With the deadline for this year’s Prolific North Champions Awards edging ever closer, we’ve pulled together a reminder on why you should enter and everything you need to get started on your entries.
Renowned as Prolific North’s biggest flagship awards event, the Champions Awards celebrates individuals, teams and organisations across the creative, digital, marketing, and tech sectors in the North of England and Scotland.
Whether you’re the brains behind a memorable PR or marketing campaign, an organisation with a positive and inclusive culture, or a growing tech company, there are now 33 categories to choose from, reflecting the growth of this flagship awards event.
Entries are now officially open until 27 Februrary 2026. By entering, it can help raise your profile, get your work in front of our panel of industry-leading judges, make new connections, and even pave the way for new clients or exciting collaborations.
Enter the 2026 Champions Awards here
Why you should enter
Some of the previous winners from the Champions Awards have hailed the awards for helping to win new clients or to simply reward their team’s successes.
Recode XR Studio and ITV won Tech Innovation of the Year at the Champions Awards for its work on Coronation Street during Super Soap Week. Sue McHugh, co-founder at Carbon Digital and Recode XR Studio, said entering was “a real moment of validation for the team at Recode”.
“Since the awards, we have gone on to win some incredible virtual production projects with ITV’s Protection and Sky’s Brassic series.”
As winners of Large PR Agency of the Year, Brazen’s managing director Sasha Makel said the awards are an:
“opportunity to recognise and celebrate the hard work of our team” and “provides a proof point of why brands should trust us.”
Categories
From celebrating pioneering innovations in tech to exceptional agencies that go above and beyond, there are 38 categories this year.
To recognise organisations, categories include Independent Agency of the Year, Production Company of the Year and New Agency to Watch.
There are dedicated categories for recognising campaigns, innovations & projects, including B2B Marketing Campaign of the Year, Property/Construction Campaign of the Year, Not-for-Profit Campaign of the Year, B2C PR Campaign of the Year, and many more.
For categories recognising tech-driven companies or work, these include Tech Company of the Year, Tech for Good Award, and Tech Platform of the Year.
Finally, there a number of awards that celebrate organisations, teams and individuals too including Best In-House Marketing Team, Rising Star of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Award to name a few.
Key dates and info for your diary
- You have until Friday 27 Februrary 2026 to enter
- Once you’ve selected your categories, it’s quick and easy to get started. Simply register on our dedicated portal, upload up a supporting document and save your progress at any time.
- Check out the FAQs page for more information on criteria, entering, the judging process, and much more.
Make sure you get your entries in before 27 Feb – good luck!
