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, DEI 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 an early bird deadline 17th December and include loads of categories, so something suitable for everyone. Further afield, but worth keeping an eye on, are the UK Employee Experience Awards (30th January), UK Company Culture Awards (19th February) and Inspiring Workplaces Awards UK & Ireland (25th February), all of which prove to be very popular each year.    

If you are delivering exceptional DEI initiatives, definitely consider a number of awards such as the British LGBTQ+ Awards (31st December) and the refreshed Stonewall Proud Employers Accreditation (also 31st December). Further afield, one the most prestigious rankings has now launched – The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality. While the 6th Feb deadline may seem far away, these require a great deal of planning so you will need to start now. I recommend reading our new guide to everything you need to know about entering the Times Top 50 in 2026. 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 12th December, 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 – ESG Investing Awards (5th December), Mortgage Strategy Awards (12th December), the International Banker Awards (31st December), the Wealth and Asset Management Awards (9th January), and finally the Professional Pensions UK Pensions Awards (23rd January). 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 Muse Creative Awards (regular deadline 11th December), the AVA Digital Awards (18th December), NYX Digital Awards (7th January) and the ever-popular UK Paid Media Awards which closes 22nd January. Also keep an eye out for the Global Eventex Awards (30th January).  

Tech awards

Special mention for this month goes to the technology and computing sectors, and a few awards programmes in particular – an exciting new award the DaVinci Awards for Technology (final deadline 2nd January) and in the world of financial technology, the highly credible The Fintech Awards open until 23rd January. 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.