Congratulations on your nomination for the 2019 AusMumpreneur Awards!

>> Complete Your Nomination below >>

The AusMumpreneur awards are a nationally recognised awards that have been running for the past 10 years. Proudly presented by AusMumpreneur and The Women’s Business School, the Awards recognise the best and brightest in the Australian mumpreneur industry, acknowledging success in business, product development & innovation and customer service at a glamorous awards event held in Melbourne.

Previous AusMumpreneur of the Year winners and finalists have been featured in national media including 60 minutes, Sunrise, The Today Show, Today Tonight, Cosmopolitan, and the Herald Sun and The Australian since winning this award.

Being named AusMumpreneur of the Year was such a milestone for us. One of our first awards that we ever won was the AusMum Award for Product Innovation back in 2010. And we have been inspired by so many women we’ve met over the years through the network. Being a mum in business is a truly unique experience and having an award framework that recognises this is empowering and necessary. It has been an honour to be the AusMumpreneur of the Year and we hope we have inspired other women to think big. With the right idea, support and networking, anything is possible.

Dannielle Michaels, B.Box 2016 AusMumpreneur of the Year

The AusMumpreneur Conference and AusMumpreneur Awards are all about supporting Australian mums in business. This event provides a unique opportunity for women from all over Australia to come together to gain new skills, promote their business, connect with fellow mums in business, learn from leading business experts and celebrate the success of the best and brightest in the industry. So is 2019 your year to shine?

You can read about last year’s winners here

To complete your nomination you need to complete the following steps >>

  1. Pay the $75.00 nomination Fee – The awards nomination fee covers our admin costs, includes a press release template (valued at $299) and $5 from from every awards entry goes towards supporting the AusMumpreneur Scholarship program enabling deserving mums in business to attend the AusMumpreneur Conference who would otherwise not have been able to afford to.
  2. Choose which categories you will nominate for, choose your top 3 preferences for Judged category (our panel of judges will allocate you accordingly if you become a finalist) and 1 People’s Choice
  3. Fill in the nomination forms and submit by the 16 June 2019 (these will be emailed to you once payment has been made) to awards@ausmumpreneur.com
  4. Become a member of the facebook group The Women’s Business Tribe

Pay Your Nomination Entry Fee Here: https://wbs.samcart.com/products/2019-ausmumpreneur-awards-nominations/

 The awards entry fee covers our admin costs, includes a press release template (valued at $299) and $5 from from every awards entry goes towards supporting the AusMumpreneur Scholarship program enabling deserving mums in business to attend the AusMumpreneur Conference and The Women’s Business School programs who would otherwise not have been able to afford to.

 

Nominations can be made in the following categories:

Judged Categories (Select your top 3 choices):

 

AusMumpreneur of the Year This award recognises exceptional business owners who have been in business 5+ years

Rising Star AusMumpreneur of the Year This award recognises exceptional first-time business owners who have been in business for 2 – 5 years

Emerging AusMumpreneur of the Year This award recognises exceptional first-time business owners who have been in business less than 2 years

Regional Business Award This award recognises rural, remote & regional businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including marketing, profitability, influence, presentation and customer service

Product Innovation Award This award recognises businesses that have invented their own unique product or range of products

Fashion Award This award recognises Fashion businesses that have created their own unique clothing range

Product Design Award This award recognises businesses that have designed their own unique product or range of products

Food & Beverage Award This award recognises businesses that have created their own unique product or range of products

Digital Innovation Award This award recognises innovation in the online or mobile space through the introduction or improvement of an idea, method, technology, process or application

Sustainability Award This award recognises businesses’ commitment to sustainable and eco -friendly business practices

Business Excellence Award This award recognises businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience.

