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MUSE Event Awards
Global Event Industry Awards for Outstanding
Global Event Industry Awards for Outstanding
Events and Experiences
The MUSE Event Awards recognizes exceptional events, experiences, organizations, and professionals across the international event industry.
Launching in 2027 with more than 350 categories, the founding edition provides an independent global platform through which every eligible entry is evaluated against the established MUSE standard.
Why the MUSE Event Awards?
A New MUSE Standard
A New MUSE Standard
for the Global Event Industry.
The founding MUSE Event Awards introduces a dedicated international platform for the events industry - giving entrants the opportunity to establish their place in its inaugural edition and carry that distinction into long-term reputation, visibility, and growth.
Start Your Entry ↗Earn International Recognition
Present your event, experience, organization, team, or professional contribution to an international jury and earn recognition based on the standard achieved.
Build Industry Credibility
Independent recognition strengthens your reputation with clients, partners, stakeholders, employees, and future collaborators.
Celebrate the People Behind the Experience
Recognize the strategists, creatives, producers, technologists, suppliers, partners, and teams whose expertise brought the event to life.
Strengthen Marketing and Business Development
Use your MUSE recognition across proposals, websites, social media, public relations, recruitment, and client presentations.
Gain Global Visibility
Receive an official winner presence through MUSE, with selected winners also considered for editorial, newsletter, media, and social media opportunities.
Measure Your Achievement Against the MUSE Standard
Each entry is evaluated independently according to established criteria, not determined by the number or quality of other entries within its category.
Who Can Enter
For the Organizations
For the Organizations
and Professionals
Behind Exceptional Events
The MUSE Event Awards welcomes the organizations, teams, and professionals responsible for planning, creating, producing, promoting, supporting, or hosting outstanding events and experiences.
Review Eligibility Requirements ↗Brands and In-House Teams
Brands, corporations, marketing and communications teams, public institutions, and nonprofit organizations.
Creative and Production Partners
Production companies, creative agencies, design studios, technical specialists, suppliers, and service providers.
Technology, Venues, and Destinations
Event technology providers, platforms, venues, hotels, convention centers, tourism boards, and event destinations.
How to Enter the MUSE Event Awards
Three Steps to
Three Steps to
MUSE Recognition.
- Select Your CategoryChoose the Award Category and subcategory that most accurately reflect what you want the jury to evaluate.
- Prepare Your EntryComplete the Entry Brief and upload the supporting materials that best demonstrate the entry's purpose, approach, execution, distinction, and results.
- Review and SubmitConfirm that all information is accurate, and submit the entry through the online awards portal.
Entry Requirements
Entries are accepted worldwide for eligible events, experiences, achievements, activities, services, organizations, venues, destinations, and professional contributions.
Eligible entries must:
- Have been created, organized, produced, launched, delivered, or active on or after January 1, 2024.
Recurring and ongoing events, initiatives, services, and professional achievements may be entered when the activity presented for evaluation occurred within the official eligibility period.
Paid entries may be edited until the Final Extension Deadline on February 25, 2027.
- Entry Brief
- Maximum 350 words
- Images
- Up to eight supporting images
- Video
- Optional; maximum three minutes
- Supporting Documents
- Optional; maximum 4 MB per file
Important Dates
2027 Competition Dates
Start Your Entry ↗
2027 Competition Dates
and Entry Fees
Entry fees are determined by the date payment is completed, not the date an entry is first created.
Early Bird
Oct 16 - Nov 19, 2026- First Entry:
- $245
- Additional Category:
- $195
Regular
Nov 20 - Dec 17, 2026- First Entry:
- $295
- Additional Category:
- $245
Final
Dec 18, 2026 - Jan 14, 2027- First Entry:
- $345
- Additional Category:
- $295
Final Extension
Jan 15 - Feb 25, 2027- First Entry:
- $365
- Additional Category:
- $315
Results Announcement: April 16, 2027
A one-time annual administrative fee of $30 applies to the first entry submitted during the 2027 competition year.
