2026 AGWA Design and Industry Awards Closing Soon

There are just 30 days before entries close for another year!

Entries for the 2026 AGWA Design and Industry Awards will close in just 30 days. Don't miss this fantastic opportunity to showcase your exceptional work and gain national recognition for your contributions to design and innovation.

The AGWA Design and Industry Awards celebrate outstanding achievements across a range of categories, recognising the creativity, craftsmanship, and ingenuity that drive the industry forward. We encourage all eligible members to submit their most impressive projects for consideration.

To help improve your chances at submitting an award-winning entry, here are some tips from one of our Design Awards' Judges Larissa McCollin.

General Information: WHY is the project is nominated? WHY it’s good for industry and WHY your instinct or passion is putting it in front of us.
- Was it a first? Was product helicoptered in? You don’t have to tell us ALL your secrets, but it’s good to know what is possible!
Technical Details: This is the HOW. HOW did you achieve the project?
- Tell us the good bits, tell us the challenges — maybe they are one in the same! And of course, we are verifying that you have evidence of compliance.
Sustainability is about the WHAT. WHAT you achieved and WHAT you did to make it happen!
- If you can brag about the fact that WHAT you do in-house to beat sustainability requirements, but that on this project you hit it past the cricket outfield, then we want to know about it.

For Showrooms, tell us what you aimed to achieve with your design, and did it suit, or did it outperform?
- Give us a good example to make your entry stand out. If you do have AGWA signage up in your showroom, MAKE SURE it is in the photos you submit as we look for it.
Innovations are a brilliant way to make a business stand out.
- So, tell us if your innovation is new to the Australian market. If not, why does your product outdo others that are? How much of the market will it affect? Or is this a new trend to stimulate the industry?

Remember photos are SO important!

Make it easier for us to know we are looking at and in the image name, tell us why it deserves a win, eg, incredible sealing job on a complex corner, unloading glazing from the boat, installing an Australian first!

Get rid of the clutter around the photo. We’d rather be looking at the beautiful shower screen than the pair of thongs in the corner or the incredible window rather than the dog on the couch.

One final thing. Impact beats length.

Tell us why you deserve this — succinctly. We've given you guidelines for maximum words. Keep your sentences short, to the point and loaded with relevant information. Every great aspect you tell us, wins you points.

Remember, it’s about being impactful not lengthy!

Categories for the 2026 AGWA Design and Industry Awards:

Commercial Projects

Residential Projects

Bespoke Designs

Innovative Products and Services

Showroom Excellence

Industry Achievement

Safety Awards

Apprentice Awards

HOW DO I ENTER?

Entering the 2026 AGWA Design and Industry Awards is simple. All applications must be completed through the AGWA Design Awards Platform AGWA Design and Industry Awards.

Once you are on the Awards Force Platform:

1. Register an account.
2. Start your entry (save it in-progress).
3. Submit your entry to be judged.