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The program recognizes outstanding products exhibited at the CEDIA Expo 2025. Winners are judged by a panel of industry experts and awarded by the publishers of Residential Systems, TWICE and What Hi-Fi? magazines based on descriptions provided by you via the nomination form as well as on judges’ inspection at the convention.
Please contact Beckie Sirs (beckie.sirs@futurenet.com) with any questions.
Any company that exhibits a product or solution on the exhibit floor of the CEDIA Expo 2025. Products need not be shipped but must be shown publicly and anticipated to ship within 12 months.
Thousands of new products are introduced at CEDIA Expo each year, help make yours stand out. Every product nominated, whether chosen for an award or not, will receive a digital award nominee badge.
Winners will receive a suite of marketing assets to promote winning nomination/s, including a fully-licensed winner's badge.
The deadline has recently been extended to 23:59 ET on August 29, 2025. We reserve the right to consider late applicants as circumstances dictate. Please note that on-site nominations are not accepted.
You may submit a given product to multiple magazines, at $625.00 each. It costs $625 per product nominated, for consideration by your chosen Future magazine.
Just nominate the product for each by checking the appropriate box(es) on the product’s form; so for example, if Jones Smith Manufacturing wishes to nominate a new product for consideration by three magazines, the nomination price is $1,875 ($625 x 3). The entry form will guide you.
There is no limit to the number of products you may nominate. Each requires a nomination form and entry fee(s).
A panel of judges and editors, chosen in advance by the editors of our publications, will review nominations and choose the winners.




