2019 Local Image Awards

Save the date now for our 2019 Local Image Awards, to be held April 18, 2019!

The Local Image Awards competition is conducted annually by the Southwest Florida Chapter of FPRA to recognize outstanding public relations programs and to encourage the development of public relations professionals. By recognizing the very best examples of innovation, planning and design, the Image Awards encourage and enhance public relations professionalism in the communities that our members serve. Our awards ceremony is the culmination of award winners’ hard work and allows our chapter to celebrate the accomplishments of its members in a fun and semi-formal atmosphere.

Call for entries and sponsorship will be released in early 2019.

2018 Local Image Awards

Our 2018 Local Image Awards ceremony was held in April at IMAG History and Science Center in Fort Myers.

A Grand Image Award and an Image Award went to Priority Marketing for the Guadalupe Center 2017 Impact Report.

Other awards were presented, as follows:
Image Award: Jennifer J. Edwards, Heather Doane and Trish Robertson, APR for the 2017 High School Voter Registration Challenge; Kara Hado for GoEP2: Edgewater Drive Phase II Improvements; Albert Arguelles and Randy Mitchelson, APR for iPartnerMedia Digital Marketing Workshop for Kinetico Water Systems; Lee Health Strategic Communications and Public Relations Department for Take 5 Leadership Newsletter

Award of Distinction: CONRIC PR & Marketing for Cape Coral Community Foundation ENPYs; Rob Moher for Wildlife Injury Prevention Campaign; Pushing the Envelope, Inc.  for DOCK5 versus Hurricane Irma; Lee County Port Authority Communications and Marketing Team for FPRA In The Spotlight – Southwest Florida Chapter’s 2017 Local Image

Judges’ Award: Jennifer J. Edwards, Heather Doane, APR, and Trish Robertson, APR, CPRC for the 2017 High School Voter Registration Challenge.

FPRA Golden Image Awards

Recognized as the hallmark for excellence in public relations, the Golden Image Awards sets the standard for the very best examples of innovation, planning and design. For more information about the Awards, visit the FPRA website.

Participation in Local Image Awards is not a requirement for submission to Golden Image. To view more information and see past winners’ submissions, login here.

Click here for a full list of 2018 Golden Image Award winners, including our chapter’s winners!