IABC Quill Awards

Gold Quill Awards

The IABC Gold Quill Awards is the only program that honours communicators on a global scale.

For the past 55 years the image of a golden feather symbolising a quill pen has been a universal icon for excellence.

Rewarding excellence. Recognising the best. 

The IABC Gold Quill Awards are the mark of global distinction and are the highest level of professional acknowledgement within the business communication profession.

They inspire us to push the boundaries of our craft, they foster innovation, and they encourage us to merge strategy with creativity to deliver communications that make an impact.

Distinguish yourself and the work of your team.

The awards celebrate communication excellence by recognising innovative, strategic work that delivers significant business results as measured against a seven-point scale of excellence.

Prepare your entry for prestigious recognition.

Enter across 28 categories across four divisions:

  1. Communication Management

  2. Communication Research

  3. Communication Training and Education

  4. Communication Skills

Entries open in November each year.


Bronze Quill Awards

The Bronze Quill Awards celebrate the state winners of the Quills Awards program, showcasing our incredible local talent. 

Entrants into the global Quill Awards program are evaluated by two independent judges.

The highest acclaimed winners are recognised with Gold Quills at the annual IABC world conference held in North America.

The next achieving entrants are awarded Silver Quills at the regional APAC Fusion conference.

Finally, the Bronze Quill Awards recognise all state winners who scored above five. These awards are presented at an annual event hosted by IABC Victoria.

  • Communication Training and Education – BHP Leadership Communication for Frontline Managers – Centre for Strategic Communication Excellence

    Publications – BHP Reaching the Frontline Benchmarking Research Report – Centre for Strategic Communication Excellence

    Governmental Communication – Disability Worker Regulation Scheme public awareness campaign – Ellis Jones

    Internal Communication – Connecting strategy to growth: Blueprint to 2023 – Aurecon

    Publications – WBF annual report – Going digital – Pesel & Carr

    Leadership Communication – REAL Leadership – REA Group

    Internal Communication – TIO radio – Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO)

  • Download the 2021 Winners Booklet to read about the winning entries!

    Audio/Visual – Sacred Heart and St Columba Parish – Virtual Mass, Cropley Communication

    Audio/Visual – Social Media, Ambulance Victoria

    Audio/Visual – Healthscope’s This COVID Life Video Series, Healthscope

    Audio/Visual – Lifting the Lid Webinar Series, Cropley Communication

    Communication for the Web – Digital Pulse, PwC Australia

    Community Relations – Victoria: Staying Apart, Keeps us Together, Department of Health and Human Services, Government of Victoria, Australia

    COVID-19 Response & Recovery Management and Communication – Isolating Not Isolated: Dementia Australia’s response to the COVID-19 crisis, Dementia Australia

    COVID-19 Response & Recovery Management and Communication – Metro Trains COVID-19 Communications, Metro Trains Melbourne

    COVID-19 Response & Recovery Management and Communication – Sunshine Coast Airport: From grounded to preparing for take-off in a global pandemic, Sunshine Coast Airport

    Issues Management and Crisis Communication – Get this patch – A lot can be done in 50 hours to keep colleagues connected, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group

    Issues Management and Crisis Communication – Overcoming adversity, innovating through crisis: Healthscope 2020, Healthscope

    Marketing, Advertising and Brand Communication – Australian Catholics magazine school subscriber growth campaign, Jesuit Communications Australia

    Nonprofit Campaigns – Speech Pathology Week 2020 – Going Digital with Confidence, Pesel & Carr

    Publications – Mental Health & Wellbeing: A Guide Through The Noise For Communication Professionals, Cropley Communication

    Writing – How Employee Communication Drives Business Outcomes, Artis Advisory and Poppulo

    Writing – Digital Pulse, PwC Australia

  • Download the 2020 Winners booklet to read about the winning entries!

    Audio/Visual – A View from the Top Podcast, Cropley Communication

    Communication for the Web – SHSC Parish Website, Cropley Communication

    Communication for the Web – Centre for Strategic Communication Excellence Insights, Cropley Communication

    Communication for the Web – Fearless Flyers Digital Hub, Pinch Yourself Communication

    Communication Research – NBN Co Internal Communication Review, Cropley Communication

    Communication Research – DELWP Energy Affordability Training Partnership, Ellis Jones

    Corporate Social Responsibility – The Aurecon Bridge Building Competition, Aurecon

    Diversity and Inclusion – Aurecon’s Reconciliation Action Plan (January 2019 to January 2021), Aurecon

    Employee Engagement – Bringing “Insurance the Suncorp Way” To Life, Suncorp Group

    Governmental Communication – Streamlining Hoddle Street “More Go Time” Campaign, Major Road Projects Victoria

    Governmental Communication – City of Yarra: Yarra Waste Revolution, Ellis Jones

    Governmental Communication – Energy Safe Victoria ‘Be Sure’ Gas Heater Safety Campaign, Ellis Jones

    Marketing, Advertising and Brand Communication – Streamlining Hoddle Street “More Go Time” Campaign, Major Road Projects Victoria

    Marketing, Advertising and Brand Communication – “Communicating with Confidence” – Repositioning Speech Pathology Week, Pesel & Carr

    Marketing, Advertising and Brand Communication – SMEC 70 Years of Impact Campaign, Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation (SMEC)

    Marketing, Advertising and Brand Communication – The Ultimate Renewable – Reframing Forestry in the Eyes of the Public, Forest and Wood Products Australia

    Marketing, Advertising and Brand Communication – 2035: Moving People and Goods, Aurecon

    Marketing, Advertising and Brand Communication – LCI Melbourne Digital Marketing Campaign 18/19, Ellis Jones

    Marketing, Advertising and Brand Communication – Engineering Reimagined, Aurecon

    Marketing, Advertising and Brand Communication – Beca – A Purpose that Resonates for our Second Century, Beca

    Nonprofit Campaigns – “Communicating with Confidence” – Repositioning Speech Pathology Week, Pesel & Carr

  • Download the 2019 Winners Booklet to read about the winning entries!

