Eligibility Timeframe:

• Eligibility for the 2026 IBAs extends from 1 January 2024 through 11 June 2026, the last day that entries will be accepted. Nominations should cite achievements during this eligibility window. Videos, publications, events, podcasts, and other media premiered since that date are eligible to be entered. There is no eligibility timeframe for app and website entries - it doesn't matter when they were first published.

Entry Deadlines

• There are two entry deadlines, including an early-bird deadline by which the entry fees are discounted:

  • 8 April 2026: early-bird deadline

  • 6 May 2026: entry deadline, $55/entry late fee due in addition to entry fees

Entry Fees

• Entry fees have been raised $10 raised from 2025.

New Categories

• There are many new categories for the 2025 IBAs

  • There are two entirely new category groups

    • AI Innovation & Transformation Categories

    • Public Sector & Government Innovation Categories

  • These category groups feature new categories for 2026

    • Achievement

    • Achievement in Management Categories

    • Achievement in Marketing Categories

    • Achievement in PR Categories

    • App Categories

    • Company/Organization Categories

    • Customer Service Categories

    • Entrepreneur Categories

    • Event Categories

    • Human Resources Categories

    • Individual Categories

    • New Product & Product Management Categories

    • Podcast Categories

    • Publication Categories

    • Social Media Categories

    • Sustainability Categories

    • Technology Categories

    • Thought Leadership Categories

    • Video Categories

    • Web Achievement Categories