PRSA-NY Celebrates 2026 Big Apple Award winners at sold-out 39th annual gala

Key Facts: 

  • PRSA-NY Big Apple Awards honored 30 PR agencies, corporations, and non-profits
  • 63 Big Apples were awarded this year, with 45 wins and 18 honorable mentions
  • Coyne PR, MikeWorldwide, HUNTER and Bospar led the field across campaign categories
  • Bospar was the most-awarded winner, with 5 outright wins, while CoynePR was the most-recognized organization overall, with 4 wins and 3 honorable mentions

NEW YORK, Sept. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The New York chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA-NY) announced the winners of the 2026 Big Apple Awards at its 39th annual gala on Thursday, awarding 63 campaign honors – 45 Big Apple Awards and 18 honorable mentions – along with its Individual Awards and 15 Under 35 honors.

Emceed by “Good Morning America’s” Gio Benitez, PRSA-NY announced the winners at a sold-out black-tie gala that celebrated the best of New York public relations, where the honorees truly reflected the year’s theme, “Where Stories Move Hearts, Minds and Markets.” The awards, held at Sony Hall in Manhattan on Thursday, September 17, 2026, opened with a festive cocktail hour sponsored by MikeWorldwide in honor of the agency’s 40th anniversary, and featured a photo booth sponsored by COYNE PR.

“This year’s gala was an extraordinary celebration of everything that makes New York’s communications community so special,” said Paul Cohen, President of PRSA-NY. “The work we honored was creative, consequential and incredibly effective; our individual honorees represent some of the very best of journalism and communications; and our 15 Under 35 class showed just how much talent is coming up behind us. But what struck me most was the energy in the room. At a time of enormous change in our profession, the Big Apple Awards were a powerful reminder of the talent, vitality and sense of community that define PR in New York. I could not be prouder of what we celebrated together.”