COVID-19 Response Categories

These categories were created to honor the contributions of individuals, groups, and organizations that have worked valiantly since the start of 2020 to keep us safe, healthy, employed, and informed. 
   Nominations that won in the 2021 edition of the awards may be resubmitted for consideration to the 2022 awards. If they have been updated with recent achievements, they may be resubmitted to the categories in which they won.  If they have not been updated, they must be submitted to categories different from those in which they won.

There are four groups of categories here for Individual Nominations | Organization Nominations | Marketing & Public Relations Nominations | Product & Service Nominations

Information to be submitted online for entries in these categories include
a. An essay of up to 350 words describing for the judges the individual, organization, campaign, innovation, or product you are nominating and why you believe their response to the COVID-19 pandemic is worthy of international recognition, OR a video of up to five (5) minutes in length illustrating the same.
b. Optional (but highly recommended), a collection of supporting files and web addresses that you may upload to our server to support your entry and provide more background information to the judges.

Individual Nominations

For nominations in these categories be sure to include the nominee's name, job title, employer's name, and photograph.

K01. Backline Medical Hero of the Year
This category will accept nominations of researchers, pharmacists, lab technicians, and other backline medical personnel for their heroic work since the beginning of 2020 to aid the infected and save lives.

K02. Delivery Hero of the Year
This category will accept nominations of delivery persons for their heroic work since the beginning of 2020 to keep us safely supplied.

K03. Education Hero of the Year
This category will accept nominations of teachers, school administrators, and other workers in education for their extra efforts to keep students safe, informed, and educated during the pandemic.

K04. Frontline Medical Hero of the Year
This category will accept nominations of doctors, nurses, emergency medical responders, and other frontline medical personnel for their heroic work since the beginning of 2020 to aid the infected and save lives.

K05. Government Hero of the Year
This category will accept nominations of government employees who have gone above and beyond the call of duty since the beginning of 2020 to keep us safe and informed.

K06. Media Hero of the Year
This category will accept nominations of reporters, editors, on-air personalities, and other media figures for their work since the beginning of 2020 to keep us safe and informed.

K07. Public Service Hero of the Year
This will category will accept nominations of police officers, firemen, park rangers, and other public service workers for their heroic work since the beginning of 2020 to keep us safe.

K08. Retail or Food Service Hero of the Year
This category will accept nominations of retail and food service workers for their heroic work since the beginning of 2020 to keep us safely supplied and fed.

Organization Nominations

K10. Most Exemplary Employer
This category will accept nominations of organizations that have demonstrated their extra commitment to keeping their employees working, paid, and safe during the pandemic.

K11. Most Valuable Corporate Response
This category will accept nominations of exemplary responses by companies to the pandemic to ensure the well-being of their employees, customers, and communities.

K12. Most Valuable Government Response
This category will accept nominations of exemplary responses by government organizations to the pandemic to ensure the well-being of their constituents and employees.

K13. Most Valuable Non-Profit Response
This category will accept nominations of exemplary pandemic-specific responses by non-profit organizations to serving their communities during this time.

Marketing and Public Relations Nominations

K20. Best Use of Social Media - COVID-19-related Information
This category will accept nominations of social media communications to inform the public about the pandemic and how to stay safe.

K21. Communications or PR Campaign of the Year - COVID-19-related Information
This category will accept nominations of PR campaigns or programs to inform the public about the pandemic and how to stay safe.

K22. Marketing Campaign of the Year - COVID-19-related Information
This category will accept nominations of marketing campaign (using paid media) to inform the public about the pandemic and how to stay safe.

Product & Service Nominations

K25. Most Valuable Medical Innovation
This category will accept nominations of medical innovations developed since the beginning of 2020 to combat the COVID-19 virus.

K26. Most Valuable Technical Innovation
This category will accept nominations of technical innovations (non-medical) developed since the beginning of 2020 to ameliorate the impact of the COVID-19 virus.

K27. Most Valuable Product
This category will accept nominations of consumer products developed since the beginning of 2020 to ameliorate the impact of the COVID-19 virus.

K28. Most Valuable Service
This category will accept nominations of consumer services developed since the beginning of 2020 to ameliorate the impact of the COVID-19 virus.