Ahh, ‘tis the season for submitting work to awards. There’s no better way in my opinion to get some marketing done than to get a nomination. Winning is great, but being nominated is just as profitable in most cases seeing you end up with a link from a heavily trafficked site like the Webbys or Flash Forward.

What we’ve done is taken the trouble to find every award we can regarding eLearning and or interactive design, and have compiled a sort of loose calendar and listing of entry fees/deadlines, etc. I’m sure we’ll help the competition find these awards a little faster by showing them all here, but that’s the point of a contest, to have challengers! 

Here’s the list in no particular order (Note this is fairly rough, and lacking some info due to non informative award sites):

Webby Awards

• http://www.webbyawards.com/
• Entry Fees and DeadlinesWebsite/Mobile: $295
• Final Entry Deadline is December 19, 2008

Brandon Hall Awards

• http://www.brandon-hall.com/
• No deadline listed yet for 2009

SXSW

• http://sxsw.com/interactive/
• Deadline: December 01
• Fee - $25 per site/category

One Show Awards

• http://www.enteroneshow.org/
• Deadline:? 
• Was open in November 11^th 2008 for 2009
• Fee: $300

ADC Awards

• http://www.adcawards.org/register/
• Not sure on deadlines or price

The E-Learning Awards (London)

• Each entry costs £99
• http://www.elearningage.co.uk/AWARDS.ASPX
• Deadline is June 30, 2009

CODiE Awards

• Non-profit cost = $295
• Others = $595http://www.siia.net/ 
• Deadline: October 1st^th (prior to year of award)

Horizon Interactive Awards

• $45 entry fee
• http://www.horizoninteractiveawards.com/
• Deadline is Feb 20, 2009

Stevie Awards

• 190 entry fee before Dec 13, 2008
• $225 before April 1, 2009
• $260 after March 31, 2009
• http://www.stevieawards.com

Communication Arts Interactive Award

• Deadline: December 15, 2008
• http://www.commarts.com/competitions/interactive
• $100 per website

Flash Forward

• http://www.flashforwardconference.com/
• Deadline:? (Varies - sometimes happens 2x per year)
• Fee: Free!

MUSE awards

• http://www.mediaandtechnology.org/muse/index.html
• Dec 1 – Jan 31, 2009
• Entry fee:?
• (Need to be affiliated with a museum)

If you happen to know of any other awards regarding eLearning, training, interactive design, etc, please email us through our contact page and we’ll add it to the list. Thanks!