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Golden Post Awards Finalists

Congratulations to the agencies named below as category finalists for the 2026 Golden Post Awards! With hundreds of outstanding entries received for the 2026 competition, these finalists represent the very best in government social media.

Winners in each category will be named during the Awards ceremony at the 2026 Government Social Media Conference!

NEW in 2026! The Golden Post Awards ceremony will be livestreamed for anyone to tune in on May 6th, 2026 from 1:30pm-2:30pm CT. 

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2026 Entry-Based Finalists (in alphabetical order by category)

Best Brand Voice

Best Organic Campaign

Best Organic Collaboration

  • Coral Springs Police Department, FL
  • Illinois Department of Public Health
  • Pennsylvania Game Commission
  • City of Boise, ID
  • City of Long Beach, CA
  • San Francisco Environment Department
  • Utah Transit Authority
  • Washington State Department of Transportation
  • Atlanta Beltline
  • City of Maryland Heights, MO
  • City of Riverside, CA
  • Utah Department of Transportation

Best Overall Social Media Presence

Best Paid Campaign

Best Public Awareness Strategy

  • Albuquerque Police Department
  • City of Savage, MN
  • Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
  • Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
  • Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
  • City of Fort Collins, CO
  • City of Henderson, NV
  • Lane Transit District, OR
  • Utah Historical Society
  • City of Oakland, CA - Office of the City Auditor
  • Oklahoma Department of Transportation
  • Public Health - Seattle & King County
  • Town of Prescott Valley, AZ
  • Utah Transit Authority

Best Use of Social Media in an Emergency

Best Video Strategy

Post of the Year

  • Austin Energy, TX
  • City and Borough of Juneau, AK
  • City of Renton, WA
  • Henrico County Government, VA
  • Washington State Department of Transportation
  • City of McKinney, TX
  • City of San Antonio, TX
  • Public Health - Seattle & King County
  • Town of Marana, AZ
  • Utah Transit Authority
  • City of Fort Collins, CO
  • City of Mesa, AZ
  • Oregon State Parks
  • Public Health - Seattle & King County
  • Utah Department of Transportation

Additional Categories

The categories listed are special recognitions and don't have an entry or finalist process. Recipients are selected by Government Social Media®, the Awards Committee and the GSMA Council, with one winner announced for each award during the ceremony.

 Social media platform partners choose one recipient for each award, announced live during the ceremony.

Best Brand Voice

  • Coral Springs Police Department, FL
  • Illinois Department of Public Health
  • Pennsylvania Game Commission

Best Organic Campaign

  • City of Boise, ID
  • City of Long Beach, CA
  • San Francisco Environment Department
  • Utah Transit Authority
  • Washington State Department of Transportation

Best Organic Collaboration

  • Atlanta Beltline
  • City of Maryland Heights, MO
  • City of Riverside, CA
  • Utah Department of Transportation

Best Overall Social Media Presence

  • Albuquerque Police Department
  • City of Savage, MN
  • Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
  • Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
  • Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Best Paid Campaign

  • City of Fort Collins, CO
  • City of Henderson, NV
  • Lane Transit District, OR
  • Utah Historical Society

Best Public Awareness Strategy

  • City of Oakland, CA - Office of the City Auditor
  • Oklahoma Department of Transportation
  • Public Health - Seattle & King County
  • Town of Prescott Valley, AZ
  • Utah Transit Authority

Best Use of Social Media in an Emergency

  • Austin Energy, TX
  • City and Borough of Juneau, AK
  • City of Renton, WA
  • Henrico County Government, VA
  • Washington State Department of Transportation

Best Video Strategy

  • City of McKinney, TX
  • City of San Antonio, TX
  • Public Health - Seattle & King County
  • Town of Marana, AZ
  • Utah Transit Authority

Post of the Year

  • City of Fort Collins, CO
  • City of Mesa, AZ
  • Oregon State Parks
  • Public Health - Seattle & King County
  • Utah Department of Transportation

Additional Categories

The categories listed are special recognitions and don't have an entry or finalist process. Recipients are selected by Government Social Media®, the Awards Committee and the GSMA Council, with one winner announced for each award during the ceremony.

 Social media platform partners choose one recipient for each award, announced live during the ceremony.

Want to See Past Winners?

Here's a look at previous winners of the Golden Post Awards.

2025 Winners 2024 Winners 2023 Winners 2022 Winners

Why the Golden Post Awards exist

People who manage social media in government shoulder some of the most demanding work in public service. You are:

  • Communicating in real time when situations change quickly – balancing transparency, accuracy and humanity in the comments

  • Explaining complex policies in ways people actually understand

  • Building trust with communities that depend on reliable information

Since 2015, the Golden Post Awards have existed to make that work visible and valued!

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