Terms and Conditions

Please read all terms and conditions

• Agreeing to the terms and conditions and giving permission for your quotes, images, video, audio and any other material associated with the The Women Changing The World Awards and/or your submission, to be used by The Women’s Business School is a condition of entry. Completing your submission indicates your agreement to abide by these terms.
• Nominees must display the WCWA Nominee Banner on their website or blog with a link back to www.thewomensbusinessschool.com Winners in all categories must display the WCWA Winner button on their homepage for 12 months.
• Nominees are encouraged to gain media exposure for their nomination and all nominees receive a press release template to send to your local media as part of your nomination pack.
• Winners will be announced during the summit. All finalists present will be acknowledged
• Women’s Business School staff and family members are ineligible to enter the awards
• We have a zero tolerance policy on bullying. Bullying, harassment or intimidation of other contestants will not be tolerated. This includes attempting to contact the awards coordinators with negative information about nominees or encouraging third party individuals to cause trouble for fellow nominees.
• Nominees behaving unethically or unprofessionally may be disqualified at the coordinators discretion and will not be refunded. No correspondence will be entered into.
• These awards are competitive and not everyone can be a finalist or a winner, while this may be disappointing for some, all entrants are expected to act professionally at all times. Individuals who fail to act professionally may be asked to retract their nomination from the awards and will not be refunded.
• These awards are provided by the Women’s Business Collective to support, encourage and celebrate the efforts of Women Changing the World and all entrants are asked to be respectful of the Women’s Business Collective staff, volunteers and our awards partners’ brands. Individuals who fail to abide by these guidelines at the awards coordinators’ discretion, may be eliminated from the awards and not refunded.
• Due to the large volume of emails we receive we regret to inform that we are unable to answer all individual email questions regarding the awards, please refer to the FAQ before emailing us.
• Completed applications will be made available for public viewing on our website
• Accepting these terms and conditions is a condition of entry.

People’s choice

• People’s Choice finalists do not have interviews and will be selected by public vote. 
• People’s Choice winners will be selected by number of votes at close of voting. No correspondence will be entered into.
• There is to be only ONE vote per person – voters MAY NOT vote under false names/email addresses/accounts OR vote for other people/email addresses/accounts.
• Nominees are allowed to run promotions, however we do ask that discounts, special offers, prizes etc are drawn randomly as a general thank you for support from ALL fans/customers/supporters rather than just those who have voted. The Women’s Business Collective accepts no responsibility for the running of these competitions or promotions in any way.
• Nominees are encouraged to use social media, newsletters, their website, local PR etc to gain votes but NOT third party ‘click-farm’ sites or bought votes.

Judged categories

• Finalists in the judged categories will be contacted by email with confirmation that they have qualified as finalists.
• Judging is based on your entry submission. The panel decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
• The finalists list will also be published at thewomensbusinessschool.com

Accepting these terms and conditions is a condition of entry.