The Stationers’ Company has announced the opening of entries for the 2026 Innovation Excellence Awards, celebrates outstanding innovation across a range of industries
Entries are now officially open for the 2026 Innovation Excellence Awards, hosted by The Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers (The Stationers’ Company), which celebrates outstanding innovation across the industries it represents.
The annual awards recognise excellence across sectors including communications, media, print, publishing, and packaging, bringing together organisations and individuals driving meaningful progress through innovation.
Entries for the 2026 Awards are open across categories including Product Design, Start Ups, Business Process, and the new category of Manufacturing.
In addition, the judges will award an overall Innovator of the Year, selected from among the winners of the individual award categories. This final award will recognise the standout innovation that best exemplifies creativity and impact across the Stationers’ industries at the 2026 Innovation Excellence Awards.
All entries for the awards must be submitted by June 8th 2026, with information including entry forms available on the Innovation Excellence Awards section of The Stationers’ Company website.
The Innovation Excellence Awards serve as a flagship platform for the over 600-year-old organisation to spotlight pioneering work, encourage collaboration, and elevate best practice across interconnected sectors.
Entries are open to organisations of all sizes, from startups to established enterprises, as well as individuals who demonstrate creativity, technological advancement, or commercial impact.
Speaking on the launch, Kate Howell, co‑chair of the Innovation Excellence Awards and liveryman of The Stationers’ Company, says: “We are delighted to open entries for the 2026 Innovation Excellence Awards.
“These awards celebrate the ideas, technologies, and people that are driving progress across our industries, and we look forward to recognising the very best of innovation once again.”
Commenting on the introduction of the new Manufacturing category, Vida Barr‑Jones, co‑chair of the Innovation Excellence Awards, adds: "Manufacturing innovation is shaping the future of our industries.
“From new materials to smarter production, it sits at the heart of many of the challenges we face today, particularly around sustainability and supply chains. This new category allows us to recognise the organisations doing the hard work and leading that progress.”
