Step 1
Entries for the 2025 Geelong Business Excellence Awards are now open. Click Here to enter and review the entry criteria.
Please note: You do not need to be nominated to enter the awards.
Step 2
Attend an Information Session. Hear from the Chair of Judging and past winners on how to write a winning entry.
Step 3
Read Conditions of Entry.
Your entry submission response is to be based on the period 1 June 2024 to the 31 May 2025.
Step 4
It is an online entry application. You must include your answers to the entry criteria in the online format. Do NOT upload a separate document with your answers (this format will not be accepted).
* It is recommended you document your responses in a word document to allow you to share with your team for input. Your answers to the entry criteria can then be copied to your online application. It is always good to have a back-up!
First Time Entrant
If you are first time entrant of the program or never been a finalist, you are welcome to use the review service. You are able to email your written entry (word format only) to the awards team for initial feedback from our appointed review judges. The judges will provide feedback on how to improve your entry. It is a free service! Entries will be accepted from the 2 June to the 30 June (4pm). Email: gbea@geelongchamber.com.au
Step 5
Check your entry.
Have you answered all questions?
Do you have your coloured team photo and business logo ready to upload?
Make sure you haven’t exceeded the 2500-word limit.
Step 6
Submit your entry by 11 July 4pm or earlier.
Finalists will be announced on the 31 July 2025.
If you are selected as a business finalist, you must be available to conduct a site visit between Monday 11 August to Wednesday 10 September 2025. If you are an individual award finalist, you will need to sit an interview on the 8 August 2025.