Don’t Panic are pleased to announce the UK Public Sector Communications Awards 2013.

These national awards will celebrate and rewarded excellent communication strategies and campaigns, teams and individuals in local and national government, emergency services and not-for-profit bodies from across the UK.

The awards will be presented at an evening ceremony in Manchester on 19 November 2013, following an afternoon seminar, which will provide information, advice and case studies for all public sector communicators. and feature a number of speakers including members of our judging panel. 

The awards will feature 21 categories, plus a grand prix award, and will be judged by a high-level independent judging panel.

Details of the 2012 winners are here and photos are on the Don't Panic flickr account here.

The timetable for the 2013 awards is:

April – Awards launch, entries open

Friday 20 September –Deadline for all entries

Tuesday 15 October – Judging session

Wednesday 16 October – Shortlists announced

Tuesday 19 November – Seminar & awards ceremony