Each Big Apple Award category will honor individuals or companies that have achieved excellence. In order to distinguish your entry from others, you might choose to highlight:

•            How you overcame significant and or unique challenges.

•            How the event/product was unique, distinctive and professionally executed.

•            How your event or product provided value to your client.

There are 12 categories for the 2012 Big Apple Awards.

 

Did your (Corporate or Association) event rock from top to bottom, from the pre-event engagement to post-event follow up and everything in between? If the answer is a resounding ‘YES!’, tell us how you made it happen.

It’s one thing to create a rockin’ event, but it’s quite another to do it on a budget. Let us know if you think you did the best with less.

Sure, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But it’s also in the eye of the event designer. Show us how your vision - and visuals - helped take an event to the next level.

Tenting, audio-visual, staging, etc. You guys may be behind the scenes but without your help there wouldn’t be a scene in the first place. If your technical achievements were key to an event’s success let us hear about it.

It’s no secret that events are the lifeline of non-profits. So if your organization (or your client’s) is alive and well thanks to a first-class event, we want details.

Your art may be print or digital (or both), but if your canvas includes invitations, presentations and signage of all kind this is the category for you.

Everyone loves a good party, and you know how to throw one. Birthdays, anniversaries, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs and weddings, let us know if there was one that took the cake.

Were your centerpieces the center of attention? Did your tabletops top the lists of fun, fresh and unique? If you designed a table that stood above the rest, let us know.

Have you launched a new space that’s taken the city by storm? Renovated or rebranded an older one? Or maybe your venue is simply a tried and true New York classic. If it’s any of the above tell us what makes your space the hottest ticket in town.

Anyone who says a picture is worth a thousand words has never seen your photography or videography. If your work has helped capture an event at its best we want to see your work.

Have you created a new product that event professionals need to know about, or already can’t live without? A fun rental item? Cool new software? Cutting edge technology? A combination of all three or maybe something else entirely? This is a category for event professional by trade and entrepreneurs at heart.

The category for those of you who believe cooking should be considered a national sport. Throw your hat in the ring if your F&B brought the crowd to its feet.