We know that some of our readers will already be familiar with the awards diary for the year ahead, but for those who are only just in the early stages of considering an entry, we thought it would be useful to have a quick look at a selection of the great award opportunities we have coming up between now and the end of the year.

Regular readers will know that we discourage last minute award entry writing (for just a flavour of the reasons why please refer to our ‘dos and don’ts post from last week), so we have decided not to tease you with any September deadlines and have very responsibly started our list from October: –

*please double check online for exact deadlines as those initially published may be approximate

If, having read the above list you are intrigued by any of these awards but want to know a little more you can get full details on the respective award organiser’s website – or you can pick up the phone and have a chat through individual categories, general expectations, likely competition etc. with us and we will give you good, old-fashioned, honest and unbiased advice.

Of course, we’re sure we don’t have to remind you that The Awards People also write award-winning award entries, so if you have indeed been inspired but know that you simply won’t have time to pull together your application, then get in touch with us and we’ll start to craft an awesome reflection of the great things you have done and highlight your true award-worthiness.