Grand Award Winners
2025 - 2026 International Mercury Awards
* The Ferrari Book * Wins Best of Show
NEW YORK, NY - February 20, 2026 - The Grand Winners for the 39th Annual MERCURY Awards honoring excellence in professional communications were announced today.
The trophy for BEST OF SHOW was awarded to ramp.space GmbH & Co. KG Michael Koeckritz (Reutlingen, GERMANY) for their triumphant coffee table paean to an automotive icon. The book explores Ferrari’s evolution from racing legend to cultural icon. Through striking images and insightful texts, it captures the brand’s passion, design excellence, and pursuit of perfection. Featuring key models and voices from within Ferrari, the book celebrates speed, innovation, and timeless allure. Interviews with key figures offer rare insights into the brand’s enduring spirit. The impressive publication earned the overall highest score in the competition.
In their respective categories, the 2025/26 Grand Award winners were:
Judging for the 2025/26 International MERCURY Awards represented the most illustrious, creative professionals from all over the world. Fifteen distinguished public relations, marketing, and advertising agencies, as well as corporate communications departments and public affairs offices participated in the judging process. Criteria included editorial quality; visuals and design; how well the material was communicated to the designated audience; use of imaginative and original solutions; and the overall expression of the message. Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Honors awards were presented to the top 30%, based on averaged scores. Grand Awards were selected from the top scoring gold winners in each category.
This year, nearly 300 entries were received from 10 countries: Argentina, Germany, Hong Kong SAR, Japan, Republic of Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Türkiye, and the United States. Reni L. Witt, President and Founder of the MERCURY Awards stated, “The honor of the MERCURY award is an important tribute - a distinction to be proud of. It’s a privilege to be in the company of others regarded internationally as the best in communication excellence. To be selected by some of the world’s best communications specialists as the top work in public relations is a real honor, especially considering the hundreds of fine agencies, corporations, and non-profit organizations eligible for the awards.”
The annual award is named for the Roman god who was the messenger of the other gods. The MERCURY Award symbolizes the spirit of the message communicated. It is the creativity, originality, and talent of the individuals involved to whom the program is dedicated. The annual MERCURY Awards competition was established in 1987 by MerComm, Inc., the world’s only independent awards organization. The awards programs were founded to promote excellence in the various fields of communications