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Client work, judged on the craft rather than the pitch.
APEX is entering its 39th year. Agencies, PR firms and in-house marketing teams account for 225 of its awards since 2020 — 31 of them Grand Awards, across 56 organizations.
See who has won225winning entries since 2020
31Grand Awards
56organizations honored
Nov 11entries open for the 39th Annual
Agencies and marketing teams winning APEX awards — from national firms to two-person studios and solo consultants
Every organization below has won at least one APEX award since 2020. Win counts are totals across all categories.
Also among the winners: SLPR Communications · Dennis Communications · Start Engineering · Lisa Cain Design · ideagarden advertising · Idea Girl Media · Mci Usa · Reingold · The Austin · Amy Franko Associates · BBG&G Advertising & Public Relations · Business HorsePower · Collaborative Communications Group · DRPR Strategies · Destination Concepts · JMS Marketing · M Booth · Marcia Layton Turner
APEX is judged on the work, not the size of the team behind it. The organizations above are the ones you are most likely to recognize, but awards go every year to independent publishers, one-person communications departments, freelancers, small agencies and volunteer-run societies — every entry is judged against the same criteria, whoever submits it.
550+ agency entries judged since 2020
Agency work is usually judged by how it performed for one client, which is hard to show a prospect. APEX judges the work itself — the writing, the design, the editorial thinking — and has assessed more than 550 agency and marketing entries since 2020. A win says something portable about your shop rather than something about one campaign, and it is the rare award your client can share as proudly as you can.
Respected in your field — and outside it
APEX is not a marketing & agencies award. It is a communications and publishing award that marketing & agencies teams win — which is exactly what makes it worth entering. Your work is not judged against a small pool of peers who share your constraints and your vocabulary. It is judged on writing, design, editing and editorial excellence against annual reports, magazines, campaigns and websites from every field APEX covers. Win here and you have two things at once: standing with the people who know your subject, and independent proof that your team can hold its own as communicators anywhere.
Selected winning entries
A cross-section of marketing & agencies work that has won, one entry per organization. Links go to the entrant's own published work where it is still available.
ThermaSol Website
Frank Advertising
View the entry → AARP 10/18 Travel
Shift Paradigm
View the entry → Inspire to Elevate
Elation Communications
View the entry → University of Houston Magazine - Spring 2025
D Custom
From Guesswork to Growth: A Presentation to the Western Fairs Association
Imaginari
Alera Group Preventive Care Campaign
Blue
The Austin Company - Trade Show Booth and Trade Show Campaign
The Austin
Participating Provider Directory Covers 2023
Upside Collective
All-new digital version of Ford Frontline
One10 Marketing
View the entry → Outsmart Cyberthreats
Start Engineering
View the entry → Kiddos in the Kitchen
Active Voice Communications
View the entry → Aha
ThinkFarm Pte
View the entry → Make Your Mental Health a Priority
Reingold
View the entry → Investor
Imprint
View the entry → Where agency and marketing entries win
Writing35 winning entries
Campaigns, Programs & Plans33 winning entries
Magazines, Journals & Tabloids32 winning entries
Design & Illustration22 winning entries
Electronic Media18 winning entries
Print Media16 winning entries
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Entries for the 39th Annual APEX Awards open Nov 11 at 11:11 a.m. ET and close February 26, 2027. Join the list and we will email you the moment they do — along with your 10% marketing & agencies discount code.
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