Submit a nomination

About fifteen minutes. No fee, at any stage. Self-nomination is welcome and is how most good work reaches us — nobody knows what an agency achieved better than the people who did it.

The agency

Who did the work. If a partnership, name the public agency that led it — a public body must be the lead for the entry to be eligible.

Agency or authority name

Use the name as it should appear on the award if this entry places.

Type of body

Country

State, province or region (optional)

Population served

Used to balance each list across sizes of jurisdiction, so a small county is not competing against a metropolitan authority on budget alone.

Agency website (optional)

The work

One initiative, programme or project. Not the department as a whole — entries about everything score badly against entries about something.

Category

Public Spaces & RecreationParks, plazas, trails, waterfronts, libraries, recreation programming and the stewardship of land held in common. Mobility & TransportationTransit, streets, active travel, freight, curb management, road safety and the movement of people who do not drive. Local Economic GrowthSmall business, workforce, downtown recovery, permitting reform, industrial land and the local tax base. Community EngagementParticipation that changed a decision — budgeting, consultation, language access, service design and trust-building.

Choose the category this work belongs in.

Pick the closest fit. If it genuinely spans two, choose the one where the measured outcome sits — we will move it if the judges disagree.

What is it called?

Describe it in one sentence

This sentence is what appears on the honoree roll if the entry places, so it is worth getting right.

When did it deliver?

Approximate budget (optional)

Judges are asked to reward results per dollar, so a small budget helps you.

About you

So we can verify the entry and tell you the outcome. Your details are never shown to judges and never published.

Your name

Your role

Your organisation

Your relationship to the work

I work for the agencySelf-nomination. Entirely welcome — and the most common route. I was a partner or supplierDeclared and redacted. We will confirm with the agency before shortlisting. Neither — I just think this deserves recognition We will contact the agency for evidence before the entry goes forward.

Please tell us how you are connected to this work.

Best contact at the agency, if not you (optional)

Everything in this entry is accurate to the best of my knowledge Entries found to contain material inaccuracies are withdrawn, at any stage, including after announcement. If this entry places, GovTen may publish the agency name, jurisdiction, category and the one-sentence description Nothing else from this form is published. Your name and email never are. Email me about this cycle's outcome and next year's opening Optional. Two or three emails a year, and no sales contact — that is a published policy, not a preference setting.

Please confirm the two required statements.

Validated — but no endpoint is wired yet

This build has no action on the form, so nothing was sent. Below is exactly what would have been posted, which is also the schema to hand your developer.

Before you start

Have one link ready

The single strongest thing you can bring is a public link that proves the result — a dashboard, an evaluation, a council report. Everything else you can write from memory.

Your draft saves itself

Progress is kept in this browser as you type, so you can close the tab and come back. It never leaves your device until you press submit.

What happens next

Acknowledgement by email within two working days.
Eligibility and evidence check in January.
Identifying details redacted, then blind scoring.
Every nominator hears the outcome — placed or not — by Monday 15 February 2027.

There is no fee

Not to nominate, not to be shortlisted, not to accept, not to use the badge. If anyone invoices you in connection with GovTen, it is not us — please tell us.