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The Dec. 2 luncheon brings together awards for campaigns, communications formats, live events and the people and teams behind the work.
All times are local to the venue · America/New York
Amtrak’s NextGen Acela appears in both Product Launch and PR Campaign of the Year; Delta Dental Insurance Company’s work on menopause and oral health appears across several award groupings. Those overlaps give the 2026 PR Daily Awards finalist slate a useful shape: the same communications work can be considered as a campaign, a launch or a media-relations effort.
The awards divide campaigns both by sector and by communications practice. Industry groupings include arts, entertainment and media; consumer packaged goods; food and beverage; health and wellness; technology and information services; education; finance; hospitality and tourism; and sports. Other categories focus on approaches such as crisis management, employee communications, influencer campaigns, media relations, measurement, social media, storytelling and thought leadership.
Some finalists illustrate how those lenses overlap. Amtrak’s NextGen Acela is named in PR Campaign of the Year and Product Launch. Fresh Express’s “Express Yourself: Turning Influence into an Integrated Powerhouse” is listed for both Consumer Packaged Goods Campaign and Integrated PR & Marketing. Delta Dental Insurance Company’s campaign about menopause and oral health appears in Health/Wellness Campaign, Media Relations Campaign and Healthcare PR Campaign of the Year.
The titles identify the work and its category, not the tactics or results behind each entry. Ragan says the judges recognized finalists for strategy, creativity and measurable results; the luncheon will reveal the category winners live.
Further reading: PR Daily Awards 2026 - Ragan Communications ↗
A separate group covers the communications people consume: blogs, newsletters, podcasts, reports and publications, websites, and press releases. Finalists include TD Wealth’s MoneyTalk in both the podcast and reports/publications categories, and Northeastern Global News’ Offside in blog, website and storytelling groupings.
The live and virtual PR Events categories distinguish community and employee events from experiential, launch, pop-up and press or influencer events. The finalist examples range from the American Egg Board’s Great American Egg Drive in Community Event to IKEA Canada’s kitchen experience in Pop-Up Event or Experience, and Amtrak’s NextGen Acela in Press Event, Influencer Event or Media Tour. These are award entries, not a schedule of activities at the New York luncheon.
Further reading: PR Daily Awards 2026 - Ragan Communications ↗
The slate also recognizes agencies, executives, marketing teams, PR teams and individual communications professionals, including social media and media relations specialists and young professionals. Executive of the Year finalists include Rick French of French/West/Vaughan, Jessica Hohn-Cabana of Cloudera, Kim Parlee of TD Wealth and Caroline Yodice of DBC. Molly Boyer of Cloudera and Nicole Mayo of Weber Shandwick are among the PR Professional of the Year finalists.
Agency of the Year is another category, with French/West/Vaughan, Bospar and The Hoffman Agency among its finalists. The list gives attendees a way to see the range of organizations and roles being recognized, but it does not confirm which finalists will attend.
Further reading: PR Daily Awards 2026 - Ragan Communications ↗
Ragan confirms a networking reception, a three-course luncheon and an awards ceremony, with category winners announced live. The listing gives one 12:00–2:30 p.m. event window, not separate times or a running order for those components.
Wednesday, December 2, 2026, from 12:00 to 2:30 p.m. local time. The event is at City Winery, 25 11th Ave, New York, NY 10011.
Individual tickets cost $675 per person. Each includes the networking reception, three-course luncheon, awards ceremony and a crystal award.
A reserved table for 10 costs $9,699. It includes 10 seats, priority seating at the front of the room, company branding on site, two bottles of champagne, the reception, three-course luncheon, awards ceremony and a crystal award.
The event information does not state a booking deadline. Use the ticket link to register.
The event information does not give an age policy or specify accessibility, transit, parking or an entrance. If any of these details affect your plans, check with the organizer or venue before booking.
The luncheon is at City Winery, 25 11th Ave, New York, NY 10011. Use the map links to calculate directions from your starting point; the event information does not list transit routes, parking details or a specific entrance.
Accessibility information is not specified in the event listing. Contact the organizer or venue before booking if you need access details.
Wednesday, December 2, 2026, from 12:00 to 2:30 p.m. at City Winery, 25 11th Ave, New York, NY 10011.
A $675 ticket includes the networking reception, three-course luncheon, awards ceremony and crystal award.
A $9,699 table includes 10 seats, priority seating at the front, company branding on site, two bottles of champagne, the reception, luncheon, awards ceremony and crystal award.
The event information does not specify transit routes, parking, an entrance or accessibility arrangements. Contact the organizer or venue to check details that matter to your visit.
25 11th Ave, New York, NY 10011
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