Upcoming award deadlines (in the next two months)

Upcoming award deadlines (in the next two months)

Chris Robinson

MD & Founder, Boost Awards

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 coming up in September and October. There are lots of highly credible awards to look out for as we come out of the quieter summer season. 

As ever, contact our team here at Boost if you need help with your entries or guidance on which awards to enter. It’s a great time to get a date in your diary to plan which awards to enter for the rest of 2025 and into 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‘. 

The King’s Awards for Enterprise has a looming 9th September deadline. These are a beast of an entry so it is probably too late to enter in this cycle if you haven’t already started, but you may find our handy guide to How to Win the King’s Awards for Enterprise useful to prepare for next year, or contact us for a no-obligation chat and to discuss your eligibility and what you need to plan for next year.   

If you are looking for an international general business award, The TITAN Business Awards and TITAN Women in Business Awards both share a final deadline 17th September but will extend and include loads of categories, so something suitable for everyone. 

The Stevie Awards run a number of very well-established awards programmes – so if you are looking for international recognition definitely consider The Stevie® Awards for Women in Business (deadline 5th September).  

Are you running a small business in the UK? Then the Best of United Kingdom Small Business Awards (BASA Awards) are definitely a great choice with an extended 30th September deadline. Also keep an eye out for the behemoth that is The HR Excellence Awards (now helpfully extended until 5th September) and the HR Brilliance Awards (10th October). 

Plenty of credible awards coming up in the world of training. A firm favourite of ours, The Investors in People Awards (29th August but they usually allow a week extension) should be high on your list, as well as the Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence (5th September) and The Learning Awards (12st September) which we have proudly won for ourselves in the past! Also consider the Learning Excellence Awards (31st October). We have a great history of success in this area so do contact us for help with your training and learning entries.      

Customer service awards

A couple of the biggest awards in the calendar are coming up! Keep an eye on the horizon for the ICS UK Customer Satisfaction Awards (17th October) and further afield the CCA Excellence Awards brought to you by the Customer Contact Association and open until 28th November.       

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 – Insurance Times Awards (5th September), Professional Adviser Awards (19th September), Pensions Age Awards (10th October) and the very prestigious Card and Payments Awards this year with 26th September deadline. 

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 Marcom Awards (11th September), Muse Creative Awards (final extension 25th September), Vega Digital Awards (17th September), UK Search Awards open until 18th September, and of course the many categories available at the Drum Awards Festival (likely to extend to 18th September).

Education and Care awards

The Elysian Awards are unique in that they recognise individuals and organisations who create meaningful impact through innovative, person-centred approaches in care, education, enrichment, and community initiatives. If this is an area that you are involved in be sure to enter by 25th September. 

Tech awards

Special mention for this month goes to the technology and computing sectors, and a few awards programmes in particular – the ever-popular Tech Trailblazers Awards (extended to 26th September), National DevOps Awards (19th September), Brandon Hall Group Technology Excellence Awards (12th September), The very credible Cloud Awards (24th October) and an exciting new award in the world of lifestyle and culture, the DaVinci Awards (26th September). 

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 the whole of the year. 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. 


