NEW YORK — Cohn & Wolfe, Golin, Edelman, Ketchum and Weber Shandwick are the five finalists for the Holmes Report's 2016 Large Agency of the Year in North America, along with 64 more firms that have been shortlisted today across a further 13 categories.

The North American Agencies of the Year awards will also again recognize the best firms in specific size categories and in specific disciplines. In all, 69 firms—from giant multinationals to small local specialists—are nominated across the 14 Agency of the Year categories.

Profiles of all the nominated firms, featuring in-depth analysis of each agency's performance, can be found here.
The selections are the result of an exhaustive research process involving more than 200 submissions, calls, and face-to-face meetings with the best PR firms across the US and Canada.

The awards will be announced and presented at the 2016 North American SABRE Awards in New York on May 3. Tickets are available here.

Last year, Weber Shandwick was named North American Agency of the Year, while Marina Maher Communications won Specialty Agency of the Year. Full analysis of the 2015 winners can be found here.