Nominations open for TAGIE Awards 2021

Nominations are now open for this year’s TAGIE Awards.

The TAGIEs celebrate the best and brightest innovators, designers and marketers in the toy and game industry, and this year’s line-up includes two new categories: Most Innovative Licensed Product and Game Changers, an award celebrating those ‘who went above and beyond to make the world a better and brighter place in the midst of a global pandemic.’

The full list of categories are:

●          Toy Innovator of the Year
●          Game Innovator of the Year
●          Rising Star Innovator of the Year
●          Young Inventor of the Year
●          Innovative Art and Visuals of the Year
●          Innovative PR & Marketing Team of the Year
●          Most Innovative Retailer Award
●          Most Innovative Supplier
●          NEW! Most Innovative Licensed Product
●          NEW! Game Changers

Nominations close on August 13th. Finalists from each category will be announced on September 1st with voting open to the general public, media and industry.

You can submit your nominations HERE.

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