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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 to global and regional award categories. These submissions will be evaluated against category criteria, and a committee of industry leaders and Amazon experts will determine the finalists and winners. Finalists and winners will receive exclusive benefits and recognition.

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SUBMISSIONS OPEN MARCH 16

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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. There will be three winners for each category (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 of 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 will 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 together, 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.

What's in it for you?

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Recognition

Join an elite community of industry leaders alongside over 100 past winners and finalists.

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Validation

Receive official recognition from Amazon Ads with physical and digital trophies.

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Visibility

Gain exposure through awards promotion, case studies, events, and more across Amazon Ads channels.

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Celebration

Celebrate your achievement at the annual Partner Awards reception.

Frequently asked questions, answered

When will 2026 submissions open?

The 2026 Partner Awards submission window opens mid-March and closes mid-April. 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.

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.

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.

What are the 2026 Partner Awards eligibility criteria?

Partners must have an active Partner Directory listing with 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 happens if my "Advanced" or "Verified" status changes during the program?

Verified status is the base requirement and must be maintained throughout the program, including the submission, evaluation, and finalist/winner announcement phases. If your status drops below Verified at any point, you will have 90 days to restore it. If Advanced status changes to Verified status, eligibility will not be impacted.

What are the 2026 Partner Awards submission criteria?

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

For regional awards, partners will need to 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 should showcase a unique advertiser success story. If the same advertiser client and success story is submitted across multiple categories, unfortunately, all entries will be disqualified.

How do I apply for the awards?

When submissions open in March, 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.

Can I submit multiple award entries?

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

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.

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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