There is the opportunity to sponsor the awards. For more information please contact:

Joanna Wignall E: joanna.wignall@markallengroup.com 

The entry deadline is Friday 29 January 2027.

Any organisations or individuals who meet our category criteria and are entering from the UK can enter the awards. Our awards are open to women working across the UK's agri-sectors.

All of our categories are free to enter.

Nominations previously entered into the National Women in Agriculture Awards may be submitted for this year's awards, provided it can be evidenced that further improvements to performance have been achieved since the last submission.

Once the entry deadline has passed, in most cases we will not be able to accept late entries, unless there are extenuating circumstances.

These circumstances may occur if:

• You are very close to submitting your entry and you need a bit of extra time. We will be able to judge if this applies if we can see that almost all of your entry has been filled out on our system. If this is the case, we will agree on the revised individual submission date, but in every case it will not be too long after the original submission date. If the revised submission date passes and we do not receive your entry, we will not be able to provide further support. If you are only just starting your entry when the deadline passes, we will not be able to accept your late submission.

• You have a completed entry, but you have forgotten to complete the remaining steps to submit your application. If your entry is completed but it is still in your basket or saved items on our system, these entries will not be officially submitted. You will not be able to submit an entry yourself on our system once the official deadline has passed. We will be able to support you if you alert us soon after the deadline has passed that your application has not been officially submitted. This must be sorted as soon as possible after the deadline has passed.

In both of these extenuating circumstances cases, please reach out to us on awardsteam@markallengroup.com and we will assist each entry on a case by case basis.

Once submitted, it is not possible to cancel your entry from your profile. If you wish to no longer be put forward for one of our categories, or if your circumstances have changed (e.g. change of jobs), please email awardsteam@markallengroup.com as we will be able to un-submit your entry for you.

You may submit multiple entries in all our categories. However, please only submit one entry to represent one individual/team/organisation in a single category. Multiple entries to represent one individual/team/organisation will not affect the outcome of the results.

If you are writing your entry on a separate Word document to paste them into our online entry portal, please note the following:

MS Word and similar programs count words differently to the way that the World Wide Web counts them. For example, Word ignores bullet points but as far as the WWW is concerned, they are words (one or more characters with a space either side). Therefore the MS Word word count cannot be relied on to accurately tell how many words you have written when it has been copied into our online entry portal. If you are experiencing issues with copying your text over, please delete any Word formatting, (e.g. bullet points) to see if that will resolve the issue. Otherwise, please feel free to contact our team for support.

If you are having any issues with using our online entry portal, please contact awardsteam@markallengroup.com stating what the issues and a screen shot to help us identify the issue quickly, and we will be happy to assist.

A panel of experts and professionals from across the sector will judge the entries. The judges will have the knowledge and experience to assess each individual/team/organisation. Judges who have a connection with any entry will not be allowed to vote on that entry or influence the other judges' decision process.

Judges will look for clear evidence of impact, innovation, leadership and measurable achievements. Supporting examples and evidence are encouraged wherever possible.

They will be processed by the awards team ready for judging. Judging takes place during February and the shortlist will be announced in March.

The full shortlist will be published on our website in March, after the judging has taken place in February. If you have entered the awards, you will receive an email to confirm that this information is live on our website.

The winners will be revealed at a gala ceremony on the evening of Thursday 6th May 2027 at Hilton London Bankside.

18:30 VIP drinks reception

18:45 Drinks reception

19:30 Dinner

21:15 Awards ceremony

22:30 After party

00:30 Bar Closed

01:00 Carriages

** Please note these timings are subject to change

You may purchase individual seats and tables for the awards ceremony on our website. Please note that invoicing is not available as a payment option.

Please click here to read our terms and conditions.

All finalist get x1 complimentary seat. Additional guest tickets can be purchased via our website.

The room will be filled from the front with VIP's and sponsors. These guests will take the front rows, followed by the premium tables and then the standard tables.

Please note that any guests who purchase fewer than 10 seats will be placed with other groups to make up tables of 10 guests.