Rules

Eligibility

Awards are open to any business or individual servicing the wedding industry that is owned and operated within Saskatchewan.

Entries must be a legally registered business within the province of Saskatchewan, and must be in operation for a minimum of 2 years at the time of the awards. This does not apply to entries in the New Business Award category.

Entries may be asked and must be prepared to verify this information with documentation such as a business license, name registration, business number etc.

Judges, Employees of Judges, their immediate families, advertising and promo agencies of SWIA are not eligible to enter the awards. Sponsors of the Awards are still welcome to enter the awards.

Entries

Only one category per company. If your company offers multiple services, please enter in the category most suited to your business. Businesses will only be judged based on the category they enter regardless if they offer multiple services.

All entries must be filled out in their entirety or risk the chance of being rejected.

Information included in entries must be from the previous years works (such as photo’s etc), unless otherwise noted. (IE: Jan 1 2023 – Dec 31 2023 for 2024 etc.)

All entries are kept confidential, with only finalists and winners being announced.

Failure to follow entry rules/details and instructions as listed on the application form may result in disqualification.

Any entry, or portion there-of received after the deadline will be disqualified and/or not included as part of the application. Photo’s or additional pdf’s received after midnight of the deadline (Jan 31 11:59pm) will not be accepted. No portion of the application can be changed once submitted.

Should an insufficient number of entries be received for any given category, SWIA reserves the right to cancel that category and will notify the entrants in that category.

All entrants agree to abide by submission rules and must sign a standard release and an indemnity form.

Previous year category winners are not permitted to enter in the same category the following year. Finalists are welcome to enter again.

Judging

Judges, Employees of Judges, their immediate families, advertising and promo agencies of SWIA are not eligible to enter the awards.

The judges are industry professionals across the province who have been selected based on their years of experience and knowledge in the wedding and event industry. Judges selected will not be current or past employees, immediate family members, advertising and promo agencies of the organizers/producers of the event.

Judges have been specifically chosen to cover and represent different fields within the wedding and event industry as well as their extensive business knowledge. In order to eliminate bias scoring, all judges will score all applications regardless of their different field backgrounds.

Judges that are found to be biased will be eliminated from the process, and their scores will not be counted.

Judging is strictly voluntary, and judges are not paid for their involvement.

Judges will not be revealed at any time either before or after the awards conclude for privacy purposes.

By entering the SWIA, entrants agree with the judging and award system, and agree to accept the judges findings as fair.

Judges decisions are final.

No advance notice of winners will be provided for any reason.

SWIA reserves the right to have two winners in a category in the event of a tie.

How are the Entries Scored?

Scoring is based on a point system for each section of the application. Each question in the application is allotted a certain number of points. Judges award points for each question based on answers provided. Judges are looking for applicants that demonstrate professionalism, originality, excellent customer service, philanthropic efforts, business growth/ learning, skill and quality through answers/content provided in the application.

Tip: *Ensure to fill out the application to the best of your ability, as the judging is based on the content provided in the application.

Scores are sent by judges directly to a third party (non-wedding industry company) for tabulation to produce an overall score in each category, in which the finalists will be contacted.

Physical scores will not be made available at any time to any of the entrants.

Winners and Finalists

The top finalists in each category with the highest combined scores from the judges will be announced in advance of the event. Winners will be announced at the awards reception.

Winners/Finalists will be provided with a finalist/winner badge that they are welcome to use to promote their success.

Logo/Badge provided may not be altered in any way without the permission of SWIA.

Prizes are accepted as awarded, and cannot be transferred to another company or individual.

How do I enter?

Please download the application from the category that you wish to enter, and ensure to follow the entry instructions on the application. Be sure to get your application in before the deadline. Entries received after the deadline will be excluded.

TIP *Ensure to fill out the application to the best of your ability, as the judging is based on the content provided in the application.

Can I enter in multiple categories?

Only one category per company. If your company offers multiple services, please enter in the category most suited to your business. Businesses will only be judged based on the category they enter regardless if they offer multiple services.

What are the deadlines?

Applications Open – Dec 1

Entry Application Deadline – Jan 31

Finalists Announced – March

Awards Reception/ Winners Announced – May 3 2026

Is there a fee to enter?

There is no fee to enter the Saskatchewan Wedding Industry Awards

Where/When does the awards reception take place?

The awards are an annual event, taking place in the wedding “off-season” that rotates between cities in Northern Saskatchewan and Southern Saskatchewan.

May 3 2026

Conexus Arts Centre, Regina, SK.

Cocktails 4:30pm., Dinner 6pm.

Awards Ceremony to Follow