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title: Early-bird Deadline Today for IPRA's Golden World Awards
description: The early-bird entry deadline for the 21st annual IPRA Golden World Awards, the top international public relations awards competition, is 15 April.
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# [Early-bird Deadline Today for IPRA's Golden World Awards](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog/bid/83712/Early-bird-Deadline-Today-for-IPRA-s-Golden-World-Awards)

 Written by [Liz Dean](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog/author/liz-dean) | Mon, Apr 15, 2013 @ 03:13 PM

**Today is the early-bird entry deadline for the 21st annual [IPRA Golden World Awards](http://www.ipra.org/gwa/), the top international public relations awards competition. **You'll save £50 per entry if you submit your nominations through today.****

**If you haven't yet done so, [you can get your entry kit here](https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/file-23956257-pdf/docs/gwa2013_entry_kit.pdf?hsLang=en-us). **

The IPRA Golden World Awards for Excellence offer world-wide recognition and acclaim to world-class public relations programmes. The 2013 competition, conducted by the International Public Relations Association, is open to local, regional, national or international public relations programmes carried out or completed in 2012/2013.

Entries submitted to the Golden World Awards competition will be judged by an international panel of senior practitioners. In considering entries, the judges may grant one, several or no awards in each category. Entrants may submit any number of nominations to any number of categories, which include:

- **Community Relations**  
   For community relations campaigns not conducted by government / local authorities.
- **Corporate Communications**  
   For excellence in enhancing a company’s overall reputation through corporate communications.
- **Crisis Management**  
   Example of excellent communications management during a crisis.
- **Digital Media Relations**  
   For the successful use of digital media relations in a PR campaign.
- **Event Management**  
   For the planning and delivery of a successful event with a public relations dimension.
- **Internal Communications**  
   For a creative internal communications campaign that engaged and informed personnel.
- **Launch of a New Product**  
   For well-planned PR activities around the launch of a product.
- **PR on a Shoestring **  
   For an imaginative PR campaign done on a small budget.
- **Publications**  
   For PR publications such as newsletters or magazines that showed excellence and imagination in communicating with stakeholders. This can be in a print or electronic format.
- **Social Media for PR**  
   For excellence in the use of social media as a public relations tool.
- **Technology**  
   For the effective use of public relations in the technology sector, including business-to-business and consumer campaigns.

For a [full list of categories](http://www.ipra.org/gwa/general-information/categories), visit the GWA website.

If you can't make today's early-bird entry deadline, 6 May is the entry deadline, and late entries will be accepted through 20 May with the payment of a late fee of £50 per entry. All entry details are available at [www.ipra.org/gwa](http://www.ipra.org/gwa).

***Please don't hesitate to [contact us with your questions](mailto:GWA@thestevies.com?subject=IPRA%20GWA%20Questions) about how to participate in the 2013 edition of IPRA's Golden World Awards for Excellence.***

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