2026 PR Xchange Awards Competition- proposal form

2026 PR Xchange Awards Competition

Sponsored by the awards and scholarships subcommittee of Core, a division of the American Library Association
Call for Proposals: 2026 PR Xchange Awards Competition
http://www.prxchange-awards.org

CFP opens November 17, 2025

CFP Deadline : March 17, 2026

Submissions should be from the 2025 calendar year.

Please click on "send proposal now" at the bottom of the form so that we receive your submission.

These submissions are for your library's promotional materials that are disseminated in both "print" and "digital" format.

"Print" materials: materials that are disseminated as print. Please scan and send these materials and check off as "originally print". Please do not mail your printed materials.

"Born digital"/Electronic materials are born digital.

Please send your library's individual promotional items, not the entire library marketing campaign.

Please limit your entries to 5 submissions per library.
Contact Information
Contact person*

First NameLast Name
Name of your library*
Your e-mail*
example@example.com
Address*

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code
Country
Phone:
Description of your library's promotional work
Title of work*
Please select whether your submission was originally print or born digital.*
Please select whether your submission was originally print or born digital.
Below are the categories for 2025.

The 6 categories are:

1. External Communications (newsletters, calendars, patron orientation materials, email marketing)

2. Advocacy / Fundraising / Annual Reports /Strategic Plans

3. Special Events

4. Exhibits/Virtual Exhibits

5. Reading Programs

6. Materials promoting collections, services, resources (booklists, bibliographies, signs, postcards, flyers, swag)
Category of work*
Please select the category of your work.
Your library's total annual operating budget *
Please select your library's total budget category
Please do not mail any printed material.
Is your submission an original design or from a template?*

Original designTemplate
Are you planning to submit to the John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Awards ?*

yesno
Was your material produced by in-house, or by a 3rd party marketing / design company ?*

in-house3rd party marketing company
What is the purpose of your library's promotional material?*
Who is the targeted audience?:*
How was the promotional piece distributed?:*
Instructions for Submissions:
1. Please upload your submission below. Please do not mail any printouts of your electronic submissions.
2. Please upload a file or share a Google drive/Dropbox, but not both.
3. You may upload one file (JPG, PNG, PDF, GIF, etc)
4. If you prefer to share a Google drive URL (with a folder with files), please ensure the Google drive URL is publicly vieweable for our panel of judges.
File Upload (only 1 file, please)

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If you are not uploading a file, you may share the URL ("publicly viewable") from Google drive or Dropbox
If you have any problems completing this online application, please send an email to questions@prxchange-awards.org
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2026 PR Xchange Awards Competition

Contact Information

Description of your library's promotional work