Awwwards

Paid only community

Researched from public pages — no submission was run · sources read 2026-09-25. Rules change — recheck the platform's own pages before submitting.

Requirements

Submission is paid only: Standard Submission is $65 per website
Account sign-up required to submit (Log in / Sign Up in nav)
Submission makes the site eligible for jury evaluation toward SOTD, SOTM, SOTY, Honorable Mention or Developer Award — acceptance into the visible nominees pool is juried, not guaranteed
Awwwards is a design-excellence community — the site submitted should be a real, live website with strong design/craft

Awwwards account
Live website URL, project title, categories/technologies to tag
$65 per website for Standard Submission (or a Professional plan at $13.8/mo billed annually which includes one annual free submission + 30% off further submissions)
Basic plan $6.7/mo (10% off submissions) or International plan $324/mo (50% off, featured placement) if submitting regularly

Create an account / log in at awwwards.com
Go to https://www.awwwards.com/submit/ and buy a Standard Submission ($65) or use a plan's included submission
Enter the website URL and metadata, choose categories
Site is evaluated by the community/jury; if selected it appears as a Nominee and can win SOTD etc.
Track scoring/status from your account profile

No free submission route — even the cheapest membership only discounts submissions
The Professional plan's 'annual free submission' is once per year; additional submissions cost 30%-discounted fees
Paying the $65 does NOT guarantee publication — sites are juried; rejected/ignored submissions are possible
Plan prices shown are 'billed annually' effective monthly rates — monthly billing is higher
Upsells everywhere: directory membership, Academy courses, Market — keep to the submission flow if that's the goal

Website appears as a scored Nominee under awwwards.com/websites/nominees/ with a public page and jury/community votes