*See below for the updated 2022 Award Program process.  Any questions can be directed to McKenzie Burns (mburns@cfemedia) or your current sales representative. 

2023 Engineers’ Choice Awards program schedule

  • Oct. 3, 2022: Entries open
  • Dec. 30, 2022: Entry deadline
  • Jan. 16, 2023: Finalists notified via email regarding status
  • March 6, 2023: Finalists announced and voting begins at www.controleng.com/EngineersChoice
  • April 14, 2023: Voting closes
  • April 24, 2023: Winners and Honorable Mentions notified via email regarding status
  • Mid-June 2023: Winners and Honorable Mentions announced at www.controleng.com/EngineersChoice

 

The process changes are as follows:

  • All programs will be open to entries starting October 1, 2022 and will remain open through December 31, 2022.
  • Any products released within the 2022 calendar year (January 1, 2022 – December 31, 2022) are eligible for entry
  • All products will now be submitted into awards programs through Alchemer
  • Current advertisers will have an entry fee of $495 per product; non-advertisers will have an entry fee of $695 per product
  • Once the entry period ends, all products that were entered will become a finalist
      • All finalists will be featured in “Finalists” eBook, releasing Jan. 2023
      • Each product category will have its own section
  • Voting will remain open from mid-to-late January 2023 to March 2023
      • Specific voting start and end dates TBD
  • Winners will be notified and their products will be added to eBook
      • This is an updated version of the “Finalists” eBook, but all winners will be featured in the front
      • Each product category will have its own section in eBook

There will still be opportunities for finalists and winners to advertise outside of this eBook. The current sales options for next year’s awards programs include:

  • Spot in program “Finalist” and/or “Winners” eNewsletter ($2,500)
  • Leads generated from eBook downloads ($3,500)
  • Services-style email with 4 content pieces promoting the product ($7,000)
  • Bundle of all aforementioned options ($9,000)