Nominations
The Edison Awards honor the ideas shaping what’s next and the companies bringing them to life. Submit your new product or service for consideration by an independent panel of industry experts, and position it for global recognition and meaningful visibility.
From choosing a category to submitting your entry, here’s what you need to know to nominate your innovation for an Edison Award.
01 — Review eligibility
02 — Choose a category
03 — Prepare your nomination
04 — Submit your entry
The 2027 nomination season runs from September 1 through December 15, 2026. To be eligible, a new innovation must have launched and been available to end users between January 2025 and January 2027. A nomination fee is required to submit an entry.
The online nomination form asks for details about your product or service, including a description of the innovation, an image, supporting links, and short videos.
You’ll also answer questions tied to our three judging criteria, giving our judges the information they need to evaluate your innovation clearly and fairly.
The online nomination form asks for details about your product or service, including a description of the innovation, an image,
The guide is a helpful resource to assist in filling out your 2027 Edison Awards nomination.
Edison Awards judges evaluate each entry across three criteria: Concept, Value, and Impact. Your nomination should clearly demonstrate how your new product or service meets each criterion, giving judges the information they need to evaluate your innovation.
In alignment with Edison’s work, the Edison Awards takes an interest in the overall method and development of the opportunity’s concept. Use this space to convey how the concept came to life! What factors, collaborations, iteration, prototyping contributed to the conception and development of your innovation as it progressed from genesis to market availability?
This is your elevator pitch—concisely provide evidence for how your new product/service is unique and benefits consumers. Tell the story of how yournew solution is a gamechanger with distinct benefits over competitors, or how your new solution is THE first-of-its-kind solution to exceed market demand or create a new market. Since value was a primary motivation in Edison’s own innovation work, use this section to explain how your new product or service is different than what’s in the market today.
Edison devoutly believed that true innovation not only demonstrated commercial success but also impacted the world in meaningful ways. Describe the immediate impact your innovation has made on the environment or community served, and predict its long-term effect on society as a whole. Winning nominations articulate a vision, establish benefits beyond simply economic, and could be a catalyst for future innovations. How is your new product or service having an impact on the world at large?
Edison Awards judges evaluate each entry across three criteria: Concept, Value, and Impact. Your nomination should clearly demonstrate how your new product or service meets each criterion, giving judges the information they need to evaluate your innovation.
Inspired by Thomas Edison’s own approach to invention, judges consider the thinking and development behind the concept, including the factors, collaborations, iteration, and prototyping that shaped the innovation from its initial idea through market availability. How did the innovation come to life?
Like Edison, who focused on developing ideas with practical value, judges consider what makes the innovation useful to its users, how it differs from existing solutions, and how it addresses a need or creates a new opportunity in the market. What makes the innovation meaningful and distinct?
Edison believed innovation should have a meaningful effect beyond the act of invention itself. Judges consider the innovation’s impact on the people, communities, or environment it serves, as well as its potential to contribute to broader social or economic change. What difference does the innovation make?
With categories spanning every kind of innovation, there’s a place for your work here. Learn more about each category, or find your category
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Honors products and services that improve everyday life, enhance user experiences, and offer greater accessibility, affordability, and sustainability across consumer goods. Examples include residential lighting, fashion innovations, personal care products, smart home solutions, connected appliances, and consumer electronics which are increasingly enriched by AI to personalize and automate everyday experiences.These solutions continue Edison’s legacy of practical, people-centered innovation.
Honors innovations that sustain the essential systems modern society relies on, including energy grids, telecommunications, emergency response, and urban infrastructure. These solutions help ensure safety, continuity, and resilience in the face of disruption. Inspired by Edison’s work in electrification and large-scale systems, this category recognizes technologies that keep society running.
Any individual, inventor, team, company, or organization involved in product or service innovation may submit a nomination. Most entries are self-nominations, and we encourage you to put forward your own work as it’s the best way to ensure your innovation receives the attention it deserves. Marketing professionals and PR agencies are also welcome to nominate on behalf of their clients.
Past winners have included Fortune 500s, small start-ups, and everything in between. Our program is open to individuals, companies, and organizations of all sizes. If you’ve introduced an innovative product, service, or process that meets the eligibility timeframe, you are welcome to submit.
The Edison Awards Steering Committee and a panel of industry Expert Reviewers review all nominations and develop a list of finalists within each category. Our Panel of Judges is composed of senior business executives, academics, past Edison Award winners, marketing professionals, scientists, and engineers. This panel reviews the finalists and selects the Gold, Silver, and Bronze winners based on three criteria: Concept, Value, and Impact.
The judging process is confidential and impartial, with scores averaged across multiple evaluators to ensure fairness.
Absolutely. Many nominees submit multiple entries across different categories. Each entry must be submitted separately with its own nomination form and fee.
To qualify for a 2027 Edison Award, a new product or service must be launched and available to end users between January 2025 and January 2027.
Yes, there is a one-time entry fee. Please download our nomination guide during the open season for specific information on pricing and deadlines.
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There's no wrong answer here — this just helps us understand the shape of your work.
Not every innovation starts with a problem — tell us what got this moving.
Pick the closest match — we'll refine from here.
No pressure either way — this just helps us follow up at the right time.
We'll show you your recommended Category and send a copy to your inbox.
A confirmation and your Category match have been sent to your email.
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