The following rules are meant to maintain fairness and consistency for all Splash Awards, but they apply specifically to the International Splash Awards 2025 in Vienna, Austria.
Terms and Conditions of entry / usage for the International Splash Awards:
- Any website or digital platform built on Drupal project between 1 January 2023 and 1 July 2025.
- Submissions are sent in via the form on the https://events.drupal.org/vienna2025/international-splash-awards-2025 website.
- The submission fee is €349,00 per project per category. A project may be submitted to multiple categories. This fee also includes 2 tickets to the International Splash Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, 14 October 2025.
- The deadline to submit and pay the submission fee is 16 June 2025. Any unpaid submission will not be considered.
- A case is submitted on behalf of an organisation. An organisation can be of any type as long as it is a legal entity with a financial system to support its submission and consequently pay for incurred expenses, i.e. the submission fee.
- All submissions must be original and the submitter either owns the work or has permission from a client or other appropriate party to enter the work, with all rights granted therein. In the event that an entrant without such rights submits an entry, the entrant will not be eligible for the competition. The International Splash Awards are not liable for any copyright infringement on the part of the entrant.
- If a project has won an International Splash Award at a previous event, it can not be submitted again to another International Splash Award event. If it has won a Regional Splash Award, then we encourage you to submit to the International Splash Awards.
- The project is required to be accessible. Members of the jury should be able to evaluate cases, as would any user of the website or system. For tools and platforms that require a login, submissions should also contain login credentials consistent with the experience of actual users. They can be granted access to a test system with anonymized data, but that test system should contain realistic test data such that the project can be properly evaluated. If access credentials are not provided, the case will be judged on the screenshots and case video that is submitted.
- Submissions must have been in general use for at least part of the current calendar year, 2025, and must have been launched no earlier than 1 January 2023.
- Submission of any project acknowledges the right of the International Splash Awards to use it for exhibition, promotion, and publication purposes in any medium, in order to promote the Splash Awards and Drupal. The person(s) submitting the project hereby declare their submission and the holders of corresponding trademarks approve.
- Submitting a case does not guarantee that the event will be held. In case the International Splash Awards and/or the International Splash Awards Ceremony during DrupalCon Vienna are cancelled, your submission will be annulled and the nomination fee will be refunded.
- A submission must be made via the official submission portal, and you are encouraged to submit your case study on drupal.org.
- All cases are to be submitted in English.
Nominations and judging
- An international jury of digital experts will review all submissions based on a diverse and well balanced set of criteria.
- The jury assesses all submitted cases (see the criteria). Per category, the 5 cases with the highest average score will be nominated for the corresponding award.
- Within each category, a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5 cases will be nominated for the International Splash Award for that category. In case of a tie for the 5th place, all 5th place cases will be nominated for the International Splash Award in that category, causing the number of nominees to be greater than 5.
- If there are less than 3 entries in one specific category, the category will lapse. If a category lapses, all participants will be notified and offered the option to change their submission to a different category at no extra costs.
- The nominee with the highest average score in a category will be the winner in that category.
- The nominee with the second-highest average score in a category will win the Runner-Up in that category.
- In case of a tie for the winner in a category, the jury will discuss the cases and hold a second voting round. Only one nominee will be the winner of a category.
- In case of a tie for the Runner-Up, both cases will be awarded Runner-Up.
Unacceptable submissions and disqualification
- Entries that contain pornographic material, propagate “hate” messages, make defamatory statements, or which are otherwise offensive are not eligible and will be disqualified.
- The International Splash Awards, including the International Splash Awards Ceremony adhere to the DrupalCon Code of Conduct
- Ineligible entries may be disqualified at any phase of the competition without notification.
Code of Conduct
The International Splash Awards follow the Drupal Community's Code of Conduct. Please follow those guidelines. As a reminder, we will include an abstract of the code of conduct on how we intend to resolve conflicts.
Conflicts in our community can take many forms. Disagreements, social and technical, are normal, but we do not allow them to persist and fester leaving others uncertain of the agreed direction.
We expect individuals to first try to resolve conflicts between themselves in a constructive manner, asking for help when needed. This approach gives people more control over the outcome of their dispute.
If that fails, we escalate the matter to structures with designated leaders to step in and provide clarity and direction. When conflicts do arise there is a thought-out and agreed process for resolving them: Conflict Resolution Policy.
We will not tolerate bullying or harassment of any member of the Drupal community.
If you feel threatened or violated as a result of intimidating, bullying, harassing, abusive, discriminatory, derogatory, or demeaning conduct, please speak up and ask it to stop. If you do not feel that you can speak up, contact the Community Working Group immediately with evidence of the incident. Incidents of bullying and harassment can be reported privately and will be treated seriously and discreetly. Use this Incident Report Form.
Please speak up if you notice someone else being subjected to such behaviour. Refer people to our Code of Conduct and point out such behaviour is unwelcome.
