2023 Nominations

If you know of someone who has made an outstanding contribution and demonstrated excellence in their field, has paved the way, and whose strides reflect the ethos of the Batons Awards, we welcome you to nominate them for a 2023 Baton Award. The Baton Awards celebrates women from diverse racial groups from the Past, Present, and Future by acknowledging Britain’s females from diverse racial groups’ pathfinders and inspiring future pioneers, across diverse sectors. Nominations can be made for yourself, a friend, an acquaintance, a colleague, an associate or a family member. You can nominate the same person for multiple award categories but must use a separate nomination form for each category. Similarly, if you wish to nominate more than one person or group, please use a separate nomination form for each nominee. In order to facilitate our blind-judging process, please do NOT include the Nominee’s name in the form fields, with the exception of ‘First Name’ and ‘Surname’. This is especially important in the biography section and those thereafter.

Nominations Open | 00:00 Monday 15th May 2023 Nominations Close | 17:00 Monday 22nd Aug 2023.

Judging: Phase 1 | 15th May – 22nd Aug 2023.

Judging: Adjudication Phase 2 | 23rd Aug –  22nd Sept 2023.

Judging: Final Phase | 25th Sep – 31st Oct 2023.

Once a nomination has been made, you’ll receive an acknowledgement and the nominee will receive notification by email. We won’t share who made the nomination, so feel free to submit as many as you would like to.

Following the closing date, at 17:00 BST on 22nd August 2023, completed Nomination Forms will be sent to the Phase 1 Judging Panel, who will then identify a selection of candidates in each category, to go forward to the next stage.

AWARDS

The Baton Awards 2023 will take place on the 22nd of May 2023.