Star Awards

The annual PRSA Star Awards honors the best PR practitioners in the Memphis area!

• Rising Star is awarded to a current PR practitioner with three years of experience or less, whose work has been exceptional and who is active in professional organizations or community service.
• PR Star is awarded to a current PR practitioner with more than three years of experience, whose work has been exceptional and who is active in professional organizations or community service.
• PR Executive of the Year is awarded to a current PR practitioner who is the highest-ranking member of a PR department or division of a Mid-South firm, organization, or institution that has produced exceptional work under the nominee’s leadership. He or she also should have made a notable contribution as a member of a professional organization or through his or her community service.
• PRSA Memphis Chapter Member of the Year is awarded to a chapter member who has done outstanding work for the Memphis chapter and who has exhibited strong dedication to the mission of the organization and its members. This award is open to anyone in the chapter, including members and officers. The nomination should include a brief narrative of the member’s accomplishments and a statement of why the member is deserving of this award. Additional statements of support from other nominators are encouraged.

The 2023 Star Awards nominations are now open through Oct. 3 at midnight! Click the links below to submit your nominations. The awards entry fee is $0 for members and students, and for $35 for non-members.

• 2023 Rising Star Award nomination form
  
  
• 2023 PR Star Award nomination form
  
  
• 2023 PR Executive of the Year nomination form
  
  
• 2023 PRSA Memphis Chapter Member of the Year nomination form

Below is our list of our past winners. 

Rising Star 

Winners:

• 2016: Cara Greenstein

• 2017: Jennifer Sharp

• 2018: Hayley Grossman 

• 2021: Daniel Bastardo Blanco

• 2022: Rachel Powers Doyle

PR Star 

Winners:

• 2016: Alisha Tillery 

• 2021: Nicole A. Thomas

• 2022: Cameron Spann

PR Executive of the Year 

Winners:

• 2016: Naomi Adams Bata

• 2017: Beth Wilson, MBA, APR

• 2018: Valerie Morris

• 2019: Renee Malone, APR

• 2021: Alisha Tillery

• 2022: Shannon Briggs

PRSA Memphis Chapter Member of the Year

Winners:

• 2021: Jennifer Sharp

• 2022: Kim Marks Malone