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TodayTell us about your work.
Your details, a link to where customers find you, and one paragraph on why your work stands out.
Stand out before anyone’s met you.
An award that tells new customers someone else checked your work.
$49 and about 3 minutes to enter. You’ll hear back within 7 days. If we’re late, you get your $49 back.
$49
One entry fee. No ticket or membership to buy.
3 min
To enter. A few details and one paragraph about your work.
7 days
To hear back, or we refund the $49. Express: 2 business days.
Enter today. Know by your answer date.
The dates update every day, so these are the real ones for an entry sent now.
If we miss the date, you get a refund: the $49 for standard, the $29 for express.
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On your answer dateGet your answer.
We check your link, then someone on our team scores your entry against the bar. We email you to say whether you’re selected.
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If you’re selectedDownload your badge.
Your badge, certificate and graphics are ready to download.
Put it where people decide.
Use one badge everywhere new customers look you up.
Everything’s in the $49.
If you’re selected, you get all of this at no extra cost. If you’re not, your $49 becomes a credit toward next year’s entry.
- Badge files for your website, quotes, invoices and print
- A certificate in your business name, ready to print
- Graphics for your social posts
- Your listing on the public winners page, with a link to your site
The Standout Awards
Your entry
Review by our team$49.00
If you’re selected
Badge files$0.00
Certificate$0.00
Social graphics$0.00
Winners page listing$0.00
Total$49.00
Answer within 7 days, or a full refund.
Quick to enter. Not automatic to win.
Solid
Standout
Quality of work
The standard of the work itself.
Solid
The work is done properly and holds up over time.
Standout
The craft is unusually good for a business your size.
Results for customers
Outcomes the people you serve would vouch for.
Solid
Customers get what they came for, and say so.
Standout
Customers describe an outcome that changed something for them.
What sets you apart
The reason someone picks you over the next option.
Solid
There’s a clear reason to choose you.
Standout
That reason is specific to you and hard to copy.
Is it legit?
You pay for a review. The result depends on your work.
A person reads it.
Someone on our review team reads and scores every entry.
We check it’s real.
Before scoring, we check that the link you send is live and matches the business you entered.
You can’t buy a win.
Not everyone is selected, and nothing you pay changes your score.
Customers can check it.
Winners are listed on our public winners page, which says they paid the $49 entry fee and were scored against the bar.
Questions.
Who can enter?
Any small business, or anyone who works for themselves. You don’t need a website; a social profile or Google listing works. If we can’t verify a business, we refund the entry.
Why is it only $49?
The entry is short and everything included is digital. If you'd like a glass award like the one in our photo, you can add it after you're selected.
What should I write?
What you do, who it’s for, and one example of work you’re proud of. Plain words are fine, since the score is about your work.
What if I’m not selected?
We’ll email to say you weren’t selected this year, and your $49 becomes a credit toward next year’s entry. The $49 pays for the review, so it isn’t refunded once your entry has been scored.
Will you tell me why I wasn’t selected?
We don’t share scores or feedback on individual entries. Every entry is judged against the same published bar, and decisions are final. You’re welcome to enter again next year using your $49 credit.
Does express change my odds?
No. Same bar, same review. It only gets your answer to you within 2 business days, and if we miss that, we refund the $29.
Is there anything else to pay?
Only the optional express answer at checkout, or an extra after you're selected, like a glass award, window stickers or a framed certificate.
Does the badge show a year?
Yes. It’s the 2026 award.
This is the whole entry.
About 3 minutes. You pay at the end.
Have these ready:- Your business name and a link to where customers find you
- A paragraph about your work
- A card to pay the $49