To ensure that your nomination is accepted by our awards judges, please follow the rules below.

• The criteria must be met, and all word limits must be adhered to. Judges may deduct points for nominations that exceed the stated word limit.
• No more than three testimonials should be supplied; the judges will deduct marks for nominations which supply more than three testimonials. Testimonials should be from clients of the organisation and within the last 12 months, supplied on either company letterhead or email with contact details for the person supplying the testimonial, or as a video testimonial of no more than one minute long. All testimonials can be attached as one pdf document.
  
• You can, and should, self-nominate.
• CIPP staff members, and members of the CIPP board, can not be nominated. Any nominations received for a member of the CIPP staff and/or board, will be disregarded.
• Awards judges and/or their employing organisation can be nominated. If a nomination is received for one of the judges, they will not be permitted to judge that category and will not have access to any of the other nominations in that category.
• All judges will be required to declare any conflict of interest prior to the judging taking place and will not be permitted to judge any categories where a conflict of interest exists. All awards are judged based on the nomination submitted to the judges and without bias.
• Short-listed nominees will be contacted prior to the awards ceremony; however, winners will not be notified before the event on Thursday 5 October 2023.
• The judges decision is final and will not be changed after the judging period ends.