These awards recognize public relations, public affairs, and consumer education excellence among the motor vehicle, law enforcement, and traffic safety agencies across North America. They recognize creativity, cost effectiveness, and the ability to reach consumers with a well crafted, measured, and executed message in the following areas below.

Category Awards are presented at the recipient’s regional conference. Division awards are presented to the highest scoring category winner in each division and are presented at the Annual International Conference. PACE awards entries can be submitted to multiple divisions but no one entry can be submitted for more than one category within each division. Each jurisdiction may submit seven total entries for PACE awards, excluding the PACE Overall Campaign Award.