TAGIE Awards Nominations

Enter yourself, your company, your colleagues, suppliers, retailers,  designers, the best game, toy, marketing, PR campaign, and more... it's free and most important it's easy and only takes a few minutes.

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It is the TAGIE's 18th year! Join us in recognizing and celebrating colleagues from around the world on this extraordinary evening!  CHITAG/POP has always promoted innovation from people and companies in all stages of a product's journey to life. 

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DATES AND DEADLINES:
May 13th - Lifetime Achievement Nominations Open

June 5th - TAGIE Nominations Open

June 30th - Lifetime Achievement Nominations Close

August 2nd -  TAGIE Nominations Close
September 16th - Top 10 nominees in each category announced, public voting begins. 

October 18th - Voting closes

November 8th - Winners Announced at the TAGIEs! Don't Miss this Night!

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NEW CATEGORIES!

NOMINATE INDIVIDUALS & TEAMS IN THESE CATEGORIES!

• Preschool Toy Innovator of the Year

• Kidult Toy Innovator of the Year

• Preschool Game Innovator of the Year 

• Adult/Family Game Innovator of the Year

• Tech Toy Innovator of the Year

• Tech Game Innovator of the Year

• Breakout Innovator of the Year

• Young Innovator of the Year

• Innovative Art and Visuals of the Year

• Innovative PR & Marketing Team of the Year

• Most Innovative Retailer Award

• Most Innovative Vendor & Partner

• Most Innovative Licensed Product

• Game Changer - The people/teams that make the industry innovative yet are seldom publicly recognized.

• Lifetime Achievement - Information on Eligibilty, Nominating Someone and Past Honorees Here

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AWARDS DECIDED BY COMMITTEE

(we welcome your suggestions)​

• In Memoriam Presentation - TBA 

• Hassenfeld Family Initiatives Humanitarian Award - TBA

• Game Changer of the Year - TBA

• Lifetime Achievement - TBA

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SIMPLE RULES

• Products, services must be active in retail channels this fall

• Product launched in past 12 months to early September (incl. 2024 soft launches).

• You can nominate an person (or a team) for one or more categories.

• You may submit multiple nominations for different people and companies.

• Don't be shy - nominate yourself! 

• Information on Lifetime Achievement: Criteria, Past Honorees, etc. HERE

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The POP Advisory Board

Reviews TAGIE Submissions/Nominations

• John Barbour - Managing Partner Volta Capital

• Karri Bean - Board Chair and Senior Manager, Licensing at Disney Park, Experiences and Consumer Products

• Mike Bisogno, Senior Director, Design and Inventor Relations, Spin Master

• Peggy Brown - Inventor, Playwright, Designer, Author, Filmmaker, Funmaker

• Mary Couzin - President, Founder, Chicago Toy & Game Group

• Amy Friedland, Executive Vice President, Carve Communications

• Robert Fuhrer - Owner at Nextoy LLC and KenKen Puzzle

• Richard Gill - Co-Founder McGill and Associates

• Adi Golad - Founder and Managing Director of Goliath

• Rachel Griffin - Co-Founder, Playwise Partners

• Dougal Grimes - Founder, EightyTwo

• Alan Hassenfeld - Chairman, Exec. Committee, Hasbro; Chairman, Hassenfeld Family Initiatives

• Dan Klitsner - Founder, KID Group

• Tara McGrath - Creative Director, Inventor Relations & Innovation at Mattel

• Matt Nuccio - President of DesignEdge

• Phil Sage - Senior Director : Design & Innovation HUB, North America, PepsiCo

• Angus Walker - Vice President, Marketing & GBU Lead at Spin Master

• Tim Walsh - Co-Founder, Roo Games; Filmmaker, Author, Designer, Creative Consultant, The Playmakers

• David Yakos - Creativity Director, Co-Owner, Salient Technologies​