Indigenous Business Excellence Award This award recognises Indigenous businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience. *Must be an Indigenous Australian Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander to be eligible to enter this category

Multicultural Business Excellence Award This award recognises Multicultural businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience. *Must be from a multicultural or culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) background with at least one natural parent born in a country other than Australia to be eligible to enter this category

Business Mother’s Collective Excellence Award This award recognises Business Mother’s Collective member businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience. *Must be a financial member of the Business Mother’s Collective to be eligible to enter this category

Women’s Business School Ignite Award This award recognises Women’s Business School students that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience. *Must be a graduate or enrolled in the Women’s Business School to be eligible to enter this category

Women’s Business School Accelerate Award This award recognises Women’s Business School students that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience. *Must be a graduate or enrolled in the Women’s Business School to be eligible to enter this category

Global Brand Award This award recognises exceptional businesses that are exporting internationally in 5 or more countries

Big Idea Award This award recognises individuals that are pre-launch or in their first 12 months but have a creative, scalable, interesting or innovative business idea, innovation or concept

Women will change the world Award This award recognises individuals who are making a difference to people’s lives, the environment or the world through their business or their non-profit

Retail Business Award This award recognises retail businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience.

Service Business Award This award recognises service based businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience.

B2B Service Business Award This award recognises service based businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience.

Hair & Beauty Business Award This award recognises Hair & Beauty businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience.

Health & Wellbeing Business Award This award recognises Health & Wellbeing based businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience.

Handmade Business Award This award recognises handmade businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience.

Queensland Business Excellence Award This award recognises Queensland businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience. *Must be a resident of Queensland to be eligible to enter this category

New South Wales Business Excellence Award This award recognises NSW businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience. *Must be a resident of NSW to be eligible to enter this category

Victorian Business Excellence Award This award recognises Victorian businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience. *Must be a resident of Victoria to be eligible to enter this category

South Australian Business Excellence Award This award recognises SA businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience. *Must be a resident of SA to be eligible to enter this category

Western Australian Business Excellence Award This award recognises WA businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience. *Must be a resident of WA to be eligible to enter this category

Tasmanian Business Excellence Award This award recognises Tasmanian businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience. *Must be a resident of Tasmania to be eligible to enter this category

Northern Territory Business Excellence Award This award recognises NT businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience. *Must be a resident of NT to be eligible to enter this category

Australian Capital Territory Business Excellence Award This award recognises ACT businesses that have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of business, including creativity, innovation and resilience. *Must be a resident of ACT to be eligible to enter this category

People’s Choice Voting Categories:

Influencer Award Most popular bloggers and social media influencers as determined by people’s choice voting

Leadership Award Most popular leader as determined by people’s choice voting

Customer Service Award Excellence in customer service as determined by people’s choice voting

Business Book Award Most popular business book as determined by people’s choice voting

E-Commerce Store Award Most popular online store as determined by people’s choice voting

Product Award Most popular product as determined by people’s choice voting

Business Coach Award Most popular business coach as determined by people’s choice voting

Making a Difference Award (Business) Most popular business making a difference in the lives of others as determined by people’s choice voting

Making a Difference Award (Non-profit) Most popular non-profit organisation making a difference in the lives of others as determined by people’s choice voting

Important dates

Nominations close – Sunday 16 June 2019

Round 1 voting starts Friday 30 June 2019

Round 1 voting ends Friday 12 July 2019

Round 2 voting starts Friday 19 July 2019

Round 2 voting ends Sunday 28 July 2019

Finalists in all categories announced Friday 26 July 2019

Live judging in Melbourne on Thursday 5 September 2019 9am – 5pm *Compulsory for judged category finalists

Glamourous AusMumpreneur Awards night presentations – Melbourne Friday 6 September 6pm – 11pm

if you have any questions about the awards please see the FAQ at the bottom of the page or you’re having trouble submitting the form please email us directly to awards@ausmumpreneur.com

Pay your nomination fee here: https://wbs.samcart.com/products/2019-ausmumpreneur-awards-nominations/

The awards entry fee covers our admin costs, includes a press release template (valued at $299) and $5 from from every awards entry goes towards supporting the AusMumpreneur Scholarship program enabling deserving mums in business to attend the AusMumpreneur Conference who would otherwise not have been able to afford to.

