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The Lisbon PR Awards, an international competition for work in such categories as brand activation, media relations and integrated marketing, has extended its entry submission date to June 22. The awards jury is headed up by Global Red Havas senior vice president Lesley Sillaman, and includes Allison + Partners chairman and CEO Scott Allison, Kaplow CEO and Founder Liz Kaplow, and Chantal-Bowman-Boyles, Finn Partners managing partner Europe. The awards ceremony will be held on July 9, but the format of the event is yet to be announced. For more information about the awards, contact [email protected], or click here to submit an entry.
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Dragon Horse Ad Agency’s Recycle campaign for the Collier County Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Division in southwestern Florida has won a Silver Telly Award in the 41st Annual Telly Awards. The awards honor video and television made for all screens, and is judged by a group of video and television experts from companies in entertainment, publishing, advertising and emerging technology. “Dragon Horse Ad Agency is pushing the boundaries for video and television innovation and creativity at a time when the industry is both rapidly changing and heavily impacted by the current crisis,” said Sabrina Dridje, managing director of the Telly Awards.
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R&J Strategic Communications announced that Rebecca Smith, a senior account executive at the firm, has been recognized by the New Jersey Advertising Club as one of the state’s Best Marketing and Communications Professionals under 40 for 2020. Smith manages the agency’s health care division, providing strategic counsel to such clients as RWJBarnabas Health, Integrity House, CarePlus NJ and ReachNJ, New Jersey’s state run free addiction help line. “Rebecca is a well-respected role model to junior staff and a trusted advisor to the agency’s senior management team. Her media relations prowess is a huge driver of our success, as well as the success of our clients,” said R&J Strategic Communications president Scott Marioni.
Avoq received a National Gold ADDY in Branded Content & Entertainment for Online/Interactive, at the American Advertising Federation’s 2026 ADMERICA Conference on May 29... LaVoie Strategic Communications Group takes home Bronze Bell Ringer Award in the Government/Public Affairs category from the Publicity Club of New England... Crosby Marketing Communications presents its 2026 Crosby Marketing & Media Studies Scholarship to Deniela Penate, who recently graduated from Old Mill High School in Millersville, MD... BoardroomPR is named to the South Florida Business Journal’s list of the Top 25 Largest Women-Owned Businesses in South Florida.
Washington Women in Public Relations announces finalists for its 16th Annual Emerging Leaders Awards... The Hispanic Public Relations Association opens submissions for its 2026 HPRA National ¡BRAVO! Awards... Clearpoint Agency, which has offices in San Diego and Boston, received gold and bronze honors in the PR category at the American Marketing Association San Diego’s 2026 Sandie Awards on May 21. 
Crosby Marketing Communications won eight Telly Awards, which were announced on May 19. The awards, which cover video and television across all screens, were chosen from nearly 14,000 entries submitted by creators, brands and production companies spanning 55 countries... French/West/Vaughan was recognized at the Telly Awards for its work on Pendleton Whisky’s “Palette of the West” video series... Yulu Public Relations has received a Gold Davos Communications Award from the World Communications Forum Association for its collaboration with Audible on the Audible Indigenous Writers’ Circle.
The Public Relations Society of America awards the 2026 Best of Silver Anvils Award to the American Academy of Pediatrics for its Vaccine Confidence campaign... Laughlin Constable Public Relations was recognized as a Silver Anvil Award Finalist by PRSA for its campaign for the grand opening of PENN Entertainment and Hollywood Casino’s $185 million entertainment destination in Joliet, IL... BridgeView Marketing is cited by the Hermes Creative Awards and the Communicator Awards.
New York Women in Communications will hold the 56th annual Matrix Awards ceremony on May 19 at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City.
