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The Brilliance Awards™ is a global platform, media, awards, and entertainment brand from the Digital Skills Authority.  The awards celebrate extraordinary achievement, talent, skills, and success in digital, innovation, creativity, leadership, commerce, diplomacy, ethics, governance, and digital business. The programs include the global awards as well as regional live events, such as Brilliance Awards Europe, Brilliance Awards MENA, and Brilliance Awards North America and many more, recognizing the vision and digital leadership required for greater economic growth worldwide. 

 Entering the Brilliance Awards™ offers a powerful global platform to validate your success, elevate your brand, and celebrate your team's hard work. Benefits include:  

• Global Recognition: Gain international prestige with official awards from the Digital Skills Authority industry's global awarding body for advanced digital and digital business skills (est: 2016) 

• Credibility & Validation: Benchmark your work through an independent evaluation combining elite industry leaders and real-world public voice.  

• Enhanced Reputation: Boost your personal, team or organization's credibility, attract top-tier global talent, and strengthen client and stakeholder confidence.  

• Media & Visibility: Leverage your status as a nominee, finalist, or winner to generate powerful PR and marketing opportunities. 

• Exclusive Recognition & Rewards: 

• • Nominees & Finalists: Receive exclusive downloadable and shareable badges to showcase your achievement online. 

• • Finalists: Receive a complimentary place at the Brilliance Awards ceremony in your region. 

• • Winners: Receive the official Digital Brilliance Award™ and certificate (downloadable and shareable), the iconic physical Brilliance Awards Trophy, and automatic entry into the Elite Honours 2028 program with a place at the prestigious awards gala in Paris. 

Entry is open to individuals, teams, and organizations globally across nine prestigious regional competitions taking place throughout 2027. Submissions must demonstrate recent achievements, measurable impact, exceptional performance, or innovation within the last 12–24 months. 

Both self-nominations and third-party nominations are welcome. Peers, colleagues, or clients can nominate individuals or organizations they feel deserve global recognition.

 You may enter multiple categories if your work meets the specific criteria for each. A separate entry is required for each category submitted.

Entry fees vary by category and region. Please refer to the specific entry page for your region for accurate pricing details.

Entries are evaluated on creativity, innovation, impact, leadership, and measurable results. Specific sub-criteria for each category are outlined directly on the entry forms.

Entries are evaluated through a balanced process combining expert insight and public voice. Our independent panel of judges features distinguished global leaders and industry professionals invited for their expertise. Alongside them sits the "People's Judge" named Dema, an AI that collects and combines public votes across selected categories into a single score. This score counts as an official judge's vote on the panel, ensuring the final winners reflect both expert credibility and real-world global impact. Click here to learn more about how Dema works and how to vote.  The judges are governed by Digital Skills Authority’s independent Brilliance Awards Council members.