AMAZON ADS
PARTNER AWARDS

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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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The 2027 Partner Awards open for entry on November 2, 2026

Award categories

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Programmatic Optimization

Honoring partners who demonstrate excellence in sophisticated campaign optimization — leveraging Amazon Marketing Cloud and programmatic capabilities across Display, Video, and Audio ads, alongside advanced optimization solutions — 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.

Sources

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.

Country-level winners and finalists

Recognizing partners based in China, Japan, and India who drove standout results for advertisers. Click the names below to learn more about the finalists and winners.

China

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Winners

Breakthrough Partner

Full-Funnel Advertising

Programmatic Optimization

Strategic Localization

Technology Innovation

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Finalists

Breakthrough Partner

Full-Funnel Advertising

Programmatic Optimization

Strategic Localization

Technology Innovation

Japan

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Winners

Brand Storytelling

Breakthrough Partner

Challenger Strategy

Full-Funnel Advertising

Programmatic Optimization

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Finalists

India

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Winners

Multiple winners have been recognized in each category, rather than selecting separate finalists and winners.

Regional award winners

Global award winners

Frequently asked questions, answered

Are the 2026 Partner Awards open for submissions?

The 2026 Partner Awards submission window closed on April 10. We are no longer accepting submissions for the 2026 Partner Awards.

When will the 2027 Partner Awards open for submissions?

The 2027 Partner Awards will open for entry on November 2, 2026 and will remain open until January 31, 2027. Training materials and supporting resources will be shared at the start of the submission period.

Why are submissions opening in November 2026 instead of early 2027?

We've moved to an extended submission window to give partners more time to complete their entries at their own pace. Eligible campaigns include any that ran between January 1, 2026 and December 31, 2026 — so you can submit your story as soon as you're ready rather than waiting for a short, dedicated submission period.

What’s new for the Partner Awards in 2027?

The Partner Awards is reopening as an integrated experience with our Partner Success Stories program. Any story you submit through the Partner Success Stories Hub will automatically be considered for all Partner Success Stories programming — including Partner Awards. If your story meets the Partner Awards criteria, you'll be invited to complete a supplemental form specific to Partner Awards.

What are the 2027 Partner Awards eligibility and submission criteria?

Detailed eligibility criteria and submission requirements will be shared leading up to the November 2, 2026 opening date. In the meantime, partners can begin preparing stories from campaigns that ran between January 1, 2026 and December 31, 2026.

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