Priority Marketing earns 11 honors at FPRA's 2026 Golden Image and Pinnacle Awards
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FORT MYERS, Fla. - Floridant -- Priority Marketing earned 11 total awards, including a prestigious Grand Golden Image Award representing the best-of-show for the entire collateral division, at the Florida Public Relations Association's 2026 Golden Image Awards and Pinnacle Awards.

The Golden Image Awards is an annual competition that recognizes outstanding campaigns and projects that exemplify the highest standards of strategic planning, creativity and measurable success. In addition to 10 Golden Image Awards for successful client campaigns, FPRA honored Priority Marketing with its Silver Pinnacle Award as Florida's Agency of the Year for delivering exceptional public relations, marketing and communications services. It was the third consecutive year FPRA has honored Priority Marketing as an Agency of the Year.

Founded in 1938, FPRA is the oldest public relations trade association in the U.S. The organization develops public relations practitioners who, through ethical and standardized practices, enhance the public relations profession in Florida. FPRA launched the Golden Image Awards in 1957.

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FPRA honored Priority Marketing with the following Golden Image Awards during the organization's annual PR and Comms Summit, which was held Aug. 11 near Orlando:

• Grand Golden Image Award, Golden Image Award, Judges' Award and Judges' Creativity Award in the Brochure category: The Legacy Foundation at Shell Point's compelling case support brochure for its "Ready. Resilient. Together." campaign inspired Shell Point residents to commit $20 million toward campus-resiliency enhancements for generations to come.
• Award of Distinction and Judges' Award in the Community Relations category: The Legacy Foundation at Shell Point's "Ready. Resilient. Together." campaign built trust and mobilized residents to commit $20 million for a new hurricane shelter and critical campus-wide resilience improvements.
• Award of Distinction and Judges' Creativity Award in the Institutional Video category: Bobby Nichols Fiddlesticks Charity Foundation's Nichols Cup Legacy Gala Video was a strategic storytelling and engagement campaign that transformed the gala experience, strengthened the emotional connection to the mission and generated record-breaking fundraising results.
• Award of Distinction in the Public Affairs category: Following Hurricane Ian, South Seas resort sought to rebuild to withstand future storms. Facing opposition to plans, South Seas launched a "Bring Back South Seas" campaign grounded in truth.
• Judges' Award in the News Release or Pitch category: Priority Marketing planned and executed a grand opening media tour to raise community awareness of Southwest Florida Proton and the benefits of proton therapy for cancer patients.

Additionally, FPRA honored Public Relations Specialist Jada Bigord with a 2026 Joe Curley Rising Leader Award, which honors up-and-coming members who demonstrate emerging leadership traits along with dedicated active involvement in FPRA Chapter activities and events. Bigord, a 2023 graduate of Florida Gulf Coast University, also was named 2025 Rising Star of the Year by FPRA's Southwest Florida chapter.

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