Call for Entries Deadline: Feb. 13, 2026

PR Daily’s Content Marketing Awards honor the most innovative, strategic and impactful work in the industry today. This is your opportunity to showcase the content that moved audiences, elevated your brand and delivered measurable results.

Whether you produce articles, videos, podcasts, reports or integrated campaigns, this program celebrates the teams and creators who set new standards for excellence. We’re looking for work that blends creativity with purpose and proves the power of world-class content marketing.

Winning a Content Marketing Award earns more than a trophy, it provides recognition, credibility and visibility across PR Daily’s global audience. By entering, you position your brand and your team among the industry’s most influential storytellers, strategists and innovators.

If you’ve created content that inspired action, built community, strengthened trust or drove growth, now is the time to show it off. Submit your best work and let your results speak for themselves in the premier content marketing awards program.

CATEGORIES

CONTENT MARKETING CATEGORIES

 Annual Report

Recognizes annual reports that transform required disclosures into compelling storytelling. Show how you informed, engaged and built trust with stakeholders through clear narratives, strong visuals and strategic content presentation.

 Article Series

Honors multi‑part article series that demonstrate cohesive storytelling, editorial excellence and sustained audience engagement. Highlight how each installment advanced the narrative and delivered measurable impact.

 Artificial Intelligence - Use of

Celebrates innovative use of AI to enhance content creation, targeting, optimization or audience insights. Share how AI elevated your strategy without sacrificing creativity, accuracy or authenticity.

 B2B Campaign

Recognizes content marketing that effectively targeted business audiences, clarified value propositions and influenced decision-making. Demonstrate how you reached the right stakeholders and drove measurable business outcomes.

 B2C Campaign

Honors consumer-facing content that broke through a crowded marketplace with compelling storytelling and clear relevance. Show how you connected with consumers, activated interest and inspired action.

 Brand Awareness

Celebrates efforts that expanded visibility, recognition and affinity for a brand. Highlight your strategic approach, creative execution and success in elevating your brand’s presence.

 Brand Journalism/Online Newsroom

Recognizes editorially driven storytelling that positions your organization as a credible, compelling source of news and insights. Showcase high-performing articles, newsroom strategy and audience impact.

 Branded Content Series (Print or Digital) – B2B

Honors B2B content series that deliver value through repeated engagement. Show how the series educated, inspired or equipped business audiences while reinforcing your brand’s expertise.

 Branded Content Series (Print or Digital) – Consumer

Recognizes consumer-focused content series that built anticipation and loyalty through serialized storytelling. Demonstrate creativity, consistency and measurable audience response.

 Branded Content Site

Celebrates content-rich websites designed to educate, inform or entertain. Highlight UX, editorial strategy, performance metrics and how the site advanced broader marketing goals.

 Branded Podcast

Honors branded podcasts that engaged listeners through strong editorial structure, consistent delivery and meaningful storytelling. Share your creative approach and listener impact.

 Campaign for Educational Institution

Recognizes content marketing for schools, universities and educational organizations that boosted engagement, enrollment, awareness or community connection through thoughtful storytelling.

 Community Building Campaign/Program

Celebrates campaigns that fostered meaningful community interaction, loyalty and participation. Show how you activated your audience, encouraged contributions and strengthened long-term relationships.

 Content Distribution Strategy

Honors strategic distribution efforts that expanded reach and ensured your content met audiences where they are. Highlight channel selection, amplification tactics and performance results.

 Corporate Blog

Recognizes blogs that inform, educate or entertain while advancing brand goals. Showcase editorial planning, writing quality, visual elements and measurable impact on engagement or traffic.

 Crisis Management

Honors content strategies that helped organizations navigate challenging moments with clarity and transparency. Show how your content mitigated risk, rebuilt trust or strengthened reputation.

 CSR Report

Celebrates CSR reports that clearly communicate organizational impact, responsibility and sustainability. Highlight storytelling, data presentation, transparency and audience engagement.

 Digital/Social Commerce Content

Recognizes content designed to drive in‑platform or digital commerce, including shoppable media, product storytelling and conversion‑focused content. Demonstrate strategy, creativity and sales impact.

 Editorial Strategy

Honors editorial frameworks that align content with brand goals and audience needs. Showcase planning, voice consistency, narrative cohesion and measurable outcomes.

