NEW YORK and LONDON—The Holmes Report has extended the deadline for submissions to its various Agency of the Year awards in North America and Europe, the Middle East & Africa. The new deadline is now February 26, 2016.

“If your firm is a leader in its market, if you believe you are the best at what you do, or if you had an exceptional year in 2015, we want to hear from you,” says Paul Holmes, founder of The Holmes Report and part of the editorial team that selects the Agency of the Year honorees. “This is the time to tell us your story.”

In both North America and the EMEA region, The Holmes Report selects a number of Specialist Agencies of the Year, experts in consumer, corporate and financial communications, creative, digital, healthcare, public affairs and technology public relations.

In North America, generalist and full-service agencies are recognized in their size categories (large, midsize, small and boutique) and a Canadian Agency of the Year is selected. In EMEA there are awards for the top agencies in a variety of major geographic regions: Africa, Benelux, DACH, Eastern Europe, France, Iberia, Italy, the Middle East, the Nordics, and the UK.

Agencies are evaluated on several criteria, including:

  • Performance over the past 12 months, especially growth
  • New business success
  • Talent management and new hires
  • Innovation and intellectual property
  • Notable, successful campaigns

There is no fee to nominate your firm for one of our Agency of the Year awards.

In addition to completing the submission form here, agencies can also request a meeting by emailing our editors.

In addition, North American and EMEA PR firms who wish to participate in our Best Agencies to Work For research (an employee survey) can send an email—subject line: Best Agencies to Work For—to [email protected].

Separately, PR firms from around the world can also submit their fees and staffing information to our annual Global Agency Rankings here. And we are also calling on senior industry professionals to take part in the first Global Communications Report survey, which will provide the most in-depth picture of the global PR industry.