A judging process built on integrity.
Every finalist and winner is selected through an independent, transparent and rigorous assessment process. The Women in Real Estate Awards has been designed to ensure every submission is assessed fairly, consistently and against clearly defined judging criteria. This commitment to integrity is what makes the recognition so highly regarded across the industry.
Download award category criteria
Criteria for all award categories, including questionnaire and required supporting information, can be downloaded here.
Make a nomination
Australia’s real estate sector is given the opportunity to nominate a friend, colleague or peer for Women in Real Estate Awards.
The industry is informed of the opening of the nominations for the events program via REB, with additional marketing of the event distributed via social media, partners, industry stakeholders, online media and other channels for the real estate industry. The objective is to ensure inclusiveness and wide participation from across Australia’s real estate industry.
Nominations can be made directly by an individual or company. If you would like to nominate a business partner, colleague, industry participant, business, subcontractor, university, association or any connected eligible entity for an Women in Real Estate Award, click here.
Nominating is easy and will take less than a minute; nominations across multiple categories can be done on the one form.
NOTE: Self-nominating participants that meet eligibility criteria can move directly from stage one to stage three.
Lodge submission
Nominees are offered the opportunity to provide a submission for those award categories they are nominated for, or wish to participate in if self-nominating.
Nominees (businesses or individuals) can, where relevant, submit for multiple award categories where they meet the award’s criteria. To review all category details, click here.
Submissions do take time and effort. Expect each submission to take up to three to four hours; some category submissions may take longer. Participants are encouraged to do fewer submissions but at a higher standard and quality to best ensure positive performance in the awards program.
All submissions are electronic and must be received through our secure awards platform by 5:30pm AEST on Tuesday, 15 September 2026.
The awards platform is safe and secure. It’s ISO/IEC 27001 certified, compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), PCI DSS, and more. No information received via the awards process or portal is used for any reason other than for assessing the submission and is only shared with those judges who are judging each specific award.
Finalist shortlisting
All submissions undergo a thorough audit process, checking demographic and other information against category eligible criteria based on the information provided in the submission.
Those submissions deemed eligible against submission criteria are reviewed and assessed by a panel of Momentum Media events and editorial team members and executives, plus industry stakeholders where required, to determine the finalists for each category.
The number of finalists varies for each award category.
Finalists announced
Finalists are contacted directly by the Momentum Media team advising that they are finalists. Finalists are then announced publicly via REB and the Women in Real Estate Awards website.
When finalists purchase their ticket, they are provided with a finalist seal that they can display on their website or in their office. Finalists are also provided with a press release to help them spread the word to their network.
Submissions judged
Finalist submissions are delivered to a panel of respected professionals and business leaders, who assess each submission against the criteria of each award category. The judging panel can be viewed here.
The judges score each part of the submission across the category’s criteria, giving an aggregated score. A number of judges will individually assess each submission for each category, offering a blended score and assessment.
The combined judging scores for each submission for each category are tabulated, with the highest-scoring submission deemed the winner.
Winners announced
One winner will be announced per award category, with the awards presented at the Women in Real Estate Awards gala evening. For full details on the event, click here.
For additional details on the methodology or for any information regarding your submission, please contact our team here.
Judging Principles
Independence
All judges are appointed independently and recuse themselves from categories where any conflict of interest exists.
Fairness
Every submission is evaluated against the same published criteria. Judges do not compare submissions against each other – they assess each one against the standard.
Evidence-Based
Winners are determined by the quality of written evidence, not reputation, tenure, or company size.
Confidentiality
All submissions and judging deliberations are treated as strictly confidential.
Transparency
The criteria and methodology are published in full so every entrant knows exactly what is being assessed.