 Employee Engagement

Recognizes internal content that informed, inspired and connected employees. Highlight your strategy, channels, storytelling approach and impact on workforce sentiment or participation.

 E-Newsletter

Celebrates newsletters that deliver ongoing value through strong curation, editorial voice and measurable engagement. Show how your newsletter built readership and strengthened relationships.

 ESG Report

Honors ESG reports that translate complex environmental, social and governance efforts into accessible storytelling and clear data. Highlight transparency, creativity and stakeholder reception.

 Event (Live or Virtual)

Recognizes events that used content to deliver memorable, high‑value experiences. Show how your event engaged audiences, advanced your message and extended its impact.

 Executive Communications

Celebrates content that elevated executive visibility and thought leadership. Highlight storytelling, message clarity, stakeholder relevance and overall influence.

 Healthcare Campaign

Honors content marketing efforts that communicated complex or sensitive healthcare information with clarity, empathy and credibility. Showcase strategy, creative elements and measurable outcomes.

 Influencer Marketing Campaign

Recognizes campaigns that used influencers strategically to extend reach and credibility. Highlight influencer selection, collaboration, content performance and audience impact.

 Infographic (One-Off)

Honors a single infographic that uses design and data storytelling to simplify complex information and engage audiences. Demonstrate clarity, creativity and performance.

 Infographic Series

Recognizes multi‑part infographic series that maintain visual consistency and deliver ongoing value. Highlight narrative progression, design excellence and audience engagement.

 Innovative Use of Content

Celebrates fresh, boundary‑pushing uses of content that challenge conventions. Show how your team broke new ground in format, storytelling, interactivity or channel use.

 Integrated Content Marketing Campaign

Honors campaigns that delivered unified messaging across multiple platforms and formats. Highlight strategic cohesion, cross-channel execution and measurable results.

 Lead Generation

Recognizes content designed to attract, educate and convert prospects. Show how your content strategy generated high‑value leads and supported pipeline growth.

 Long-Form Video

Celebrates extended video storytelling marked by depth, emotional impact and strong narrative structure. Highlight your approach and key performance indicators.

 Media Relations Campaign

Honors content‑driven media outreach that secured meaningful coverage. Showcase your media strategy, storytelling approach and the quality of placements.

 Microsite

Recognizes focused digital destinations built to support a theme, product or initiative. Highlight UX, design, storytelling and performance metrics.

 Multiplatform/Omnichannel Content

Celebrates content delivered seamlessly across channels for maximum reach and consistency. Highlight channel selection, creative adaptation and results.

 Overall Use of Video

Honors innovative and effective use of video as a primary storytelling medium. Show creativity, execution and audience engagement across formats.

 Product Launch

Recognizes content strategies that introduced a new product with impact. Highlight creative storytelling, multi-channel execution and measurable outcomes.

 Public Health Campaign

Honors campaigns that improved awareness, education or behavior related to public health. Showcase strategy, clarity, sensitivity and results.

 Publication (Print or Digital)

Recognizes publications that demonstrate editorial quality, thoughtful layout and strong visual storytelling. Highlight your planning, execution and audience response.

 Purpose-Driven Campaign

Celebrates campaigns aligned with meaningful causes, values or missions. Show how your content inspired action or strengthened audience connection.

 Short-Form Video

Honors short‑form video that delivers clear, compelling stories in concise formats. Highlight creativity, pacing, platform strategy and results.

 Talent Recruitment or Retention

Recognizes content used to attract or retain employees. Showcase storytelling that reflects culture, opportunity and authenticity.

 Technology Campaign

Celebrates content marketing in tech that simplified complex offerings and inspired interest. Highlight creative explanation, strategy and measurable success.

 Thought Leadership Campaign

Honors content that positions your organization or leaders as authoritative voices. Showcase insights, storytelling, credibility and influence.

 Travel, Hospitality and Tourism Campaign

Recognizes content that inspired exploration and bookings through rich storytelling and clear value. Highlight creative approach and measurable outcomes.

 Use of Illustration or Animated Design

Honors campaigns leveraging illustration or animation to simplify ideas, enhance storytelling or create memorable visuals. Show craft, creativity and impact.

 Use of Photography

Celebrates photography that captured powerful moments and elevated content quality. Highlight visual approach, intention and results.

 Use of Research/Surveys

Recognizes content built on strong research or survey insights. Show how data strengthened your narrative and drove engagement.

