To submit yourself for consideration for the 2026 GEM Award for Media Excellence, complete the form below by July 30, 2025. Three nominees will be honored and one winner will be announced live at the GEM Awards gala on March 13, 2026.

Criteria for Nominations

Accepting nominations of an individual, not a publication, based on body of work at current and past publications. This award recognizes consistent excellence in quality of reporting on fine jewelry and watches. Those eligible are fashion or accessories editors at national magazines, fashion editors at national or local newspapers, reporters for news services, freelance writers who contribute to one or multiple consumer publications, and broadcast personalities who cover jewelry or watches. The body of work eligible for consideration is September 1, 2024 – present.

 

Submission for Nomination: GEM Award for Media Excellence

• The individual must self-submit for the GEM Award for Media Excellence nomination.
• Only fully completed nominations will be accepted and considered.
• Kindly note the word count restrictions for each question.
• Please review all questions on this form before answering. To avoid timing out of the page, compile your responses in a separate document before submitting here.
  

Criteria for the GEM Award for Media Excellence

Accepting nominations of an individual, not a publication, based on body of work at current and past publications. This award recognizes consistent excellence in quality of reporting on fine jewelry and watches. Those eligible are fashion or accessories editors at national magazines, fashion editors at national or local newspapers, reporters for news services, freelance writers who contribute to one or multiple consumer publications, and broadcast personalities who cover jewelry or watches. The body of work eligible for consideration is September 1, 2024 – present.

If you have any questions, please contact events@jewelers.org

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Why should you be nominated for a GEM Award for Media Excellence? (300 words max)*

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Upload 5 Samples of Published Work

Examples from September 1, 2024 – present only. Upload each file separately. Preferred files are jpgs, gifs, pdfs. If directing to examples on the web, copy the web URLs in text box below.

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Upload a video of you, the potential nominee for media excellence, explaining why you should be nominated. Please say your name at the beginning of the video and describe one piece of your media work from the year. Iphone quality video is acceptable for the nomination submission. Video should be under 2 minutes in length.

Upload the video via dropbox here: https://www.dropbox.com/request/OFMpmmyId4pk1ovNVsQ2

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