The Gift of the year competition is guaranteed to raise your profile within the home and gift industry and get you noticed by those that matter the most - buyers, retailers and the end consumer. To enter the awards is a badge of honour in itself and to your products and if you are lucky enough to receive shortlist, finalist or winner status it will elevate you even further to brand new audiences.
The award winners are announced at Spring Fair 2022, the UK's largest gathering of retailers and offers the opportunity for unrivalled sell-through for the winner and shortlist.
Equally, it pinpoints buyers to their next best sellers as identified by their most respected peers. An evening event allows people to celebrate their sheer hard work and allow themselves to feel a sense of achievement.
The Gift of the Year Awards raises the profile of entrants by creating a unique platform to showcase the most innovative retailer and exciting products new to market. Entries are encouraged from both large and small enterprises.
A wide range of categories are available to enter and winners and entrants have benefitted hugely through the exposure that the competition brings.
Giftware Association members:
Entry: £75 + VAT
Non-members:
Entry: £105 (This will include membership to The Giftware Association until 31.12.21) + VAT
Bundles (Non-members pay £30 extra) + VAT:
£195 x 3 entries (£65 per entry)
£250 x 5 entries (£50 per entry)
£400 x 10 entries (£40 per entry)
Stage 1 – Online Registration
If you are not already registered to enter the competition register and set up your company profile now! If you have entered in previous years you will need to set up a new account. if you are a member please enter your membership number.
A Note to Remember!
A qualifying product is product that will be available to market no later than the beginning of 2021, and will be foreseeably available until the end of 2022.
Stage 2 – Two rounds of judging
After the judges have selected the shortlist from each category, the Gift of the Year team will notify you of which of your items have been shortlisted.
If you could send your items to the below address using the below labels so we allocate them to the correct categories
Federation House, 10 Vyse Street
Birmingham
B18 6LT
Please get in touch with a member of the term if you have any issues.
The awards involve two rounds of judging.
Round 1 - This round is all carried out online and will involve the judges logging and viewing your products as you have entered them so make sure that your entry is complete to its fullest before this round starts. This will decide our shortlist
Round 2 - This round of judging is the in-person judging where we ask those that have been lucky enough to make the shortlist to send us their products so we can display them for a live judging event in January. From this round, the judges will decide on the winners and highly commended companies and products.
Please Note
Samples of the Winning and Finalist products will be kept for showcasing at the Spring Fair 2022.
All samples will be donated to The Benevolent Society. If samples need to be returned please arrange collection using your own nominated carrier/transport and notifying the Gift of the Year team three (3) working days before the collection date. Samples not collected by 31st January 2022 will be donated to charity.
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All the important dates for your diary
Competition Launch Date – 18th July 2021
Competition Closes – 30th November 2021
Online Judging Commences – 8th December 2021
Shortlisted Products Announced on the Gift of the Year Website – 16th December 2021
The second round of live Judging (shortlisted products need to be sent to us before this date) – 13th January 2022
Awards Announcement – 6th February 2022
* Due to Coronavirus some of our events may be subject to change