Our industry moves with pace and purpose. Where change is felt in not just one moment, but a relentless living rhythm. Fuelled by connection, and propelled forward through shared purpose, our wide range of members generate outstanding results from thousands of powerful projects for brands around the world.
That energy is never more culpable than when we celebrate excellence at the BIMA Awards Ceremony … where regional, independent agencies stand side-by-side with global networks; where bleeding-edge tech meets captivating creativity. Our members bring something different to every part of BIMA Awards each year – whether entering or judging; shortlisting or winning; as next-gen talent or as seasoned experts.
This community represents diversity and ingenuity. This year, the BIMA Awards celebrates our shared “eclecticity”!
Help us judge the 2026 BIMA Awards
The year of eclecticity
The BIMA Awards celebrates powerful projects where bleeding-edge tech meets captivating creativity.
We believe that all BIMA members are part of an eclectic category of ingenious creators and innovators – that’s why our annual Awards are now positioned as having a unique focus. Our awards categories will now be separated into three areas of British Ingenuity, we need to celebrate them all to succeed on a world stage.
Three areas of British Ingenuity:
Campaign
Creativity, emotional, results-oriented. Categories will feature our campaign-first members from Performance Marketing to Social.
Product
This is for the technological, precise, systematic thinkers. Categories will be curated to favour our
developer-first members with categories focussing on transformation and build.
Sectors and Special Categories
This is for the categories that have a home in both camps. For sector based and broad categories such as Social Good and Agency of the Year.
Entry information
It’s not about the size of your agency or PR budget. It’s not about the sector, format or channel. BIMA Awards are about original thinking. It’s about impact. It’s about something you did – or something you’re doing – that could influence the next decade.
It’s a level playing field for big agencies and small, new or niche companies. Entering is quick and easy. There are 20 categories and you’ll be judged by the very best in the business, from within our eclectic membership.
Remember: BIMA Members get their first entry for free!
BIMA Awards | Dates to note:
Call for judges // Monday 20 April
Award Entries open // Tuesday 28 April
Early bird award entry deadline // Friday 26 June
Call for judges closes // Friday 3 July
Awards Entry deadline // Friday 10 July
Late entry deadline (with late fee) // Friday 17 July
Round one judging (online) // 1-11 September
Round two judging (in-person) // 15-17 September
Shortlist announced // Thursday 24 September
BIMA Awards 2026 Ceremony // Thursday 19 November
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