ENTRY CRITERIA

Brands who would like to enter a product into the Essential Baby Awards must meet the following criteria:

- The product must currently be on the market and available for purchase from consumers. If the product is in production, it must be on general sale by the date the awards winners are due to be announced.

All award entries must be completed by midnight on the 30th September 2024.

ENTRY RULES

You may enter one product into as many relevant categories as you wish. If you require support or guidance, please contact us at hello@essentialbabyawards.com

There is no limit to the amount of entries/products you can submit, but each entry must have its own application form, submitted separately.

Products do not have to be currently on the market, but you must be able to submit samples for testing before the deadline.

The Essential Baby Awards reserve the right to move entries into different categories if they are better suited to an alternative category. This is always done with the aim of giving entries the best chance during the testing/judging phase. Unfortunately we won’t be able to let entrants know about the category move before the results are announced.

The Essential Baby Awards reserve the right to cancel, or merge categories, if there are insufficient entries in to certain categories.

All incomplete entry forms will be disqualified.

You will be required to send 2 product samples for most items. Small items such as baby-wipes, nappies and snacks may require 4 samples. For extra-large items such as cots, furniture and buggies, 1 sample is usually sufficient. Your sample requirements will be shared with you after your entry has beeb submitted. All samples are non-returnable.

All entrants are eligible to receive full feedback of their products testing, wether they win or not.

All samples must reach us by 14th October 2024. Any samples received after this date will be disqualified. The Essential Baby Awards do not take responsibility for samples lost or damaged in the post.

All samples must be sent using a tracked service. The essential Baby Awards do not take responsibility for samples that do not arrive, and as such the entry will be disqualified.

Should you win and accept an award, there is a license fee payable to display our logo and winners award - including but not limited to - your packaging, social media, website, marketing materials both online and print, shop front and e-mail signatures. The fee for the license to use our logo is £150 per award won, and this includes lifetime rights of use and does not expire.

The essential Baby Award’s logo and winners artwork must be used in an appropriate manor, and must not be altered, changed or defaced in any way.

The essential Baby Award’s reserve the right to withdraw the use of a logo and/or artwork, at any time for any reason we deem necessary. This can include (but is not limited to) The defacing of artwork (including changing the date, adding icons, changing the artworks colours, or adding/removing graphics), inappropriate display, or non payment of the license fee.

The essential Baby awards decision is final.