Who Can Enter?
*Submissions for the 2022 PRestige Awards is now closed. Stay tuned for an announcement in June about this year’s winners.
All CPRS Vancouver members and associates, as well non-members in the Greater Vancouver and surrounding area, are eligible for the PRestige Awards. Each campaign or project submitted must be planned, produced and completed within a period of two years prior to the entry deadline. The entrant must have executed or directly managed the project submitted. In 2022, one prize will be awarded in each of the four categories.
Deadlines
2022 program now closed.
Entry Fees
EARLY-BIRD DEADLINE: April 17, 2022
CPRS Members: $175 + tax
Non-members: $225 + tax
Student Members: $75 + tax
Student non-members: $95 + tax
REGULAR DEADLINE: May 23, 2022
CPRS Members: $195 + tax
Non-Members: $295 + tax
Student Members: $100+ tax
Student non-members: $150+ tax
Entry Categories
One top prize will be awarded in each category. Any project, including regular communications or those focussed on COVID-19, may be submitted for consideration. Check out our tips for submitting an award-winning entry.
The 2022 categories are:
Recognizes exemplary digital campaigns or projects that successfully engage with target audiences to create engaged communities, launch/raise awareness of products, or manage issues and/or crisis. The project uses digital, multi-media or social media to help achieve an organization’s objectives including but not limited to the use of websites, intranet sites, blogs, webcasts, online productions, videos, podcasts, discussion boards, and social media channels. The summary should include a rationale for the use of digital and social media, targeted audiences and statistics or other means of quantifiable measurement that meet stated objectives. Screen downloads of the medium being entered as well as the URL must be submitted as part of the entry.
This category celebrates programs focused on internal audiences. The winner will have improved relationships between employees and management or its clients, by providing a better understanding of the organization’s strategic plan and/or the importance of their role within the organization. Projects may also be focused on human resources-related objectives or benefit communications.
Campaigns submitted to this category should demonstrate the use of cross-channel integration, e.g. digital, traditional and/or social media, to achieve an organization’s communications objectives. Submissions should include a rationale for the channels used, targeted audiences and statistics or other means of quantifiable measurement that meet the stated objectives.
This category celebrates excellence in media relations on a limited to moderate budget. For consideration, media relations programs should exhibit improvement of an organization’s media profile measured against desired objectives, the adept management of issues involving media coverage, or the development of a successful media relations campaign. Eligible campaigns must have a total spend of under $50,000 CAD.
Submissions now closed.