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

Welcome to our guide to the awards with deadlines coming up in October and November. As we move towards ceremony season there are still plenty of credible award deadlines coming up.    

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 ideal time to get a date in your diary to plan which awards to enter in 2025 – 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 deadline of 23rd October and include loads of categories, so something suitable for everyone. 

Other deadlines to look for include the International Business Excellence Awards (4th October), Inspiring Workplaces – Inspiring Leaders Awards (10th October), International Brilliance Awards (11th October), Great British Workplace Wellbeing Awards (17th October) and the very credible ICS UK Customer Satisfaction Awards (18th October).      

In the world of training keep an eye out for the very well-established Learning Excellence Awards, open until 31st October.  

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: Muse Creative Awards (11th October), NYX Awards (16th October) and finally the Marcom Awards (17th October). 

Financial services and insurance awards

Financial services is a broad umbrella, so always best to check our Financial Services Awards list to find the area you are most interested in. Specific mentions this month include Citywealth Brand Management & Reputation Awards (18th October), The Pensions Age Awards (1st November) and the ever-popular FStech Awards open until 7th November. 

Tech awards

Special mention for this month goes to the technology and computing sectors, and two awards programmes in particular – The Cloud Awards, established since 2011 (and now featuring a very cool fully AI ‘presenter’ in their videos) is open for entries until 18th October, and also consider European Software Testing Awards (TESTAs) open until 2nd October. 

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 rest 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.