Awardco announced today Awardco Nominations, a first-of-its-kind method in a recognition platform for organizations to run structured, high-impact award programs without relying on spreadsheets, inboxes, and manual coordination.

Awardco Nominations brings the full nomination lifecycle into a single platform, giving HR teams the tools to design, manage, and scale programs that are fair, visible, and built to last.

This announcement marks an important step forward for Awardco, building on deeper, purpose-built solutions that operate in the flow of work and support the more complex, high-governance world of nomination-based awards. This announcement follows the recent release of Awardco Engage™, further solidifying Awardco as the leader in employee recognition, engagement, and rewards.

Moving beyond the “spreadsheet trap”

For many organizations, nomination programs—like employee of the month, leadership awards, or company-wide honors—are still managed through a patchwork of forms, email threads, and spreadsheets. That approach creates friction at every stage: submissions are inconsistent, reviews are manual, visibility is limited, and recognition often stops with the winner.

Awardco Nominations is designed to replace that fragmented process with a centralized, configurable system that supports every stage of the award lifecycle, from submission to selection to celebration.

The core idea is simple: run award programs, not spreadsheets.

Built for structured, scalable award programs

Awardco Nominations enables organizations to create and manage programs with the structure and governance they need, without adding complexity for administrators or participants.

With this launch, teams can:

• Design nomination programs with custom questions and eligibility rules
• Manage multi-round workflows, including committee and leader voting
• Support group nominations and cross-functional participation
• Assign reviewers and track progress in a centralized hub
• Recognize both winners and non-winners, increasing visibility and inclusion
• Deliver rewards or recognition seamlessly within the same platform
• Access reporting and insights to understand participation and impact

Everything lives within Awardco, alongside existing recognition and rewards programs, making it easier to connect nominations to broader engagement strategies.

Built for real organizations, not one-off programs

Awardco Nominations is designed for organizations running multiple programs across teams, regions, and use cases—not just a single annual award.

For example, institutions like Utah Valley University (UVU) manage dozens of nomination-based programs, from department-level recognition to enterprise-wide awards. With Awardco, UVU has been able to centralize more than 50 programs into one system, replacing scattered tools with a consistent, scalable approach.

That kind of scale requires more than form collection. It requires governance, flexibility, and visibility across the entire process.

What this means for customers

Awardco Nominations gives organizations a new way to think about recognition that includes both real-time moments and structured, high-impact awards in the same platform.

For customers, this means:

• Less manual work: automate nomination workflows instead of managing spreadsheets and inboxes
• Stronger governance: ensure fairness and consistency with structured review and voting processes
• More inclusive recognition: celebrate nominees, not just winners, to increase visibility and engagement
• Greater scalability: run multiple programs across teams and regions without added overhead
• A unified experience: connect nominations directly to recognition, rewards, and engagement strategies

As organizations place more emphasis on culture, performance, and employee experience, nomination programs are becoming more important and more complex. Awardco Nominations is built to meet that complexity head-on.