General Eligibility for all Awards:
Open to CCNC Class A voting (municipal) members in good standing at the time of the beginning of the awards process. The Cultural Leadership Award is open to all classes of members of CCNC. Contact us if you wish to check the eligibility of a potential nominee!
All nominated work should have been implemented/launched in the 30 months preceding the annual Creative City Summit. The interpretation of "implemented/launched" is somewhat flexible. If you are unsure if your nomination meets this criteria, please make a note in your nomination or email awards@creativecity.ca to confirm.
2024 Awards Timeframe: May 2022–May 2024. Projects launching between May 2024–October 2024 can be nominated but will be considered for the 2025 Creative City Impact Awards.
* Municipalities may self-nominate for all awards. The Cultural Leadership Award does not accept self nominations.
These Awards are not open to Class B non-voting (organizational and individual) members with the exception of the Cultural Leadership Award. This includes: Provincial, territorial and federal governments in Canada; Governing authorities in other countries; Not-for-profits; Businesses; Educational institutions; and Individuals.
Selection Process:
The CCNC Awards Program promotes a principled and effective adjudication process. A volunteer peer jury conducts a review of all submissions and selects the successful candidates. The jury may decide to not bestow an award in any given year. The current standing CCNC Board of Directors, and by extension their municipalities, are not eligible to serve on the Awards Program Jury. The recipients are celebrated at the CCNC’s annual summit.
Review Nomination Fields in Advance:
The following list includes all fields for each award category. Please feel free to download the Word version of the nomination fields to work in before completing the Google Form:
Submission deadlines: This nomination form will remain open year round. Nominations submitted after annual award program deadlines will be considered for the following year's adjudication timeline. Annual award program deadlines will be communicated through Members News newsletters and other CCNC platforms.
To be considered for the 2024 Awards, please nominate by June 10, 2024.