Award winners will be notified in early September and honored in October during an Awards Luncheon in NYC.

Eligibility

The Platinum PR Awards are open to all individuals and teams worldwide at for-profit and non-profit organizations including: corporations, PR firms, public affairs and IR agencies, publicity firms, associations, government, and NGO teams, and sole practitioners. Vendors are also eligible to compete on behalf of client.

Eligibility Period

To be eligible, the campaign or PR initiative must have taken place (either in part or in full) between January 1, 2006, and December 31, 2006. Some of the work must have occurred during this time, but it’s not necessary for it to be completed during the eligibility period.

How to Enter

Compiling Your Entry at the beginning of your two-page synopsis, the following information must be listed:

• Category entered
• Title of entry (as it would appear on your award)
• Team members (on campaign)
• Key contact for entry
• Organization submitting entry
• Budget (All budget information is strictly confidential and will not be published w/o expressed permission.)

There are no binder specifications when compiling your entry.

Your Written Entry

Within your two-page synopsis, please describe your campaign or PR initiative using the following sub-headings:

• Objectives
• Strategy
• Tactics
• Execution
• Evaluation of Success/Results/ ROI
  

Supporting materials should show evidence of the success of your work. It can be any of the following: Sales Figures, Brand Media Coverage, Clippings, Photos, CDs, Research Documents, and Testimonials.

What to Send?

• Send three (3) copies of your entry form
• Ten (10) copies of your synopsis
• One (1) set of supporting materials
  
• For the External, Internal and Annual Report publication categories also send five (5) copies of the publication

Deadlines

Deadline: May 11, 2007 (postmarked)
Late Deadline: May 23, 2007 (postmarked)

All entries must be postmarked by Wednesday, May 23, 2007. Entries postmarked between May 12, 2007 and May 23, 2007, please add a $135 late fee per entry.

Where to Send Entry

Lana Zektser, Platinum PR Awards
Access Intelligence, LLC
c/o PR News, 4 Choke Cherry Road, 2nd Floor
Rockville, MD 20850
PR News will not return any entries or supporting materials.

Entry Fees

The price of each primary entry is $260. If you submit the same entry into multiple categories, the additional fee is $130 per category. Late entry surcharge of $135 per entry. Payment in full must accompany the entry. Entry fees are not refundable.