Channel Awards 2019 - Ts&Cs

The legal stuff

Entry Terms and Conditions 2019

All products and services must have been available in the UK after July 2018.

1. It is FREE to enter the CRN Channel Awards taking place on Thursday 14 November 2019.
2. Companies entered must have been trading in the UK for at least 12 months prior to the entry deadline.
3. Projects/programmes must have been completed between July 2018 and July 2019 and MUST be UK-based.
4. You may enter one or more of the categories but MUST stick to the 1,000 word count. PDF entries and/or video entries are strongly encouraged but not mandatory.
5. ONE entry per category ONLY. If a company enters the same category with different business units, it will not count.
6. All material submitted will remain strictly confidential to the judges.
7. Descriptions of submissions from winners and finalists may be published in connection with the Awards. Entrants may, however, mark certain sensitive parts of their entry 'not for publication' such as exact budget figures/financial results etc.
8. The judges reserve the right to move entries to different categories if appropriate.
9. The judges reserve the right to disqualify any entry not meeting the expected standard of entry.
10. The judges' decision will be final and no correspondence will be entered into before or after the judging.
11. Incisive Media is not liable for any costs incurred by applicants in the evaluation and judging process.
12. CRN reserves the right to scrap categories if they are not sufficiently entered.
13. Entries not made through the online submission system will not be accepted.
14. Shortlisted companies will be notified in advance of the presentation of the awards.
15. The winners and judges commended of each category will be announced at the presentation of the Awards; under no circumstances will the details be disclosed before that time.
16. No entry will be read by someone from the same peer group - for example a distributor will not judge another distributor, a reseller will not judge another reseller, a vendor will not judge another vendor.
17. CRN is not obliged to provide feedback on individual entries that have either not made the shortlist or won an award.
18. If you enter the ‘big five' awards - Reseller of the year (£51m+)/Reseller of the Year (sub £50m)/Vendor of the Year/Distributor of the Year (£250m+)/Distributor of the Year sub £250m turnover - and are shortlisted - you are agreeing to come in to a central London location (TBC) for a presentation to the second judging panel on Thursday 10 October 2019. Failure to attend the presentation IN PERSON could result in disqualification.
19. Entries received after the final closing date WILL NOT be accepted. The onus is on YOU to ensure your entry is received BY THE CLOSING DATE.