2025 Partner Awards

2025 Partner Awards

Call for submissions now open!
Winners announced at Partner Summit 2025 on October 13th

The Kong Partner Awards celebrate exceptional innovation and collaboration. Does this sound like your organization?
Nominate your team for a chance to win!

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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 13 during Partner Summit

Who can submit a nomination?

Kong encourages all partners who did business with Kong in the past year to submit a nomination.

Once the call for submissions closes on September 18, the judges will evaluate each submission and select winners and categories depending on the customers use cases we worked with together, challenges faced, innovative solutions, 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 Partner Summit 2025 at the appreciation event on October 13, 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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2025 Kong Partner Awards

Submission form

Submitter

Company PR contact

(to notify of winner status/promotional details)

Would you like to nominate an individual? (optional)

Written submission

Briefly describe the customer challenge your team helped solve.

What Kong solutions were implemented, and why were they chosen?

What was the outcome of the implementation?
(Share measurable results, business outcomes, or key performance improvements)

How did your team demonstrate innovation, technical excellence, or customer success through this project?

What makes this partnership with Kong unique or impactful?
(Highlight collaboration, co-selling, co-marketing, or strategic alignment)

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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