Wentz | Manager, People Communications | Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation |
| Mindy Wharton, APR | Public Relations Manager | Butterball |
| Erin White Ulvi, APR | Worthington Resource Pantry | |
| Elizabeth Yoste Whittington, APR | Sr. Director, Executive Communications | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital |
| Lauren S. Williams | Senior Communications Manager | Society of Collision Repair Specailists |
| Dennis Wilson, Jr. | Senior Vice President,Strategic Marketing, Northern Region & Ambulatory Ventures | RWJBarnabas Health |
| Christine Diane Wolfe, APR | Messaging Strategist, Writer, Editor | Contractor |
| Valerie R. Wolford, APR | Communications Manager | City of Green, Ohio |
| Andrea Wontor, APR | Public Information Division Manager | Seminole County Government |
| Brooke Worden, APR, Fellow PRSA | Senior Vice President | Padilla |
| Lilly Wyatt, APR | Founder, Principal | SociosPR |
| Russell J. Yost, APR | Associate Vice President for University Marketing and Communications | University of San Diego |
| Pattie Yu, MA | Principal | The Yu Crew, LLC |
| Tracy H. Zampaglione, APR | Public Information Officer | Orange County Corrections |
| Amber R. Zent, APR | Partner/Director of Social Media | Marcus Thomas LLC |
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