Awards

Do you have a project, campaign, or event that you and your team are bursting with pride about? Our member institutions create standout work in the cancer marketing and communications space. As the only organization dedicated to cancer center marketers and communicators the PAMN Awards offer the perfect stage to showcase your exceptional achievements in cancer marketing, communications, and media relations. The goal of the PAMN Awards Program is to celebrate the remarkable efforts of our PAMN members, share award-winning ideas with each other, and foster valuable connections during the poster session. Don’t miss this chance to shine and inspire others with your outstanding work! (Work submitted must have occurred during the 2024 calendar year.)

Award Categories

  • Survivorship – Event or Program
  • Web – New website, web re-design, blog, etc.
  • Clinical Trials campaign, communication or media story
  • Consumer Campaign – traditional, digital or both
  • Publication – magazine, annual report, accomplishment report
  • Cancer center event or sponsorship
  • Social Media campaign
  • Video – short or long

Work submitted for the PAMN awards must have taken place during the 2024 calendar year. Institutions may submit one entry per category.

A first and second place award will be given in each category. From the first and second place winners, a Best-In-Show winner will be selected and announced at the PAMN lunch on Tuesday, May 20 from 12:45 – 1:30 in the Chopin Ballroom. The Best-In-Show winner will receive a free registration to the 2026 PAMN Annual Meeting. (*The winner’s institution must be in good standing with PAMN before the 2026 conference.)

How Winners Are Chosen

A selection committee consisting of PAMN members will review submissions for each award category and determine the first and second-place winners. Awards will be given based on the submission’s relevance to the category, approach, creativity, and outcome. Winners will be notified by email.

If you have questions, please email us at publicaffairsnetwork@gmail.com.

Submit Your Project

Submit your projects here. The deadline to submit applications has been extended to Friday, April 11. The selection committee will review submissions and notify the first and second-place winners by Friday, April 25.

Awards Poster Session presented by Doximity

Join us for a fun poster session where we will showcase the PAMN Award entries. This event takes place on Monday, May 19, from 5-5:45 p.m. in the Chopin Ballroom. All individuals who have submitted award entries are invited to present their work via a poster.

This is a fantastic opportunity to:

  • Display your outstanding PAMN Award entries.
  • Network with PAMN colleagues
  • Learn from peers through the exchange of ideas and best practices.

Poster Session Details

The 2025 Poster Session will take place on Monday, May 19 from 5-5:45 p.m. in The Chopin Ballroom.

  • Your poster does not need to follow a scientific poster rubric or layout.
  • Structure your poster in a way that best explains the successes you are sharing.
  • Please include the following on your poster:
    • The title,
    • Names of the authors/staff/faculty,
    • Institution/affiliation(s)
  • Poster size and format:
    • 3 feet by 5 feet maximum.
    • Landscape layout.
  • Your poster may be printed on paper or fabric.
  • You may print your poster and bring it with you or use a local printing service in Miami and arrange for delivery or pick up.
    • Costs associated with creating and shipping the poster will be the responsibility of the poster author(s) and the author’s institution.
  • The poster will be displayed on a fabric board. Magnets or push pins will be provided to mount your poster.
  • The poster presenter(s) must be registered for the conference and must be present at the designated time to discuss the work presented. If you are not able to attend, anyone from your institution who is registered for the conference is welcome to present the poster at the session.
  • Upon check-in at the conference desk, please provide the check-in team with your poster. They will tag it with your assigned poster number and have it pinned by 4:00 PM Monday, May 19.
  • As an alternative to the conference team pinning your poster, you may mount yourself between 3:30 PM and 4:15 PM on Monday, May 19.
  • Posters will remain up until Tuesday, May 20. You can retrieve your poster immediately from the Check-In/Information Desk no later than on Wednesday, May 21. Posters left after this date will be thrown away.
  • Email a PDF of your poster to leslie@dfievents.com by May 10 to be shared on the conference mobile app.
    • You are welcome to provide a redacted version if any content is unpublished or subject to privacy.

Tips for Poster Preparation

  • Posters should stimulate discussion, not give a long presentation.
  • Keep text to a minimum,
  • Emphasize graphics,
  • Highlight content submitted in your poster entry.
  • Add QR codes to your poster to share your content

Have questions, email melissa.hall@osumc.edu.

 

 

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