The Smart PR Inner Circle Best Pitch of the Year Competition
This is the only PR awards program that pays YOU for winning instead of charging a fee!
The program pays out $1,000 in total prizes, including $250 to the winner of the overall category.

To participate, simply share the placement(s) you’re most proud of plus the pitch you used to reel it in.

There are only 4 conditions:
  •  You must be a current member of The Inner Circle.
  •  You must include in your submission written permission for Michael to share your pitch publicly (not including influencer contact info) so we can learn from your success.
  •  Candidate pitches must yield placements between Oct. 1 (of last year) and Sept. 30 (of this year).
  •  Submissions must be received on or before Sept. 30.
How to submit a pitch:
Your submission should not require much time on your part!
  •  Package your submission into one email. Send it to help@michaelsmartpr.com with “Best Pitch” in the subject line. Click the button below to get started.
  •  Include the actual email pitch you used. Include any relevant follow up and conversation with your target influencer. If the pitch began with phone call or in-person meeting, detail that experience.
  •  Include link(s) to resulting placements.
  •  Include any background (optional). When judging, Michael will also consider especially positive consequences that resulted from your placement(s).
  •  Grant permission to share. Include the statement, “I give Michael permission to share this pitch and other included details publicly.”
Rules, criteria, awards, etc.
* Enter as often as you like, with separate emails for each entry.

* The pitches are evaluated based on degree of difficulty, professionalism, and creativity . . . but, most of all, on the ratio of what you had to work with vs. the results you got. So if you got a decent story national coverage, that’s big. But so is getting local coverage for a total snoozer.

* We award an overall winner, runners up, honorable mentions and a winner for the categories of Best Pitch that Landed Local or Trade Coverage and Best Pitch to a Non-Traditional Outlet or Partner, encouraging submissions that may not have landed top-tier or traditional coverage, but which represent pitching excellence.

* The overall winner will receive $250. The remaining $750 will be divided based on the number of deserving submissions, including the local/trade and non-traditional winners.
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