Winners from each category will receive their Award at a gala event in Melbourne.

Judged category finalists are required to attend the awards presentations in Melbourne. Tickets are $660 per person and include access to the 2 day conference, AusMumpreneur Conference Dinner, VIP cocktail party as well as the awards gala dinner.

All finalists in both People’s Choice & Judged categories will be acknowledged at the Awards night gala dinner.

Terms and Conditions

Please read all terms and conditions

  1. Agreeing to the terms and conditions and giving permission for your quotes, images, video, audio and any other material associated with the AusMumpreneur Awards and/or your submission, to be used by AusMumpreneur is a condition of entry. Completing your submission indicates your agreement to abide by these terms.
  2. Entrants must be either from Australia or New Zealand and own their own businesses, non-profit organisations or blogs.
  3. To enter your application there is an admin fee of $75 to help cover the costs of processing applications.  $5 from every awards application goes towards supporting the AusMumpreneur Scholarship program. All nominees also receive a press release template to send to your local media as part of your nomination pack.
  4. Nominees must display the AusMumpreneur Award Nominee Banner on their website or blog with a link back to www.ausmumpreneur.com Winners in all categories must display the AusMumpreneur Awards Winner button on their homepage for 12 months.
  5. Nominees are encouraged to gain media exposure for their business and all nominees receive a press release template to send to your local media as part of your nomination pack.
  6. Winners will be announced at the AusMumpreneur Awards dinner held in Melbourne. Finalists of the judged categories must attend the live judging in person in Melbourne on Thursday 5 September 2019 and awards presentation on Friday 6 September in person to be eligible (ticket price is $660). All finalists present will be acknowledged at the AusMumpreneur Awards gala dinner at White Night Receptions, Melbourne
  7. Businesses with a forum for mums in business are ineligible to enter the awards
  8. AusMumpreneur staff and family members are ineligible to enter the awards
  9. We have a zero tolerance policy on bullying. Bullying, harassment or intimidation of other contestants will not be tolerated. This includes attempting to contact the awards coordinators with negative information about nominees or encouraging third party individuals to cause trouble for fellow nominees.
  10. Nominees behaving unethically or unprofessionally may be disqualified at the coordinators discretion and will not be refunded. No correspondence will be entered into.
  11. These awards are competitive and not everyone can be a finalist or a winner, while this may be disappointing for some, all entrants are expected to act professionally at all times. Individuals who fail to act professionally may be asked to retract their nomination from the awards and will not be refunded.
  12. These awards are provided by the AusMumpreneur Network to support, encourage and celebrate the efforts of mums in business and all entrants are asked to be respectful of the AusMumpreneur Network staff, volunteers and our awards partners’ brands. Individuals who fail to abide by these guidelines at the awards coordinators’ discretion, may be eliminated from the awards and not refunded.
  13. Due to the large volume of emails we receive we regret to inform that we are unable to answer all individual email questions regarding the awards, please refer to the FAQ before emailing us.
  14. Completed applications will be made available for public viewing on our website
  15. Accepting these terms and conditions is a condition of entry.

People’s choice

  1. People’s Choice finalists do not have interviews and will be selected by public vote. There are two rounds of voting. The top ten people in each category go through to the final round.
  2. People’s Choice winners will be selected by number of votes at close of voting. No correspondence will be entered into.
  3. There is to be only ONE vote per person – voters MAY NOT vote under false names/email addresses/accounts OR vote for other people/email addresses/accounts.
  4. Nominees are allowed to run promotions, however we do ask that discounts, special offers, prizes etc are drawn randomly as a general thank you for support from ALL fans/customers/supporters rather than just those who have voted. AusMumpreneur accepts no responsibility for the running of these competitions or promotions in any way.
  5. Nominees are encouraged to use social media, newsletters, their website, local PR etc to gain votes but NOT third party ‘click-farm’ sites or bought votes.

