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Awards open in February 2026
One month into the New Year, and we're moving into the month of love, February.
We can put those January blues behind us, and start entering awards (if you haven't already!) as the awards season starts to slowly ramp up.
February is also a good time to review the remainder of the financial year's budget and prioritise where to spend, and plan where to invest our time and money for the next financial year.
Those businesses with a strategic awards plan will be well underway, but if you haven't yet managed to create your own – don't worry, there is still time!
We've hand-picked a couple of awards open now to add into your awards strategy. Take a look, and explore those that fit your business and goals:
Awards to enter now
The American Business Awards
The American Business Awards are the premier business awards programme in the U.S.A. All organisations – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small – may submit nominations.
Stevie Award judges include many of the world's most respected executives, entrepreneurs, innovators, and business educators. More than 1,000 professionals worldwide participate in the Stevie Award judging process each year. All Stevie Awards entrants have access to all judges' comments about their nominations.
Deadline: 4th March 2026
The Change Awards
The Change Awards is an annual, global awards programme that honours the best examples of change leadership and innovation across different sectors.
The awards recognise the people, teams and organisations that have made a significant difference in driving and facilitating change in their contexts. They are open to entries from individuals and organisations.
Deadline: 14th March 2026
The Marketing Society Awards
The Marketing Society Awards are one of the longest-running marketing awards and champion the transformative power of marketing to drive business growth and positive societal change.
For four decades, these prestigious awards have showcased how strategic marketing excellence delivers measurable impact across businesses, brands, and communities, they prove why marketing matters. The Awards recognise outstanding achievements in marketing leadership, creativity, and innovation. They provide compelling evidence of marketing’s crucial role in building sustainable growth and creating value.
Deadline: 18th March 2026
The Princess Royal Training Awards
Launched in 2016, for the past decade the Princess Royal Training Awards have been rewarding and celebrating organisations investing in learning and development. The Awards are supported by their President, HRH The Princess Royal, who is a keen advocate of skills development.
The Awards are evidence-based and applications are assessed against a standard of excellence, called Hallmarks. Organisations don’t compete against each other; instead you need to show that through your exceptional training and development programmes, you are meeting a standard of excellence.
Deadline: 20th March 2026
The International Sustainability Awards
The International Sustainability Awards (ISA) is the ultimate accolade in Sustainability and CSR, celebrating organisations that put the planet at the heart of their business.
There are 21 categories, organised into three distinct groups: Environment, CSR, and Professionals. Whether your goal is to highlight pioneering Sustainability initiatives, demonstrate excellence in environmental and social impact, or celebrate the achievements of outstanding individuals and teams, there is a category for every standout performance at the International Sustainability Awards.
Deadline: 27th March 2026
The Sunday Times Best Places to Work
Get recognition by The Sunday Times and WorkL for the employee experience you provide with the Best Places to Work programme.
With awards for the best small, medium, big and very big organisations plus best workplaces for women, LGBTQ+ community, disabled employees, ethnic minorities, younger and older workers and for wellbeing. Plus receive employee insights instantly via a dynamic dashboard including benchmark industry data, flight risk and net promoter score.
Deadline: 31st March 2026
Still not sure which awards to enter?
If you still don't know which awards you should enter this year, you may benefit from an awards strategy (an annual plan with all the awards you could enter and what you need to enter them).
An awards strategy will give you the clarity and direction you need to confidently enter the awards you have the best chance of winning. And which will give you the biggest ROI.
If you're curious how winning awards can help your business to grow, book your free awards discovery call and let's have a chat about what you need, and how we can help you on your award-winning journey.
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