The Awards for excellence

HOW TO ENTER

Entries can be made online until noon on Wednesday 9 September 2026.

Please remember to read the Entry Guidelines before submitting your entry, which needs to be completed online in one sitting and on a single browser.

Learn more about our 16 Awards categories here before submitting your entry. You can enter multiple categories, but each will require a new application with the answers reflecting that category’s requirements.

Entries cannot be updated once they have been submitted. Only your first submission per category will be accepted.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact rachel.kay@mediaiom.im.

If you’d like to join us in celebrating and showcasing the island’s businesses, organisations and individuals of excellence, please submit your entry by noon on Wednesday 9 September 2026.

The Awards evening will be held Thursday 19 November 2026 at the Villa Marina, Douglas.

Award Entry Form 2026
Award category
Organisation name
Organisation website (if available)
Your name
Your Email address
Organisation Phone Number
Organisation Address
Organisation's number of employees
About your organisation

In a summary of no more than 400 words, please state what your organisation is and the market in which it operates. Please include your key business achievements that are significant for your market sector, industry or area of operations  (please note that should you become a finalist, the answer to this question will be used in external PR & communications to explain who you are).

400 words maximum
What does your organisation do?
  • What have you done and what demand/need does it fulfil?
  • What are your values and objectives?
  • Who are your internal and external stakeholders (staff, customers, suppliers, government, charity) and how did you get their commitment and engagement to your strategy and objectives?
  • What is unique about what you do and how is it different to other organisations?
  • What impact does your contribution have on the local community?
400 words maximum
What did your organisation achieve?
  • What are the quantifiable benefits of your actions to your internal and external stakeholders?
  • What relevant benchmarks can you provide that demonstrate excellence in achievement and performance, compared to competitors or other comparable organisations?
  • Testimonials or feedback from customers or others), or awards that demonstrate the impact of your achievement?
  • How sustainable are the benefits to the local community and/or the Island?
400 words maximum
How did your organisation achieve it?
This section is for you to explain how your values and practices are excellent and underpin your achievements. The judges are particularly interested in how you live the following core Freedom to Flourish values, which underpin the success of the Isle of Man:
 
  • Resilience: what personal, organisational, external or other obstacles and setbacks has your organisation had to overcome? How did you do so? How do you sustain high performance?
  • Resourcefulness: how do you maximise efficiency both operationally and financially and achieve best use of resources both internally and externally across your key stakeholders and the island community to achieve something different, special and better than others?
  • Independent thinking: what is original, clever and special about what you do? How do you find, utilise and/or create best practices?
  • Community loyalty: how do you work with other relevant organisations in the local community to achieve a better outcome while also helping them? What do you do to share your success/knowledge with others in the local community to aid them? How do you promote what you have achieved both in the community and internationally in order to raise the awareness and image of the Isle of Man?
400 words maximum
Supporting documents

Please upload any supporting assets or documents including videos, certificates, reports. (Maximum upload size: 100MB)

Maximum file size: 100MB

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