Welcome to the Summit International Awards

The Summit Awards organization dedicates itself to recognizing excellence in the communications and marketing industry. It administers three distinguished award competitions each year to acknowledge stand-out work. The Summit International Awards is a United States-based organization that conducts three annual marketing awards. It is independent and not tied to any advertiser, magazine, trade association, ad club, or other outside influencer.

The Summit Awards is the oldest and most prestigious organization administering marketing awards exclusively for firms with limited billings. Throughout a twenty-seven-year history, its Creative Award has become a premier arbiter of creative and communication excellence. Using stringent evaluation criteria and blind judging processes, the competitions reward only those whose work exemplifies the best in their class.

The Summit Awards makes its competitions affordable and accessible to the industry. It offers streamlined internet submissions, many ways to tout winner’s achievements, and a friendly, knowledgeable customer service staff. Companies from all over the world invest their promotional dollars in Summit Awards competitions for the opportunity to be recognized as Summit Awards winners.

Marketing Effectiveness Award
February 10 - October 28
Emerging Media Award
June 1 - November 14
Summit Creative Award
January 8, 2023 - May 8, 2023

Competitive Advantage

Industry Support

Today, many businesses and entrepreneurs face the challenges of an increasingly global economy, fragmenting media, and a do-it-yourself marketplace. Competition for marketing dollars is growing. The Summit Awards helps your brand stand out by recognizing talent, boosting your online presence, and associating with our internationally recognized award.

The Summit Awards is the only awards organization that gives back to the industry by offering need-based scholarships to qualified entrants and a discounted fee structure for students. In keeping with its bylaws, the Summit Awards is committed to helping reduce barriers for freelancers who need financial assistance. Please email sia@summitawards.com for details.

One Organization | Three Awards

Summit Creative Award

The Summit Creative Award (SCA) - Recognizes creative excellence in advertising and marketing companies, and individuals with billing under $30 million. Includes all media and industries.

Marketing Effectiveness Award

The Summit Marketing Effectiveness Award (MEA) - A unique competitive arena where the judging criteria are based on the true purpose of advertising and marketing communications; to influence the consumer's knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs. Creative samples and a short brief are included in the evaluation.

Emerging Media Award

The Summit Emerging Media Award (EMA) evolved through a need to recognize those pushing the bounds of the communication badlands. This award offers the opportunity for leaders, innovators, and visionaries to prove their standing on a global stage. We offer recognition to those who demonstrate keen foresight in emerging media, introduce new methods, and direct and set the pace for emerging media.

Go to Entry Platform

Summit Awards Offers

International recognition
Prestigious 28-year reputation
Reputable blind judging
Affordable entry
Complete visual winner Galleries
Winner microsites
Signature, custom trophies
No required winner "acceptance fee"
Friendly, knowledgeable customer support

Who Should Enter

Advertising, Digital, and Interactive Agencies
In-house Marketing/Creative Departments
Interactive Agencies
Creative Boutiques
Web & App Designers
Video and Audio Production Firms
Freelancers

On behalf of our highly talented team, I am both honored and humbled at this recognition of our creative excellence and commitment to high standards. Having achieved Bronze Awards in a competition inclusive of 27 countries is a very high point of this year’s achievements.
Denise Rainey | President & CEO
Rainmakers Strategic Solutions LLC.
I'm so proud of my team. I know the work they do is exceptional, and seeing it put against other agency work, run through the gauntlet, and still come out with a win speaks volumes.
Andrew Oleson | Owner
PDG + creative
We are honored to be recognized by the Summit Creative Awards. Winning an award such as this shows our team’s dedication to creating the highest quality content in the industry.
John Trest | Chief Learning Officer
Inspired eLearning
It is an honor to be designated a Leader in the Emerging Media Awards. We appreciate that Summit recognizes our commitment to finding innovative ways to connect women to great businesses in their communities.
Elizabeth Fox | Co-founder
StyleBlueprint
Creativity and innovation are embedded in SweetRush’s DNA. We constantly feel the need to reinvent ourselves and not just keep up with the constantly evolving uses of media for learning and development, but to actually push the envelope ourselves. Receiving an award that recognizes and celebrates that tells us we’re moving in the right direction and creating innovative solutions for our clients.
Arturo Schwartzberg | Cofounder and Chairman
SweetRush
Winning a Summit Creative Award is an exciting accomplishment with vetted judges, tough criteria, and the blind judging processes. We are ecstatic to have been chosen for this prestigious international award.
Debi Burrows | Head Storyteller and Strategist
Penguin Suits
We are honored to receive this level of international recognition. So many other marketing and advertising awards are entirely subjective. The Summit MEAs are different because winners are selected based on results, which is also how we evaluate the effectiveness of the work we do for our clients.
Lara August | Owner
Robot Creative
Winning a Summit Marketing Effectiveness Award is a serious accomplishment requiring demonstration of proven results.
Kevin Hourigan | President and CEO
Bayshore Solutions
Winning a Summit Marketing Effectiveness Award is wonderful recognition of the successful work we’ve done to develop new branding that truly reflects IDG’s strengths globally.
Josh London | Chief Marketing Officer
IDG
We’re honored to receive a Silver Summit Award and elated that our work is being celebrated by our clients and the industry.
Stephanie Crockett | Senior Vice President
Eric Mower + Associates
We are honored to accept this award, as it is a culmination of all of our hard work as a team. Go, team!
Nicole Hanusek | Owner
Smack Happy Design
This was our first time winning a Summit Creative Award. We’re extremely honored to be awarded, for the competition in this awards program runs deep.
Vintage Foster | President
AMF Media Group