    Audio/Visual – “You Are Not Alone”: Empowering Young People to Take Action Against Youth Suicide, Pesel & Carr

    Audio/Visual – LiverWELL – A Simple and Convenient Way to Manage Liver Health, 3AC, Hepatitis Victoria

    Change Communication – A New Prescription: Elevating Australia’s Leading Pharmacists, The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia

    Communication for the Web – Child Protection Jobs Website, 3AC, Department of Health and Human Services

    Communication Research – NBN Co Internal Communication Review, Cropley Communication

    Community Relations – Better Together (Phase One), Ambulance Victoria

    Customer Relations – Paramedics Television Series, Ambulance Victoria

    Employee Engagement – Visual Employment Contracts: A New and Innovative Way to Engage with Talent, Aurecon

    Government Communication Programs – “We Pledge to Protect Children” – Child Protection Recruitment Campaign, 3AC, Department of Health and Human Services

    Government Communication Programs – Victoria Police – Be a Force for Good Recruitment Marketing Campaign, Victoria Police

    Internal Communication – Listen Up – The ANZ Way Podcast Series, ANZ Banking Group

    Marketing, Advertising and Brand Communication – Advisory Ambition Campaign, Aurecon

    Media Relations – From Rubbish to Roads – Turning Waste Plastics into Toner into Better Quality Asphalt Roads, Market Eye

    Nonprofit Campaigns – “You Are Not Alone”: Empowering Young People to Take Action Against Youth Suicide, Pesel & Carr

    Nonprofit Campaigns – Launching FRRR’s Impact Report, JAW Communications

    Nonprofit Campaigns – Dine with Heart, Cropley Communication

    Publications – 30 Years of Women in Ambulance Commemorative Album, Ambulance Victoria

    Publications – 2018 Communicating Artificial Intelligence Global Report, Cropley Communication

    Publications – Visual Employment Contracts: A New and Innovative Way to Engage with Talent, Aurecon

  • Audio/Visual – General Practitioner and Patient Engagement Strategy, Marie Stopes

    Change Communication – Aurecon – Because People Depend On You, Aurecon

    Internal Communication – InstoConnected: One Team, One Global Conversation, ANZ

    Internal Communication – Telstra Kids: Building digital futures, Telstra

    Internal Communication – AV Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy, Ambulance Victoria

    Marketing, Advertising and Brand Communication – Sparrow, DevFacto Technologies, Cropley Communication

    Marketing, Advertising and Brand Communication – Just Better Care Possible Award, Ellis Jones

    Marketing, Advertising and Brand Communication – Grace the 8-Year Old Future Engineer, University of Melbourne

    Marketing, Advertising and Brand Communication – Unconventional Graduate Recruitment Campaign, Aurecon

    Media Relations – Inspire the Next, Remote Mentoring Campaign, Telstra

    Media Relations – Simple and Bold: the communication strategy to support simpler contracts for NAB’s small and medium sized business customers, National Australia Bank (NAB)

    Publications – Sacred Heart Mission Annual Report 2017, Cropley Communication

    Safety Communication – Aureon – Because People Depend On You, Aurecon

    Social Media Programs – Telstra’s Local Networks Upgrade Social Media Program, Telstra

    Special Events – Pixel’s Escape, Deakin University

    Writing – Groote Eylandt, National Broadband Network (nbn)

  • Audio/Visual – General Practitioner and Patient Engagement Strategy, Marie Stopes

    Change Communication – Aurecon – Because People Depend On You, Aurecon

    Internal Communication – InstoConnected: One Team, One Global Conversation, ANZ

    Internal Communication – Telstra Kids: Building digital futures, Telstra

    Internal Communication – AV Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy, Ambulance Victoria

    Marketing, Advertising and Brand Communication – Sparrow, DevFacto Technologies, Cropley Communication

    Marketing, Advertising and Brand Communication – Just Better Care Possible Award, Ellis Jones

    Marketing, Advertising and Brand Communication – Grace the 8-Year Old Future Engineer, University of Melbourne

    Marketing, Advertising and Brand Communication – Unconventional Graduate Recruitment Campaign, Aurecon

    Media Relations – Inspire the Next, Remote Mentoring Campaign, Telstra

    Media Relations – Simple and Bold: the communication strategy to support simpler contracts for NAB’s small and medium sized business customers, National Australia Bank (NAB)

    Publications – Sacred Heart Mission Annual Report 2017, Cropley Communication

    Safety Communication – Aureon – Because People Depend On You, Aurecon

    Social Media Programs – Telstra’s Local Networks Upgrade Social Media Program, Telstra

    Special Events – Pixel’s Escape, Deakin University

    Writing – Groote Eylandt, National Broadband Network (nbn)

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