How to Nominate a person, business, or organization.
- Please complete the appropriate online nomination form linked at the end of each category’s selection criteria above.
- A consent form will be required to be filled by the nominated lifetime achievement, person, business, or organization once an application has been qualified and they accepted the nomination. In the case of Youth of the Year category, the Youth nominee will be asked to provide written consent, authorizing an INSPIRE Awards representative to contact their parent or legal guardian. The parent or legal guardian will then be contacted to provide their written consent. Parent or legal guardian’s written consent will be required before the Youth nominee qualifies for consideration.
- Once a nominee has been qualified and they have accepted the nomination, they will be required to submit an essay titled “What Inspires Me” and a brief personal biography for Lifetime, Person and Youth of Year categories, and a business biography for Positive Business of the Year and Inspiring Organization of the Year categories. Nominees may be asked to provide references as well.
Who can nominate?
Any member of the community or allies, except the individuals and organizations presenting the awards and sitting on the INSPIRE Awards Board of Directors or the Board’s Advisory Committee.
Who gets nominated?
- An LGBTQ2S+ Person, youth, positive business, or community organization through a nomination by members of the community
- In the case of the organizations and entities who are partners of the awards (excluding the actual INSPIRE Awards organization): their members, volunteers, and staff can all be nominated
- Posthumous nominations are allowed in the Lifetime Achievement and LUX categories.
Who can’t be nominated?
- Self nominations will not be accepted
- Any of the actual entities who are Presenting or Community Partners of the awards
- Any of the individuals sitting on the INSPIRE Awards Board of Directors
- Any individual currently serving on one of the subcommittees
- A current sponsor
- For the Person and Youth of the Year category posthumous nominations are not accepted.
Notes and Disclaimer
ALL SUBMISSIONS, FORMS, VIDEOS AND ESSAYS ARE THE PROPERTY OF INSPIRE AWARDS CORPORATION AND THEIR PARTNERS. NOMINEES ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN A CONSENT TO USE THEIR IMAGE, NAME, PHOTO, NOW AND IN THE FUTURE FOR ALL PURPOSES PERTAINING TO THE WORK OF THE INSPIRE AWARDS.*
In the case that there is a shortage of nominations received for a particular category in any given year, the board will consider their own preferences for nominees in the respective category or categories and submit these to the jury panel for consideration.