Financial Services

01 Sep Leasing World Going Further Gold Awards
01 Sep World's Best Private Bank Awards (Global Finance)
05 Sep Insurance Times Awards
05 Sep Mortgage Innovation & Technology Awards (MITAs)
MD Financial Reporter Mortgage Industry Marketing Awards
05 Sep IBSi Global FinTech Innovation Awards
05 Sep NACFB Commercial Lender Awards
05 Sep Buy-Side Technology Awards
05 Sep Euromoney Real Estate Awards
05 Sep Citywealth Magic Circle Awards
MD FTF News Technology Innovation Awards
N/A RiskTech100
MD BVCA Vision Awards
10 Sep GlobalData Automotive Europe Awards
10 Sep ICB Global Annual LUCA Awards
12 Sep The Working Capital Awards
N/A The Trade Leaders in Trading
12 Sep IPE European Pension Fund Awards
12 Sep Finance Magnates Awards
12 Sep Global Insurtech Awards
12 Sep Personal Injury Awards
15 Sep Nicsa NOVA Awards
15 Sep Geneva Association Women in Insurance Award
19 Sep Professional Adviser Awards
19 Sep CICM British Credit Awards
Ranking eprivateclient Top Trust Companies
22 Sep Gordon Platt Foreign Exchange Awards (Global Finance)
N/A Private Equity Exchange & Awards
26 Sep Card and Payments Awards
MD Professional Trader Awards
30 Sep Islamic Finance News Service Providers Awards
30 Sep EuropaProperty CEE Investment & Manufacturing Awards
30 Sep Leasing Life European Awards
01 Oct Benzinga Fintech Awards
03 Oct Financial Narrative FN50
03 Oct The ESG & Sustainability Awards
03 Oct TradingTech Insight Awards Europe
~04 Oct Private Equity News Twenty Most Influential in Secondaries
08 Oct The Mortgage Awards from MoneyAge
10 Oct Pensions Age Awards
10 Oct Blockchain Life Awards
10 Oct WealthBriefing Swiss Awards
~11 Oct City AM Dragon Awards
~11 Oct RegTech100
~13 Oct FN Most Influential in Wealth Management
14 Oct Smart Money People Insurance Choice Awards
15 Oct FStech Awards
N/A Professional Pensions Investment Awards
~16 Oct The Compliance Register Platinum Awards
~16 Oct Treasury & Risk Alexander Hamilton Awards
17 Oct Citywealth Brand & Marketing Awards
17 Oct ETF Stream Awards
N/A Investment Week Investment Company of the Year
~18 Oct TMT M&A Awards
~18 Oct Insurance Post European Insurance Technology Awards
N/A Finance Magnates London Summit Awards
22 Oct National Insurance Awards
~23 Oct International Adviser - Global Financial Services Awards
MD Mortgage Strategy Awards
~25 Oct Private Asset Management Awards
~27 Oct FLA ESG Awards
~28 Oct Euromoney Trade Finance Survey
~30 Oct Structured Retail Products SRP Europe Awards
31 Oct PWM Wealth Tech Awards
~31 Oct Institutional Asset Manager Awards
~31 Oct Islamic Retail Banking Awards
~31 Oct TMI Awards for Innovation & Excellence
31 Oct British Later Life Lending Awards

HR & Training

03 Sep OUTstanding LGBT+ Role Models Lists
05 Sep HR Excellence Awards (HR Magazine)
05 Sep Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence
06 Sep National Online Recruitment Awards (NORAs)
08 Sep LGBT Great Inclusion Index Benchmarking Tool (iiBT)
09 Sep Training MVP Awards
10 Sep TrainingIndustry.com Top Learning Management System (LMS)
12 Sep Brandon Hall Excellence in Technology Program
18 Sep Enable Role Model List
21 Sep The Learning Awards
23 Sep Globe of Honour
23 Sep Sword of Honour
26 Sep ERSA Employability Awards
26 Sep RAD Awards (Recruitment Advertising)
28 Sep Paseda360 National Coaching Awards
Ongoing BITC Race at Work Charter Survey
30 Sep Top 50 Inclusive Muslim Employers - Global
30 Sep Trans in the City Awards
30 Sep Humane HR Awards
Ongoing Family Friendly Workplace Certification
Ongoing Inspiring Workplaces - Certified PeopleFirstâ„¢
03 Oct HRO Today Association Awards
08 Oct TrainingIndustry.com Top IT and Technical Training
MD TrainingIndustry.com Top Training Companies
10 Oct Internal Communications Brilliance Awards
Ranking Great Place to Work - World's Best Workplaces
10 Oct HR Brilliance Awards
10 Oct ABP Awards
~13 Oct Recruiter Investing in Talent Awards
13 Oct ATD BEST Awards
Ranking Fortune World's Best Workplaces
~16 Oct Glassdoor's Best Places to Work
17 Oct Brandon Hall Excellence in Action Awards
~18 Oct I&D Impact Awards
~25 Oct Working Mums Top Employer Awards
~25 Oct WM People Top Employer Awards
~30 Oct Recruitment Industry Disability Initiative RIDI Awards
~30 Oct Top 10 Best Places to Work for Black Professionals
31 Oct Learning Excellence Awards

