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Gold Quill Awards®

IABC’s global awards competition recognizing outstanding achievement in communication.


Gold Quill Awards

Congratulations to the 2008 Gold Quill Award winners!

Gold Quill Awards. Rewarding excellence. Recognizing the best. The Gold Quill Awards are the mark of global distinction and represent the highest level of professional acknowledgment within business communication today.

Distinguish yourself and the work of your team. Join an international competition that brings out best examples of thought leadership, strategic management, creativity, resourcefulness and successful solutions the world over.

Who can enter? The Gold Quill Awards are open to members and non-members of IABC. Join strategists, managers, practitioners; corporate, government, and not-for-profit communicators; agency executives; photographers; graphic artists; creative conceptualists; tacticians and students to be part of the international best practices this annual competition represents.

2008 Deadlines

The 2008 Gold Quill Call for Entries is closed. Please check back in October 2008 for the 2009 Call for Entries. The deadline for entries will be in February 2009.

Gold Quill Awards Ceremony and Dinner—Save the Date

IABC 2008 Gold Quill Awards ceremony and dinner
New York City
Monday, 23 June at 7:30 p.m.
Hilton New York Hotel

Dinner will feature live musical entertainment by Forbidden Broadway, 2006 Tony Award winner for excellence in theatre.

The awards ceremony will be emceed by Padma Lakshmi, the first supermodel from India and host of Bravo TV's Top Chef.

Buy tickets online

Gold Quill Winners Receive:

  • A mounted, personalized Gold Quill Award.
  • Individual recognition at IABC’s International Conference, to be held 22–25 June 2008 in New York City.
  • One complimentary ticket to the dinner and awards ceremony (value US$175)
  • Individual recognition in the July-August issue of IABC’s magazine, Communication World.
  • Mention of your name and company on IABC’s web site.
  • Consideration for publication in IABC’s resource materials for winning entries.
  • Use of official 2008 Gold Quill Award winner logo.
  • Automatic evaluation for the Jake Wittmer Research Award and Business Issue Award.

Student Awards

The Student Gold Quill competition recognizes excellence in communication at the undergraduate and graduate school level. Judges evaluate students’ critical thinking and tactical skills in identifying a communication need, creating and implementing a solution, and assessing results.

The 2008 Gold Quill Student Call for Entries is closed. Please check back in October 2008 for the 2009 Student Call for Entries. The deadline for entries will be in February 2009.

2009 Gold Quill Awards

If you’d like to be notified in advance of the 2009 IABC Gold Quill Awards or if you have a general Gold Quill Award question, send an e-mail to quill@iabc.com.

Thank You

IABC wishes to extend special thanks to the following for helping make 2008 Gold Quill happen:

  • Jeffrey Ory, ABC, APR, 2008 Gold Quill Awards Chair
  • Paul Matalucci, 2008 Gold Quill Awards Vice-Chair

Special thanks to: