Entry Submission Information

Entry Deadline

Submission Deadline: June 24, 2022

Early Bird Special Deadline: Receive $10 off per entry for submissions made by June 10, 2022

Notification of Winners

Will be identified by July 29, 2022

Annual Conference & Awards Ceremony

October 13 and 14, 2022
Par-A-Dice Hotel Casino, East Peoria, IL

Awards

Award of Excellence and Award of Merit trophies will be given in each award category. In addition, all entries may qualify for Honorable Mention in their given award category.

Questions

Contact Liz Foster at 815-564-4581 or elizabeth.foster@cghmc.com

ISHMPR members:

• $85 per submission
• Early Bird Special date: $10 off per entry for submissions made by June 10, 2022

If paying by check, please make sure your organization’s name is clearly stated on the check and it is marked for Pinnacle Awards.

Checks should be made payable to ISHMPR and sent to:

McDaniels Marketing
Attn: Kim Aldus
11 Olt Ave.
Pekin, IL 61554

To enter in the Pinnacles Awards, your 2022 membership must have been paid by June 1, 2022.  Your member user name and password allows you access into the entry system. 

Click here for Pinnacle Award entry submission information.

All submissions must be submitted by an ISHMPR member. This annual competition is open to all hospitals, healthcare systems, health-related organizations, agencies and freelance professionals located in Illinois. All agencies (within Illinois and out-of-state) should submit their entries on behalf of the Illinois healthcare organization(s) they represent. ISHMPR members may enter projects with the assistance of outside agencies as long as the member played a role in the development and implementation of the project.

Eligible projects must have been completed and/or implemented between June 12, 2021 and June 24, 2022.

There are 20 award categories in the 2022 Pinnacle Awards Program, including E-marketing and Social Media, Fundraising Activities, Issue/Crisis Management, Media Relations, Physician Relations and Recruitment, and Video Production.

Click here for a complete list and description of award categories.

Select the category that best fits the project. A stand-alone entry may also be entered in a more comprehensive category. Example: Television commercials may be entered in the Advertising-Television category, and then also incorporated into an entry for the Integrated Marketing Campaign. A separate entry form and project description must be submitted for each entry.

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Submitting Your Entry

Before submitting the entry, a best practice recommendation is to use the Pinnacle Award entry submission information. This form includes all of the information that you will need to enter into the online system.

This year’s entries will be submitted online. To do this, log into your member page and select “PINNACLE ENTRIES”

1. Select “Submit an entry” and enter the required information in the open fields.

2. Upload any attachments for the project. This includes any necessary visuals, videos, or audio clips. Be sure to name each attachment.

3. After adding attachments, you may start a new entry, view entries, or proceed to the checkout.

You may pay online or print out the PDF to mail in your payment.

The Project Summary

Include a concise summary of 1,500 characters or less to introduce your project to the judges, including the following:

1. Objective: Provide a brief description of the entry, including its purpose and intended audience. Include any research done to help identify the need for this project.

2. Implementation: Brief description of the project strategy, the plan for circulation/distribution, the techniques, design considerations, tools and other resources used to achieve the project’s objectives.

3. Results/Evaluation: Brief description of the how the objectives were achieved and measured, if applicable.

4. Cost: Include total cost of project and any additional explanation regarding appropriate use of resources or approaches to contain cost.

5. Project Team: Include the names of other agencies, vendors or people who helped with the project.

Use of Materials for Awards Presentation

Each year during the Awards Presentation, ISHMPR presents an audiovisual presentation of the winning entries. In order to facilitate this presentation, please include any necessary attachments to best demonstrate your work. The Pinnacle Awards Committee will disqualify any entry not prepared to specifications. The Pinnacle Awards Committee reserves the right to reclassify any entry determined to be entered in a wrong category. Entry fees will not be refunded. ISHMPR may retain entries for display purposes, including posting at www.ishmpr.org and on the ISHMPR Facebook page.

Click here to log in and submit your entry to the Pinnacle Awards.