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Entries Being Accepted for 2025 Neptune Awards

November 11, 2025

Marine Marketers of America (MMA) is now accepting submissions for the 2025 Neptune Awards—North America’s top honors for marine marketing. The annual contest, now in its 18th year, is open to any company or organization producing and publishing marine industry marketing work between January 1 and December 7, 2025. Entries will be accepted through December 7.

The winners will be announced during the Neptune Awards Ceremony at the Discover Boating Miami International Boat Show, Wednesday, February 11, 2026, at the Miami Beach Botanical Garden. Tickets to this event are slated to be announced later this year.

Categories for the 2025 Neptune Awards include:

              • New: Dealership Experiential Marketing Award (dealers only)

              • Integrated Marketing Campaign

              • New Product / Model Launch Campaign

              • Best Use of AI

              • New: Start-Up category

              • Top honor: “King Neptune” best-in-show

Independent judging panels score entries by established criteria (75+ judges served in 2024.) Interested in judging? Email alisdairmartin@gmail.com. Enter & details: www.marinemarketersofamerica.org/neptunes-2025  . Questions? Contact Alisdair Martin at alisdairmartin@gmail.com or visit www.marinemarketersofamerica.org.

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