 Use of SEO

Honors content optimized for discoverability and organic growth. Highlight strategy, keyword approach and measurable search performance.

 Use of Social Media

Celebrates campaigns that used social platforms strategically to extend reach, build community or drive action. Highlight creative execution and results.

 Use of White Paper/Special Report

Recognizes long‑form content designed to educate audiences and establish authority. Showcase research quality, structure, clarity and outcomes.

 User-Generated Content

Honors campaigns that activated audience contributions to build authenticity and reach. Highlight participation, creativity and impact.

 Video Series

Recognizes video series with strong narrative cohesion, consistent quality and measurable engagement across episodes.

AWARDS OF DISTINCTION

 Agency of the Year

Honors agencies that delivered exceptional content marketing results across clients, showcasing creativity, strategy and measurable success.

 Campaign of the Year

Recognizes the year’s most outstanding content marketing campaign, excelling in strategy, execution, creativity and impact.

 Strategy of the Year

Celebrates content strategies that guided successful, multi‑channel storytelling and delivered measurable business value.

 Team of the Year

Honors in‑house teams that demonstrated excellence in collaboration, creativity and execution across their content marketing efforts.

HOW TO ENTER

All entries must be submitted through the online entry form. You’ll be prompted to select:

  • The category or categories in which you’d like to enter.
  • Complete a brief entry summary
  • And upload supporting materials, such as visuals, analytics, press coverage or links to your work.
  • Once submitted, you’ll receive confirmation and further details about judging and announcements.

Download the Entry Kit for all the details you’ll need to complete a successful entry.

ENTER

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

These awards are open to in-house, agency and independent communication practitioners in the private, corporate, nonprofit and government sectors. Enter your work, the work of your organization or submit entries on behalf of your client.

Companies from around the world are welcome to enter as long as the entry is submitted in English.

Contact Brendan Gannon to find the perfect category for your campaign or project. You can email him at [email protected] or call 312-960-4407.

This year’s program is open to any work executed between Feb. 1, 2025, and Feb. 20, 2026, inclusive.

ENTRY FEES

The fee for this program is $550 per standard category entry, and $600 per Awards of Distinction category entry.

A late fee of $325 per entry will be added to all entries received after 11:59 p.m. Central time, Feb. 13, 2026.

Do you have a campaign, project, individual or team you'd like to enter into multiple categories? Pay the original entry fee, and then only $250 for each additional category!

All entries are non-returnable and non-refundable.

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Frequently Asked Questions

WHY SHOULD I APPLY?

The PR Daily Social Media & Digital Awards spotlight the campaigns, teams and leaders transforming how brands engage online. Winners earn wide recognition across PR Daily and Ragan platforms, a custom winner profile showcasing their achievement, a prestigious trophy that validates creativity and results and lasting visibility among peers, clients and industry influencers.

WHO CAN ENTER THESE AWARDS?

Entries are open to organizations, agencies and individuals worldwide. The program welcomes in-house communications teams, PR and marketing agencies, independent practitioners and vendors across corporate, nonprofit and government sectors. All entries must be submitted in English.

CAN I ENTER TWO OR MORE CATEGORIES?

Yes! You’re encouraged to enter multiple categories. Each submission is judged separately, and discounted pricing applies to your second entry and beyond, increasing your opportunities for recognition across multiple areas of excellence.

WHAT DO THE JUDGES LOOK FOR IN ENTRIES?

Judges seek bold, creative and results-driven social and digital work that demonstrates strategic thinking and measurable impact. Strong entries clearly define goals, showcase originality, provide metrics that demonstrate success and include supporting materials such as videos, visuals, analytics or creative assets. Review past PR Daily award winners to see what earns top honors.

WHY ARE SOME DEADLINES EXTENDED?

Deadlines may be extended to accommodate participant demand and align with promotional opportunities, ensuring all deserving work has a chance to be submitted.

WHEN WILL I FIND OUT RESULTS?

All entrants will be notified of their status approximately three months after the final entry deadline. Winners and finalists will be announced and celebrated at a live industry event in June 2026.

Additional Questions

If you have any questions about the program or problems submitting your entry, please email Brendan Gannon at [email protected].

Sponsorship Opportunities

If you are interested in sponsoring one of Ragan Communications’ award programs, please contact Morgan Einspanier at [email protected]. 

 

Ragan Communications is not responsible for international shipping fees related to trophies or certificates.