Award deadlines coming up (scroll down below text for a list of awards organised by industry) 

Welcome to our handy guide to awards with deadlines from now until the end of the year and a bit beyond. There are still plenty of highly respected awards to watch for as awards ceremony season enters full swing. 

As ever, contact our team here at Boost if you need help with your entries or guidance on which awards to enter. It’s the perfect time to get a date in your diary to plan which awards to enter for 2026 – our amazing in-depth awards planning sessions are a great way to get teams together from across your organisation to identify which are your strongest stories. We can then match them to awards that would provide most benefit to you. Okay, let’s get started with the awards to look out for coming up..

Employer awards, business awards, leadership awards, HR awards and training awards

For a more comprehensive overview, please read our guides to ‘Great Employer Awards‘, ‘Which are the best HR Awards to enter?’ and ‘Diversity and Inclusion awards‘. 

If you are looking for an international general business award, The TITAN Business Awards and TITAN Women in Business Awards both share a final extended deadline 5th November and include loads of categories, so something suitable for everyone. Further afield, but one to keep an eye on, are the Women’s Business Awards – open to international entry until 30th November and run by the renowned Women’s Business Club.  

For a credible but winnable award, consider the HR Brilliance Awards (17th November) or their sister awards, Business Brilliance Awards or International Brilliance Awards, which all share the same deadline, as does the Big Awards for Business, which is US-based but open to global entry.    

If you are delivering exceptional DEI initiatives, definitely consider a number of awards such as the British Diversity Awards (28th November), British LGBTQ+ Awards (31st December) and the refreshed Stonewall Proud Employers Accreditation (also 31st December). We have a great history of success helping organisations in this area so do contact us for help with your DEI entries.      

Customer service awards

A couple of the biggest awards in the calendar are coming up! Keep an eye on the horizon for the CCA Excellence Awards, brought to you by the Customer Contact Association and open until 28th November, and further afield the recently launched Stevie Awards for Sales and Customer Service (14th January).        

Finance awards 

The world of financial services is a broad umbrella, but here are a few to keep an eye out for in the coming months – Euromoney Global Private Banking Awards (7th November), Modern Claims Awards (21st November), Real Deals Private Equity Awards (28th November) and the International Banker Awards (31st December). We help many of the biggest names in global finance to win awards. Contact us today to see how we can help you get a competitive edge.     

Marketing, events and PR awards

There are a large number of credible marketing and creative awards that have launched, so I won’t mention them all, but some that focus on particular areas of digital marketing that should be on your radar include: the long-established Transform Awards Europe (7th November), the Vega Digital Awards (19th November), Muse Creative Awards (regular deadline 11th December), the AVA Digital Awards (18th December) and the ever-popular UK Paid Media Awards which closes 22nd January. 

Tech awards

Special mention for this month goes to the technology and computing sectors, and a few awards programmes in particular – the very credible Cloud Awards (7th November) and an exciting new award the DaVinci Awards for Technology (12th December). Another important award in the sector is open, The Computing AI and Software Development Awards – the deadline being 23rd January. 

Hopefully these highlights will provide insights to help you plan which awards to enter. Below you will find all the awards with deadlines occurring within the next two months, organised by industry sector. Remember, do please contact Boost if you need a helping hand entering any of these – our in-house team of experienced award writers have won over 2,000 awards, and can increase your chances of a win significantly. Now is a great time to get a planning session arranged so you can develop your awards strategy for 2026. Our unique cloud-based planner technology and tech infrastructure sets us apart from hiring a freelance writer or completing your awards in-house – contact us today for a no-obligation chat and develop your awards strategy.

You can also sign up for our email deadline reminder service, so that the next two months of deadlines arrive in your inbox – completely free of charge. Handy, I think you will agree!  

Best of luck winning some awards! 

Chris.