IT & Telecommunications

02 Sep Service Desk Institute SDI Awards
03 Sep OpenUK Awards
04 Sep CSO 30 UK Awards
05 Sep Twilio's AI Startup Searchlight Awards
05 Sep MSP Channel Awards
05 Sep Golden Joystick Awards
MD Forrester Awards
08 Sep FT Reinvention Champions
12 Sep Glotel Awards
12 Sep Brandon Hall Excellence in Technology Program
12 Sep WorkTech Awards
12 Sep Better Satellite World Awards
14 Sep Capgemini Nordic Sustainability Tech Awards
15 Sep TYPO3 Awards
MD WP Awards (WordPress)
16 Sep IoT Edge Computing Excellence Award
17 Sep VEGA Digital Awards
19 Sep National DevOps Awards
19 Sep ECOC Exhibition Industry Awards
19 Sep CEO and Leadership - Tech Ascension Awards
19 Sep DCD Data Center Industry Global Awards
26 Sep Tech Trailblazers Awards
27 Sep MobileWebAwards
~01 Oct Europas - The European Tech Startup Awards
~01 Oct Equals in Tech Awards
MD Inavation Awards
03 Oct Fintech - Tech Ascension Awards
03 Oct Red Hat Innovation Awards
~03 Oct Digital Leaders DL100 Awards
03 Oct IoT Breakthrough Awards
~04 Oct Global OPEX and Business Transformation Awards
~04 Oct Omdia Innovation Awards
~06 Oct Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards
~08 Oct IT Pro Day Awards
09 Oct European Software Testing Awards
N/A Women in Software Awards
10 Oct ESPC Inspire Awards
~11 Oct UC Leaders Awards
~11 Oct Adobe Experience Maker Awards
15 Oct FStech Awards
~15 Oct DAIR Awards
~18 Oct DevOps Dozen Awards
~21 Oct EU Public Services Open Source Achievement Awards (OSOR Awards)
21 Oct IoT Evolution IoT Platforms Leadership Award
~21 Oct Cyberjutsu Awards
22 Oct NY Digital Awards
~23 Oct Big DATAwire Readers' Choice Awards
~24 Oct Digital Engineering Awards
24 Oct Future Digital Awards - Telco Innovation
24 Oct The Cloud Awards
~25 Oct TechWorks Awards
~27 Oct App Growth Awards
~30 Oct Telecom Review Excellence Awards
~30 Oct Industry Insights IoT Awards
~30 Oct Beijing ITEC Global Entrepreneurship Competition - EU&UK

