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 July and August. While the number of awards deadlines starts to calm slightly after busy June, there is still plenty of credible recognition to be gained.

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 – 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 opened recently for 2026 – while the 9th September deadline may seem far afield, these are a beast of an entry so you need to start now. We have a handy guide to How to Win the King’s Awards for Enterprise that you should definitely read and importantly, an unrivalled 56 winning entries for our clients. Our capacity is already filling up fast for these so contact us today for a no-obligation chat and to discuss your eligibility.   

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 2nd July 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 some of the following with deadlines fast approaching – The Stevie® Awards for Great Employers (2nd July),  The International Business Awards (final deadline 24th July) and The Stevie® Awards for Women in Business (deadline 20th August).  

Other deadlines to look for include the Business Culture Awards which are superbly organised and very credible (final deadline 4th July) and further afield The UK Business Awards (29th August). Running a small business in the UK? Then the Best of United Kingdom Small Business Awards (BASA Awards) are definitely a great choice with 20th August deadline. Also keep an eye out for the behemoth that is The HR Excellence Awards (1st August) – let us know if you want help with your entry as we are very experienced and successful entering these.        

Customer service awards

Lots of the biggest awards in the calendar are coming up! Lets try and mention the main ones – Engage Awards (14th July) uniquely cover both customer and employee experience; the snappily-named European Contact Centre & Customer Service Awards (ECCCSAs) (18th July); save money on your entry with an early-bird discount by entering the International Customer Experience Awards by 25th July; and finally the UKCCF National Contact Centre Awards which closes 1st August.     

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 – Payments Awards (11th July), Insurance Asset Management Awards (18th July) and the very prestigious Card and Payments Awards further afield 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: Muse Creative Awards (10th July), Vega Digital Awards (23rd July), the Campaign Big Awards open until 24th July, and further afield the many categories available at the Drum Awards Festival (4th September).    

Sustainability awards

Firstly, I recommend reading our guide to all the Sustainability Awards you should enter throughout the year, but in the short term definitely consider the Green Apple Awards For Environmental Best Practice, open until 31st July every year.   

Tech awards

Special mention for this month goes to the technology and computing sectors, and a few awards programmes in particular – the DotCOMM Awards (17th July), The Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence (9th July), The A.I. Awards (18th July), the UK IT Industry Awards (27th June) and an exciting new award in the world of product design and innovation, the DaVinci Awards (extended until 11th July). 

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.