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The 2017 Golden ARC Awards Contest will accept entries through May 7, 2017. The Agricultural Relations Council (ARC) offers public relations professionals the opportunity to obtain feedback on their entries, while seeing how they stack up against the best in the business. This year’s contest will again allow entrants to submit their entire entry online, thus easing the entry process.

Winners will gather and share in their accolades at the ARC annual meeting, June 20-22, 2016 in Sacramento, CA. The Golden ARC de Excellence award for the best all-around entry in the campaigns division will also be presented at the awards dinner.

The Golden ARC Awards Program began in 1990 and came to be recognized as the most esteemed award in the agricultural public relations industry. The restructured Contest reflects the many hats worn by today’s PR practitioner – with categories recognizing everything from full campaigns to tactics such as media relations and innovative new uses of social media.

The Golden ARC Awards contest honors the stellar work created by professionals in the agricultural industry. The format and requirements for the Golden ARC Awards are similar to other leading PR awards programs, based on best practices for public relations and public affairs campaigns and tactics.