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PARTNER AWARDS

The premier Amazon Ads recognition program that celebrates agencies and technology partners who demonstrate excellence in driving advertiser success with Amazon Ads.

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ABOUT PARTNER AWARDS

The Partner Awards is a submission-based program recognizing Amazon Ads partners who are raising the bar for advertisers around the world. Partners can submit their advertiser success stories across global and regional award categories. Submissions are evaluated against category criteria by a committee of industry leaders and Amazon experts, who determine the finalists and winners. Finalists and winners receive exclusive benefits and recognition.

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ENTRIES OPEN UNTIL APRIL 10

Visit the Partner Success Stories Hub to start your application.

2026 timeline

* Subject to change

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February 12

2026 category announcement

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March 16

Submissions open

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April 10

Submissions closed

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June

Semi-finalist announcement

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August

Finalist announcement

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September

Winner announcement

Regional award categories

These awards recognize a campaign strategy within a specific region. Each category will have three winners (1 AMER, 1 EMEA, 1 APAC).

Brand Storytelling

Honoring partners who showcase creative excellence through compelling narratives that connect brands with audiences across Amazon and premium apps and websites—strategically leveraging insights, multiple Amazon Ads formats, and AI-powered tools to create brand stories that drive engagement and results.

Challenger Strategy

Celebrating partners who helped ambitious brands—large or small—strengthen their category positioning and increase brand presence through smart strategy, AI-powered optimization, and innovative use of Amazon Ads solutions.

Full-Funnel Advertising

Recognizing partners who reimagine full-funnel marketing for today’s fluid customer journeys, demonstrating expertise in multiple Amazon Ads solutions and using AI-powered optimization to create adaptive campaigns that engage customers across their journey while building lasting loyalty.

Global award categories

These awards recognize campaign performance from any region with one winner selected overall for each category.

Breakthrough Partner

Recognizing partners who demonstrate impressive momentum and recent growth within Amazon Ads, showcasing their upward trajectory and emerging expertise. Winners must demonstrate significant year-over-year growth within Amazon Ads. Previous Partner Awards winners and finalists are not eligible.

Collaborative Excellence

Celebrating partnerships between Amazon Ads agencies and tech providers driving full-funnel excellence for a single advertiser, demonstrating how their unique capabilities across creative and technology, when combined, drove exceptional results for their clients.

Programmatic Optimization

Honoring partners who demonstrate excellence in sophisticated campaign optimization, using Amazon Marketing Cloud and Multimedia Solutions with Amazon DSP—plus optimization solutions like Performance+—to unlock strategic audience insights and drive measurable results at scale.

Strategic Localization

Recognizing partners who drive measurable business impact through sophisticated localization strategies across marketplaces, combining deep understanding of local audiences, cultures, and marketplace dynamics with strategic use of Amazon Ads solutions.

Technology Innovation

Recognizing partners who develop innovative, scalable technology solutions through sophisticated use of Amazon Ads APIs and tools, solving advertisers’ critical business challenges while delivering measurable results and enabling new opportunities for growth.

Recognition at every stage

The Amazon Ads Partner Awards recognize excellence in driving advertiser success. Award-winning partners experience significant business growth, with a 14% increase in both total advertisers and advertiser spend over six months compared to average partner growth.1

All qualified submissions for regional and global awards will be considered for case study development, thought leadership opportunities, and events, regardless of semi-finalist, finalist, or winner status.2

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Semi-finalists

Recognized on the Amazon Ads Partner Awards page and across our social media channels.

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Finalists

Featured in the finalist announcement on the Amazon Ads Partner Awards page and social channels. Recognized at the Partner Awards reception at unBoxed. Awarded an official finalist badge on their Partner Directory page, a physical and digital trophy, and a case study published on social.

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Winners

Featured in the winner announcement on the Partner Awards page and social channels. Celebrated at the Partner Awards reception at unBoxed. Awarded an official winner badge on their Partner Directory page, a physical and digital trophy, and a case study published and promoted on the Amazon Ads website. Winners also receive exclusive benefits, including a social media video feature and a co-branded thought leadership content opportunity.

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1 Amazon internal, WW, Mar 2024-Apr 2025
2 Please note, these benefits do not automatically apply to country-level award honorees in China, Japan, and India. Benefits may vary for Breakthrough Partner winners.

Frequently asked questions, answered

When are submissions open for the 2026 Partner Awards?

The 2026 Partner Awards submission window opens March 16 and closes April 10. During this period, you'll submit a short-form entry detailing how you solved an advertiser challenge and the results you achieved. Based on feedback from 2025 applicants, we've reduced the length of the submission form to simplify the process this year.

How do I apply for the awards?

Applications can be submitted via the Partner Success Stories (PSS) Hub. You will need to create an account within the PSS Hub. To create an account, enter your email address (choose an email address you regularly access, you will need this to verify your account) and set a unique password. This will become your login for creating and managing your submission(s).

If you submitted in 2023, 2024, or 2025, or have submitted a case study via the PSS Hub, please use the same email address and password to access your account.

The PSS Hub will close for Partner Awards submissions at 11:59 PM PT on April 10, 2026.

What are the 2026 Partner Awards eligibility criteria?

Partners must have Advanced or Verified status in the Amazon Ads Partner Network; status must be maintained throughout the program cycle and certifications must be up to date and linked to your Partner Network account.

The advertiser featured in the submission must be linked within the partner's Partner Network account. The advertiser can be from a brand that sells products or services on or off the Amazon store.

What are the 2026 Partner Awards submission criteria?chall

All participating partners must agree to the terms and conditions of the program.

For regional awards, partners must reference a successful campaign strategy for an advertising client in either AMER (North/South America), EMEA (Europe/Middle East), or APAC (Asia Pacific). For global awards, partners can reference a successful campaign strategy for an advertising client in any country, region, or worldwide.

Each submission must showcase a unique advertiser success story that took place between April 1, 2025, and March 31, 2026. If the same advertiser client and success story is submitted across multiple categories, all entries will be disqualified.

Can I submit multiple award entries?

You may submit a maximum of three entries per Partner Network ID. Each entry must be submitted to a unique category and utilize a unique advertiser success story.

Will I need written consent from the advertiser featured in the award submission?

Advertisers must be named in the initial submission, but written consent is not required at that stage. After the first phase of evaluation, submissions moving forward for finalist and winner evaluation will be required to provide a written consent form. This allows you more time to complete the necessary requirements.

How will submissions be evaluated?

All submissions will be evaluated against category-specific criteria. A committee of jurors, comprised of external industry leaders and Amazon experts, will determine the finalists and winners. Past jurors have included representatives from organizations such as the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), The New York Times, and Kantar.

Why are submissions opening in March this year?

The earlier timeline provides sufficient time for evaluation and enables us to announce the winners in September 2026 instead of November. We have simplified the initial submission form, reducing the length and initial requirements.

How will Amazon use the information I provide in my award submission?

We will use the information to assess your submission and determine the 2026 finalists and winners. All qualified submissions will be considered for future marketing opportunities, such as case study publications, content opportunities, and events.

Are there any new opportunities for recognition in 2026?

For partners based in China, Japan, and India, we will introduce country-level recognition for select categories, based on entry volume and quality. There is no change to the submission process to participate at the country level. Partners in these countries will submit their entries for the regional and global categories, and automatically benefit from additional chances to win at the local level.

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