Find your category.
From creative execution to campaign strategy, explore the Pollie Awards categories recognizing the campaigns, ideas, and work that made an impact.
VIEW CATEGORIES →The best work deserves
the highest honor.
A Pollie tells clients, colleagues, and competitors that your work stands among the industry's best. It celebrates the creativity, strategic thinking, and execution that separate an effective campaign from an exceptional one.
For firms, it's a distinction that strengthens reputations and demonstrates excellence. For individuals, it's a professional achievement worth celebrating. And for the industry, it establishes a standard that inspires the next generation of political communicators.
Everything you need
to compete.
Find the right category, understand the requirements, and get the answers you need to put your best work forward.
Rules & Fees
Everything you need to know about eligibility, entry fees, and submission requirements before entering your work.
REVIEW RULES & FEES →FAQs
Have questions about the Pollies? Find straightforward answers about entries, judging, and the competition.
READ THE FAQs →Every great entry
has its moment.
From the opening of the competition to the final judging, these are the dates that matter. Plan ahead and give your work the recognition it deserves.
Contest Opens
Pay Now, Finish Later
Secure and pay for your entries by November 23. Complete your submissions by January 25, 2027.
Early Bird Pricing Ends
Regular Entry Deadline
Contest Closes
Final day to complete and submit your work for the 2027 Pollie Awards.
Judging Begins
Judging Ends
The Pollie Awards will be presented during Pollies 27 in Phoenix, Arizona, April 12–14, 2027.
Judged by your peers.
Earned on merit.
A Pollie is recognition from the people who understand your work best: fellow political professionals. Through a bipartisan judging process, entries are evaluated for their effectiveness, creativity, and execution.
250+
Industry professionals.
Experienced political practitioners bring their knowledge, perspective, and professional judgment to the awards process.
Blind Review
Entries undergo a blind judging process designed to keep the focus on the work and its merits.
Independent Evaluation
Judges are recused from evaluating work connected to their own firms or clients, helping protect the integrity of the competition.
Results Matter
Entries are evaluated on effectiveness, creativity, and execution, with particular attention to achieving their intended objectives.
AAPC membership is required to serve as a Pollie Awards judge.
You can't buy a Pollie.
You have to earn it.
Recognition that
speaks for itself.
“It’s always an honor for our creative and strategic product to be recognized by our peers. And the clients love it when their mail pieces win awards!”
Achim Bergmann
Bergmann Zwerdling
“Having our work recognized as worthy of Gold Pollies was immensely helpful for establishing our new company in the eyes of our clients.”
Thomas Peters
CEO, RumbleUp
· 2026 Pollie Winner
“The Pollie Awards is the only political ad competition our firm will enter. For decades now, it's set the standard for excellence.”
Mark Putnam
Putnam Partners
· 2024 Pollie Winner
Your work.
Your moment.
You put everything into the work. Now give it the recognition it deserves.
The strategy. The creativity. The execution. The results. Enter the 2027 Pollie Awards and put your best work before the industry professionals who understand what it takes to win.
Contest closes January 25, 2027.
One industry.
One unforgettable night.
The Pollie Awards celebrate the outstanding work and professionals behind the year's most exceptional political campaigns.
Pollies 27
April 12–14, 2027
Arizona Grand Resort & Spa Phoenix, Arizona
Presented during AAPC's flagship annual conference, the Pollie Awards bring the industry together to recognize exceptional political advertising and communications.
