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47th Classics Awards Winners (2025)


The Minnesota PRSA Classics awards are presented annually to public relations practitioners who, in the judgment of their peers, have successfully addressed a communications challenge with exemplary professional skill, creativity and resourcefulness.

On April 24, 2025, 21 awards were presented at the Metropolitan Ballroom & Clubroom in Golden Valley, MN to agencies, corporations, nonprofit organizations and associations for exemplary work over the past year. 

The winners for the 2025 Minnesota PRSA Classics Awards are: 


Best of Show

Insomnia Cookies Broke Up With Your Partner So You Didn’t Have To (Carmichael Lynch Relate)

 

Elements Winners

Elements Awards recognize outstanding individual components or tactics

  • Feature, Speech and Public Relations Writing: Reclaiming Alfalfa’s Crown and Enhancing Public Perception (Curious Plot)

  • Influencer Engagement to Expand Awareness: Trusted Voices: Elevating Livestock Nutrition with the Purina Brand Advocate Campaign (Curious Plot)

  • Multimedia: Making Change Happen: Solving for Health Equity (Carmichael Lynch Relate)

  • Social Media Promotion: Treasure Cave's Recipe for Brand and Category Love (Carmichael Lynch Relate)

  • Special Purpose Publications: Leading the Charge: Purina Animal Nutrition Unveils Beef-on-Dairy Industry Report (Curious Plot)

  • Creative PR Tactics - Less Than 10 employees: Black Friday at Mall of America: The Destination for Celebration (Mall of America)

  • Creative PR Tactics - More Than 10 employees: Removing Barriers: A Unique Pathway to Business Capital (MRPP & Associates Communications)

  • Media Relations - Budget Greater Than $20,000: Designing a Home as Smart as it is Stunning with Marvin Connected Home (Marvin)

  • Media Relations - Budget Less Than $20,000: Insomnia Cookies Broke Up With Your Partner So You Didn’t Have To (Carmichael Lynch Relate)

  • Brand Research and Insights: Westonka Public Schools: Researching a Brand Environment (Neuger)

  • Social Content Series: A Slicey, Spicy Launch with Montchevre (Carmichael Lynch Relate)

 

Programs Winners 

Programs awards honor the best overall public relations campaigns 

  • Community Relations: Mobilizing Change: Minnesota Youths Reimagine "Racism as a Public Health Crisis" through Art (Padilla)

  • Marketing Products - Consumer: Insomnia Cookies Broke Up With Your Partner So You Didn’t Have To (Carmichael Lynch Relate)

  • Reputation/Brand Management and Institutional Programs: Westonka Public Schools: The Ideal Blend (Neuger)

  • Internal Communications: Top Things to Know – the All-Company Newsletter for Sunrise Banks (Sunrise Banks)

  • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Empowering Youth Voices to Transform Racial Health Narratives (Padilla)

  • Integrated Programs - B2B Products: Sustainable Aviation Fuel Takes Off (Padilla)

  • Integrated Programs - Consumer Products & Services: Net Zero Banking: Your Path to Net Zero Starts Here (Sunrise Banks)

  • Integrated Programs - Government / Non-Profit: Trash or Cash-Hennepin County Weighs the Cost of Wasted Food (Padilla)

  • Integrated Programs - Technology, Science & Innovation: Sky-High Sales National Jerky Day 2024 (Padilla)

 

Thank you to our 2025 Minnesota PRSA Classics Sponsors!