GWA 2021: Categories

For the 37 categories Agency and In-house are judged separately with separate awards.

Agencies may not submit In-house entries.

1. Arts and entertainment

For a PR campaign in arts or entertainment.

2. Business-to-business

For a business-to-business PR campaign.

3. Climate Change and ESG

For a PR campaign addressing climate change or environmental, social, and corporate governance.

4. Communication research

For research conducted for the development of business or communication strategies.

5. Community engagement

For a PR campaign that helped engage a community in some specific way.

6. Community relations

For a community relations campaign.

7. Consumer PR for an existing product

For creative PR activities around a consumer product.

8. Consumer PR for an existing service

For creative PR activities around a consumer service.

9. Corporate communications

For excellence in enhancing a company’s reputation through communications.

10. Corporate responsibility

For a PR campaign demonstrating excellence in corporate social responsibility.

11. Country, region and city

For a PR campaign to promote a country, a region or a city.

12. Crisis communications online

For excellence in the use of social media during a crisis.

13. Crisis management

For excellent communications management during a crisis.

14. Digital creativity

For a purely digital PR campaign showing creativity in its use of the digital world.

15. Environmental

For a PR campaign on an environmental or ecological issue.

16. Event management

For the planning and delivery of a successful event with a PR dimension.

17. Financial services and investor relations

For use of PR for a financial product or service or in investor relations.

18. Food and beverage

For a PR campaign to promote a new or existing food or beverage.

19. Gaming and virtual reality

For a PR campaign that launched a development in the gaming or VR industry.

20. Healthcare

For a PR campaign in the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry.

21. Influencer management

For a PR campaign that made use of identified influencers beyond traditional media.

22. Integration of traditional and new media

For the creative integration of traditional and social media in a PR campaign.

23. Internal communications

For a creative internal communications campaign that engaged personnel.

24. International campaign

For a coordinated PR campaign in more than one country.

25. Launch of a new product

For creative PR activities around the launch of a product.

26. Launch of a new service

For creative PR activities around the launch of a service.

27. Media relations

For a PR campaign which showed impressive media reach.

28. NGO campaign

For a PR campaign by a charity or non-governmental organisation.

29. PR on a shoestring

For a creative PR campaign on a small budget.

30. Public affairs

For lobbying that influenced or changed public policy.

31. Publications

For a creative PR publication in print or electronic format.

32. Public sector

For creative use of PR by a public sector body.

33. Reputation and brand management

For the creative positioning of a company image or brand.

34. Social media

For a PR campaign demonstrating imaginative use of social media.

35. Sponsorship

For a PR campaign that promoted awareness of sponsorship of an event or activity.

36. Sport

For a PR campaign to promote a sport for itself or to a community.

37. Technology

For a creative PR campaign in the technology sector.

38. Travel and tourism

For a PR campaign in the transport, travel, hotel or tourism industries.


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