Prepare to Shine
It’s time to show the sector’s finest at the BPMA Product Awards 2024. Here’s how to take part….
The BPMA Product Awards are the top awards for suppliers in the promotional merchandise industry, recognising the best products that our sector provides.
Entries for this year’s awards opened on 2 September 2024 and will be presented at a celebratory event on 6 December in London.
The awards are open to members of the BPMA and any qualifying supplier to the industry.
Categories
Suppliers can enter the following nine categories:
- Apparel Product of the Year
- Award & Exhibition Product of the Year
- Bag & Folder Product of the Year
- Drinkware Product of the Year
- Food & Drink Product of the Year
- Health, Travel & Leisure Product of the Year
- Stationery Product of the Year
- Technology Product of the Year
- Writing Instrument Product of the Year
Entries are made online and can be edited after submission, up until the final deadline on 9 October. Any entry submitted will be vetted prior to the first round of judging.
Awards are made at bpmaawards.awardsplatform.com which you must register with to take part.
The Product Awards are judged in three overall rounds by two judging panels. The first two rounds take place online and produce a shortlist. The final round takes place in person and determines the Platinum, Gold and Silver Awards and the coveted Grand Prix Award.
The Grand Prix Award will be revealed at the BPMA Awards in January 2025. It is the overall winner from all winning entries across the nine categories, on an points basis.
This year, all entrants will automatically be entered into an additional three categories free of charge as well as the Grand Prix Award.
- Sustainable Product of the Year
- Innovative Product of the Year
- UK Made Product of the Year
Entries close on 9 October at 17:00.
Shortlist
The shortlist will be announced on 22 October and any entrant shortlisted will be required to provide a branded sample of product to be delivered to the BPMA offices by 28 October.
Full details of how to enter, including a downloadable entry guide and helpful advice, are available at bpma.co.uk.
Red Letter Dates
2 September: Open for entry
13 September: BPMA member early bird entry rate closes at 17:00
9 October: Entries close at 17:00
22 October: Shortlist announced
28 October: Branded sample submission deadline for shortlisted entries
6 December: Winners will be announced at this year’s Product Awards 2024 LIVE taking place at One Moorgate Place, London.
