IPRA Golden World Awards


The Golden World Awards for Excellence in PR is an annual global awards ceremony organised by the International Public Relations Association to recognise public relations achievements around the world. Established in 1990, the Golden World Awards has 37 categories of In-house and Agency entries judged separately, and honours the overall highest standards of each year with the IPRA Grand Prix for Excellence. There is also a special Global Contribution Award for an entry meeting one of the UN's 17 sustainable development goals.

Entry criteria

In Round 1 the jury considers programme summaries. There is an overall limit of 1800 words, and separate limits for each of the 6 Criteria. Entries must be in English.
All entries are submitted online to the IPRA secretariat and must include a short Overview of the programme. Under separate headlines, each entry then addresses five Criteria:
  1. Statement of Problem/Opportunity
  2. Research
  3. Planning
  4. Execution
  5. Outcomes
Finalists from Round 1 are then invited to upload supporting media to assist the judges in the selection of category winners.

Award categories

For each of the 37 categories below Agency and Inhouse entries are judged separately and separate awards made. In addition, the best PR programme each year is awarded the Grand Prix for Excellence.

2019

Dentsu Public Relations Inc, Japan
Kobayashi City Department of SimCity BuildIt

2018

FleishmanHillardVanguard and Orta, Russia
Aeroflot's Sulimov dogs

2017

Weber Shandwick, UK
The alphabet of illiteracy

2016

FleishmanHillard / Royal Philips, Ireland
Philips breathless choir

2015

Atmosphere Communications, South Africa
Sanlam one rand man

2014

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
A global university on the rise

2013

Turkcell, Turkey
Women Empowerment in Economy

2012

Blumen Group, Serbia
The list is a note for the future

2011

Absa, South Africa
Absa rings the bell