Judged categories

  1. Finalists in the judged categories will be contacted by email with confirmation that they have qualified as finalists.
  2. Judging is based on your entry submission. The panel decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
  3. The finalists list will also be published at ausmumpreneur.com
  4. Finalists in the judged categories will be interviewed in person by a panel of judges in Melbourne on Thursday 5 September 2019
  5. Winners in each category will be announced at the AusMumpreneur Awards gala dinner at White Night Receptions, Melbourne on Friday 6 September 2019
  6. All finalist must purchase a ticket to the AusMumpreneur Awards and conference for $660 to participate in the live judging and AusMumpreneur Awards.

Accepting these terms and conditions is a condition of entry.

Frequently asked questions

FAQs

Can I enter more than one category?
Yes. Nominees are eligible to enter 1 judged category and up to 3 people’s choice category. (payment is extra for more than one people’s choice category)

Do I have to be a member of AusMumpreneur to be nominated?
No. Anyone can nominate or be nominated

Can I nominate my own business or does someone else have to nominate me?
Yes you can nominate yourself.

How do I nominate?
You can nominate your business or a business you love, by filling out the form at ausmumpreneur.com You or the business owner you have nominated will then be sent an email with the details to complete the awards application form

When do nominations close?
Nominations close at midnight on Sunday 16 June

Why is there an entry fee?
As the awards have grown each year we need to employ extra staff for the awards period and your entry fee helps to pay these people. Some business awards cost over $600 to enter, so $75 is a reasonable price for an entry fee.  We knew some business owners would feel they couldn’t afford it, but we realised that perhaps those people would be better off applying next year or when their business was ready to pay the entry fee. The entry fee also includes a press release template valued at $299 and $5 from each entry goes towards providing scholarships for deserving women to attend the event.

How much does it cost to enter the awards?
It’s free to nominate but to enter your application there is an admin fee of $75 to help cover the costs of processing applications.  This fee also gives you access to networking with your fellow nominees in the private group as well as a press release template for you to send to your local media. $5 from every awards entry goes towards supporting the AusMumpreneur Scholarship program. The AusMumpreneur Scholarship program enables deserving mums in business to attend the AusMumpreneur Conference who would otherwise not have been able to afford to.

Do I have to display the awards banner on my website?
Yes. Displaying the banner and linking to www.Ausmumpreneur.com is a condition of entry.

When is the awards night and where is it being held?
The Awards are being held in Melbourne on Friday 6 September 2019 from 6pm – 11pm at White Night Receptions, Melbourne

How much are the tickets?
Tickets are $660 per person and includes business workshops, 2 day Conference and Awards gala dinner.

Do I have to go to the awards?
Everyone is welcome to come along! This year live judging is being held in Melbourne and all finalists in the judged categories are required to attend both the judging day, the conference and awards gala dinner. AusMumpreneur of the Year finalists are also required to be available in case of any media opportunities the following morning. Attendance is not compulsory for people’s choice finalists.

Should I contact my local media?
Yes. All nominees are encouraged to contact their local media and we will provide you with a media release template. Please let us know if someone runs your story. Finalists and winners must also be available for any media inquiries and interviews in the lead-up and following the AusMumpreneur Awards.

If my friends are too busy to vote, can I vote for them?
No. Only one vote per person is allowed, voting for anyone else or voting more than once is cheating and may result in your profile being paused or disqualification.

How are finalists selected?
In the judged categories finalists are selected by a panel of judges based on responses to questions.  The top 10 finalists are then required to be interviewed and winners and place getters in each category are determined by a panel of 3 independent judges.
People’s Choice finalists are determined by the first round of public voting. Votes then continue for the top ten in the final round of voting.

Do people’s choice finalists have interviews?
No. People’s choice finalists are selected from the ten people with the most number of votes in each category at the end of the first round of voting. Voting then continues for the top ten finalists in the final round of voting. People’s Choice winners are the person in each category with the most votes at the end of voting.

During people’s choice voting is it ok to run promotions?
Yes. However we do ask that discounts, special offers, prizes etc are drawn randomly as a general thank you for support from ALL fans/customers/supporters rather than just those who have voted. AusMumpreneur takes no responsibility for any promotions held by any nominees, finalists or individuals.