MUSE Event Awards Judging
Independent Judging.
Independent Judging.
Recognition Based on Achievement.
The criteria are interpreted according to the context of the selected category. Entries are evaluated on their own merits rather than ranked solely against one another, allowing each achievement to be recognized according to the standard it demonstrates.
Meet the MUSE Grand Jury ↗Every eligible entry is evaluated independently by an international jury with expertise relevant to the selected category.
The jury assesses each entry according to five official criteria:
- Purpose & Relevance
- Strategy & Approach
- Execution & Quality
- Distinction & Excellence
- Results & Impact
Recognition Levels
Three Levels.
Three Levels.
One MUSE Standard.
Recognition is determined by the final score achieved through independent judging.
Gold Winner75-84Points
Platinum Winner85-100Points
Silver Winner65-74Points
Entries scoring below 65 points do not receive an award.
A category may recognize multiple winners or no winners. The outcome depends entirely on whether each entry independently reaches the required standard.
MUSE Grand Distinctions
Beyond Platinum, Gold, and Silver recognition, exceptional Platinum-winning entries may be selected for the highest honors of the MUSE Event Awards.
MUSE Grand Distinctions recognize achievements demonstrating the strongest overall standard within their respective Award Divisions.
- Event of the Year
- Event Agency of the Year
- Brand Experience of the Year
- Event Professional of the Year
- Event Production of the Year
- Event Venue of the Year
- Event Design of the Year
- Event Destination of the Year
- Event Marketing of the Year
- Regional Event of the Year
- Event Technology of the Year
- Industry Event of the Year
- Sustainability & Accessibility Achievement of the Year
Winner Recognition and Benefits
What MUSE Winners Receive
Every Platinum, Gold, and Silver Winner receives official recognition and promotional resources through which their achievement can continue to be presented after the awards.
Official Recognition
- Official MUSE Event Awards winner title
- Personalized digital winner certificate
- Official Platinum, Gold, or Silver winner badge
Winner Visibility
- Inclusion in the official winner listing
- Dedicated winner profile
- Digital promotional materials
- Official press release template
Commemorative Recognition
- Eligibility to purchase the official MUSE Event Awards statuette.
Selected Editorial Opportunities
- Selected winners may be invited to submit written or video interviews, winner perspectives, and other editorial materials for possible publication through Muse.World, official newsletters, media communications, and social media channels.
Grand Distinction BenefitsEach MUSE Grand Distinction recipient receives all standard Platinum Winner benefits, together with a commemorative MUSE Event Awards statuette honoring the achievement at the highest level of the awards.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything You Need
Everything You Need
to Enter with Confidence.
What are the MUSE Event Awards?
The MUSE Event Awards is an international awards program recognizing outstanding events, experiences, organizations, teams, venues, destinations, and professional contributions.
Who can enter the MUSE Event Awards?
Entries are welcomed from event and experiential agencies, organizers, producers, brands, in-house teams, creative and production partners, technology providers, venues, destinations, and independent professionals.
What entries are eligible?
Eligible work must have been created, organized, produced, launched, delivered, or active on or after January 1, 2024.
Can agencies submit on behalf of their clients?
Yes. Agencies and professional partners may submit eligible work on behalf of their clients, provided the submitted information is accurate and authorized.
Can one submission be entered into multiple categories?
Yes. A submission may be entered into multiple relevant categories, with an additional-category fee applied for each additional category selected.
How are entries judged?
Each eligible entry is evaluated independently by an international jury according to purpose and relevance, strategy and approach, execution and quality, distinction and excellence, and results and impact.
Are virtual and hybrid events eligible?
Yes. Virtual and hybrid events are eligible when they meet the published eligibility period and category requirements.
What do MUSE Event Awards winners receive?
Platinum, Gold, and Silver Winners receive an official winner title, digital certificate, winner badge, official listing, dedicated winner profile, and promotional resources.