2025 Kong Innovator Awards

2025 Kong Innovator Awards

Call for submissions now open!
Winners announced at API Summit 2025 on October 15th

The Kong Innovator Awards shine a light on our customers' impressive achievements with Kong. Think you have an interesting use case?
Submit for a chance to be a winner!

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Timeline

Awards Call for Submissions:
Open until September 18, 2025

Judging Window:
September 19 - October 3, 2025

Winner Notified:
By October 6, 2025

Winners Announced:
October 15, 2025 during API Summit

Who can submit a nomination?

Kong encourages all customers to submit any Kong project or use case from the past year.

Once the call for submissions closes on September 18, the judges will evaluate each submission and select winners and categories depending on the use case, challenges faced, innovative solution, and unique differentiators.

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Call for submissions

What can winners expect?

All winners will be recognized live and in person at our awards ceremony during API Summit 2025 on October 15, 2025.

Winners will also receive a trophy, recognition via social promotion and a press release, a promotional toolkit, and custom Kong swag.

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Submission form

Submitter

Company PR contact

(to notify of winner status/promotional details)

Written submission

Submission title

Provide a three-bullet summary of your project/use case with Kong, including how it played a role in driving innovation at your organization.

Describe the challenge(s) you faced before adopting Kong.

Outline the benefits and impacts of utilizing Kong as a solution, including data points where possible (i.e., TCO savings, time savings, revenue boost, productivity impacts)

Detail the unique differentiators of your use case/project - why does it deserve recognition? Make sure to highlight how your use case/project connects to your organization’s goals around innovation.

Innovator of the Year

Select below if you would like to also nominate the team lead of this project as an Innovator of the Year.

Innovator of the Year nominee (optional)

Logistics

Do you plan to attend API Summit to accept the award in person (if you were to win)?

All submissions are subject to the award Terms and Conditions . Please check to accept the Terms and Conditions and to participate in the awards competition.

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