Marketing PR Events & Advertising

03 Sep Young Arrows Awards
05 Sep The Drum Chip Shop Awards
05 Sep Immortal Awards
09 Sep HSMAI Adrian Awards
10 Sep Effie Awards Europe
10 Sep NYX Awards
11 Sep MarCom Awards
12 Sep PR & Marketing Excellence Awards
12 Sep Search Engine Land Awards
12 Sep Shorty Impact Awards
17 Sep VEGA Digital Awards
17 Sep Event Marketer Watchlist
17 Sep LIT Music Awards
18 Sep The Drum Awards for Social Purpose
18 Sep The Drum Awards for PR
18 Sep The Drum Awards for B2B
18 Sep European Agency Awards
18 Sep The Drum Awards for Search
18 Sep IAB MIXX Awards Europe
18 Sep The Drum Awards for Out of Home
18 Sep The Drum Awards for Content
18 Sep UK Search Awards
18 Sep The Drum Awards for Digital Advertising
18 Sep The Drum Awards for Agency Business
18 Sep The Drum Awards for Social Media
18 Sep The Drum Awards for Experiential
18 Sep The Drum Awards for Media
19 Sep Lens Awards
19 Sep Anthem Awards
19 Sep International Content Marketing Awards
19 Sep Meta Agency Awards
19 Sep Field Marketing and Brand Experience FMBE Awards
19 Sep Lovie Awards
19 Sep Data & Marketing Association DMA Awards
20 Sep Armenia Digital Awards
22 Sep European Excellence Awards (PR)
24 Sep TikiTok Ad Awards
24 Sep TikTok Ad Awards
25 Sep MUSE Creative Awards
26 Sep Ragan's Employee Communications Awards
26 Sep Lisbon International Advertising Festival Group
26 Sep Diversity in Advertising Award
29 Sep Blooloop Innovation Awards
29 Sep Communications and Digital Experience Awards (Digital Internal Communications Awards)
29 Sep National Outdoor Events Association NOEA Awards
30 Sep Creative Communication Award (C2A)
30 Sep Digital Signage Awards
30 Sep Bea World Best Event Awards
30 Sep British Agency Award
MD Communication Arts Awards
03 Oct Ragan's Top Places to Work in Communications
03 Oct Event Supplier & Services Association ESSA Awards
03 Oct Clio Music Awards
03 Oct EDPA Awards
04 Oct Epica Awards
~05 Oct MEFA Diversity and Inclusion Awards
~06 Oct Radio Advert Awards
~06 Oct Internationalist Awards for Innovative Digital Solutions
09 Oct Access All Areas Awards
N/A PwC Building Public Trust Awards
10 Oct The LIVE Awards
10 Oct Marketing and PR Brilliance Awards
10 Oct Internal Communications Brilliance Awards
~13 Oct Drone Show Competition
16 Oct Production Futures Breakthrough Talent Awards
16 Oct Eurobest Awards
~17 Oct Mad Over Marketing OOHwards
17 Oct SMARTIES EMEA (Mobile Marketing Association MMA)
~18 Oct Exhibition News EN Marketing Awards
~18 Oct Top Women in Marketing Awards
~21 Oct Audio Ad of the Year Award
22 Oct NY Digital Awards
~22 Oct TPi Awards
~23 Oct SMARTIES UK (Mobile Marketing Association MMA)
~23 Oct Digital Culture Awards
24 Oct Campaign Big Global Awards
N/A MediaPost Agency of the Year
~27 Oct PRNEWS Impact Communications Awards
~30 Oct The Newsworks Awards
~30 Oct The UnAwards
31 Oct Experience Design Awards
31 Oct European Sponsorship Association ESA Excellence Awards

Retail & Consumer Goods

01 Sep RN 30 Under Thirty
01 Sep Harpers Design Awards (Drinks Industry)
03 Sep Pet Industry Federation Awards
MD International Chocolate Awards
05 Sep World Coffee Innovation Awards
05 Sep Food & Drink Exporters Association FDEA Export Awards
05 Sep National Pizza Awards
06 Sep ISPO Awards
10 Sep Professional Beauty Awards
12 Sep Food Manufacture Excellence Awards
12 Sep Glossy Fashion & Luxury Awards
12 Sep Professional Beauty & Hair Ireland - Beauty, Hair and Spa Awards
N/A Gama Innovation Awards
15 Sep The Convenience Awards
16 Sep World Cheese Awards
16 Sep The Drinks Business Green Awards
16 Sep Global Makeup Awards
19 Sep Retail Technology Innovation Hub - RTIH Innovation Awards
19 Sep Free From Christmas Awards
19 Sep Direct Commerce Awards
24 Sep World Gin Awards
26 Sep The Academy of Chocolate Awards
26 Sep Farm Shop & Deli Retailer Awards
26 Sep The DaVinci Awards® - Lifestyle & Culture Awards
30 Sep Asian Curry Awards
30 Sep Society of Food Hygiene & Technology SOFHT Awards
N/A Takeaway Innovation Awards
01 Oct Get The Gloss Beauty Awards
~04 Oct Growing Further Awards
~04 Oct Good Food Awards
06 Oct Retail Week Awards
07 Oct Beauty Shortlist & Wellbeing Awards
13 Oct Drapers 30 Under 30
13 Oct Veggie Awards
~13 Oct Mens Fitness Nutrition Awards
Biennial Free From Gift Awards
~16 Oct European Private Label Awards
~16 Oct Tabletop Awards
17 Oct Drapers Conscious Fashion Awards
17 Oct Digiday Modern Retail Awards
~18 Oct Service Dealer Awards
~21 Oct World Beverage Innovation Awards
~23 Oct Toy of the Year Awards (TOTY)
MD International Taste Institute Superior Taste Awards
28 Oct World Plant-Based Taste Awards
~30 Oct Brand Innovation in Grocery Awards
~31 Oct Fry Awards

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