Marine Marketers Accepting Applications for Neptune Awards

Marine Marketers of America is now accepting entries for the 2022 Neptune Awards competition, the most prestigious recognition program of marketing communications for marine marketers in North America. The annual contest, now in its 15th year, is open to any company or organization producing and publishing marine industry marketing work between January 1 and December 9, 2022. Entries will be accepted through December 10. The winners will be announced in February 2023. The Neptune awards will be presented to winners live at the Discover Boating Miami International Boat Show.

This year’s awards feature 22 categories, covering all areas of marketing, from social media campaigns and video creation to innovative new digital tools and app development, from PR and diversity initiatives to the use of influencers.

New for this year, the organization added two categories – Dealer Marketing Strategy and Influencer Collaboration / Marketing. Dealer Marketing Strategy is open exclusively to dealers to recognize the creative ways their teams strategized for boat shows, promotional materials, and community outreach, to name a few. It is only open to organizations that are customer-facing marine dealers. Influencer Collaboration / Marketing, open to all for entry, to recognize collaboration with an influencer in the social media space. This could include any takeovers, repost programs or long-term content production on behalf of the brand done by an influencer. Additionally, a best-in-show “King Neptune” will be awarded to the top entry among all categories.

The submissions will be scored by panels of independent judges following established criteria. More than 88 marketing professionals from throughout the industry served as judges for the 2021 awards.

All submissions will be completed via the online Neptune Awards portal, available here: https://neptune.awardsplatform.com All categories have specific submission guidelines that can be found in the Neptune Awards Portal. Entrants are encouraged to review the descriptions closely. The best entries are those with a clear narrative that tell a story and highlight specific details and outcomes. The judges can only evaluate based on information provided in the submission, so it is important the entry is comprehensive. Entries must have been created and executed between January and December 9, 2022. The deadline for entries is December 10.