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 October and November. There are lots of highly credible awards to look out for as we welcome autumn and enter awards ceremony 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‘. 

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 22nd October 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 (10th October) or their sister award, Business Brilliance Awards which shares the same deadline, as does the Big Awards for Business which is US-based but open to global entry.    

If you are delivering exceptional training initiatives, definitely 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 – Pensions Age Awards (10th October), Professional Pensions Investment Awards (15th October), FStech Awards (15th Oct) and the very prestigious PWM Wealth Tech Awards, this year with 31st October 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 (16th October), Muse Creative Awards (final extension 30th September but they will extend), Campaign Big Global Awards (24th October) and the Vega Digital Awards (29th October). 

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 (24th October) and an exciting new award in the world of lifestyle and culture, the DaVinci Awards (10th October) Another important award in the sector is open, the Sustainability in Tech Awards by CRN – the deadline being 7th November. 

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.