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 July, August and beyond. It is arguably still ‘busy season’ in the world of business awards so this is the perfect time to get the recognition you deserve!     

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 this year – 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 this summer…

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‘. 

Now in their 21st year, The International Business Awards® (aka ‘International Stevies’) features literally hundreds of categories across all industries, with bronze, silver and gold awarded for each, so a really great opportunity to gain some global recognition – enter before the 17th July deadline. 

If you are looking for an international general business award, The TITAN Business Awards and TITAN Women in Business Awards both share a regular deadline of 17th July and include loads of categories, so something for everyone and entering now will save you significant amounts on entry fees. 

The UK Excellence Awards, successfully run by the British Quality Foundation for many years, are in fact open to the world’s most ambitious entrepreneurs and not just those in the UK. Super credible and now open until 31st July. 

One of the most prestigious awards of them all, The King’s Awards for Enterprise are open until 12th September. The entry process is complex and time-consuming so you need to start now in preparation. Read our guide to everything you need to know before entering or contact us today for help with your entry – we have won an unrivalled 52 King’s Awards for our clients. 

Other deadlines for great employer awards and HR coming up include The Stevie Awards for Great Employers (19th July), HR Excellence Awards (12th August) The Stevie® Awards for Women in Business (21st August) and the highly prestigious Investors in People Awards by City and Guilds which are now open until 30th August.  

Other awards in this space to look out for include – Business Culture Awards (5th July), Inclusive Awards (15th July) Top Employers for Working Families Benchmark (31st July) and Inclusive Top 50 Employers open until 14th August. Or if you are providing an excellent customer experience consider the highly credible European Contact Centre & Customer Service Awards.     

In the world of training keep an eye out for the very well-established Learning Technologies Awards (26th July) and TrainingIndustry.com Top Learning Management Systems (LMS) (28th August). 

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 July regular deadline), NYX Awards (7th August) and finally the The Drum Awards Festival (which incorporates multiple Drum Awards under one umbrella) until 31st July. 

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 COVER Excellence Award (19th July) and Insurance Times Awards (9th August) and the Banking Tech Awards (9th August).

Tech awards

Special mention for this month goes to the technology and computing sectors, and three awards programmes in particular – The A.I. Awards, which celebrates the brightest and best in artificial intelligence. Open to organisations across the globe and increasingly relevant as the explosion in AI development continues at pace (deadline 19th July). A few days later (24th July) is the extended deadline for the newly established Stevie® Awards for Technology Excellence – a great new addition to the well-established family of Stevie Awards. Featuring hundreds of categories across all aspects of technology, these global awards are sure to be popular and provide credible recognition for individuals, team and organisations. Final mention in the world of tech – look out for the Dotcomm Awards (18th July) which celebrates all the tools and creativity of the online world we live in.   

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.