Call for Proposals: 2023 PR Xchange Awards Competition

 ​sponsored by the Awards and Scholarships Subcommittee

Core: a division of the American Library Association (ALA)

2023 PR Xchange Awards Competition web-site is here (do not enter “https”)

Submission form is here.  

​Updated FAQ (for 2023) is here.

Deadline: April 15, 2023

We are very excited to announce the call for the 2023 PR Xchange Awards Competition! Libraries everywhere are producing creative and engaging promotional materials: newsletters, program announcements, annual reports, advocacy materials, fundraising messages, reading celebrations, and much more. Now is the time to receive recognition for your library’s dedicated and thoughtful work. The call for submissions for the 2023 PR Xchange Awards competition is now live!

About the PR Xchange Awards Competition

The 2023 PR Xchange Awards Competition recognizes the very best promotional materials produced by libraries in the past year. The PR Xchange Awards Competition is sponsored by Core, a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The PR Xchange Awards Competition is overseen by the PR Xchange Committee.

​Selection Criteria

This year’s competition will recognize original materials produced during the 2022 calendar year. Please note that this competition assesses a library’s individual promotional materials, not an entire marketing campaign. Entries are evaluated based on content, design, and originality. They are judged by a team of experts in library marketing, public relations, graphic design, and communications, who select the winner(s) in each category. Library web sites are ineligible. Please read the F.A.Q. for more information on the types of submissions we accept.

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This year we will only accept digital submissions If your promotional material is in print, please scan and send as a digital file. Please do not mail any printed submissions.

​Winners

​Winners will be notified in early May 2023. Winning entries will be on display during the PR Xchange Event during the 2023 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, IL. The PR Xchange Award chair will contact all those who submitted an entry.  Awards will be presented to the winners at the PR Xchange Awards ceremony following the PR Xchange Event in the same space. Award winners need not be present to win, but are encouraged to attend.

​About the PR Xchange Event at ALA Annual

​The PR Xchange is a drop-in style event at the ALA Annual Conference. It will be held on Sunday June 25, 2023  at the ALA Conference Exhibit Hall, Special Events Area in Chicago, IL. Attendees are invited to view and take free copies of award-winning promotional materials from the juried PR Xchange awards, as well as promotional materials from libraries across North America. Attendees can learn how to improve their own promotional materials by talking with PR Xchange award winners, John Cotton Dana Award Winners, and other invited library marketing experts. Each year, we invite a variety of library marketing experts, John Cotton Dana Awards winners, and library marketing authors to join our event for conversation and exchange of ideas.

The PR Xchange Event and the PR Xchange Awards Competition are both coordinated by the PR Xchange Committee, and sponsored by the Awards and Scholarships subcommittee of Core.

​Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions!

​Best of luck to all participants!

​Mark Aaron Polger, chair

​2023 PR Xchange Awards Competition

​PR Xchange Committee

Awards and Scholarships Subcommittee

Core: a division of the ​American Library Association (ALA)

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2023 PR Xchange Awards Competition web-site is here