Why Enter? - L.A. Spirits Awards

A better competition experience.

What’s in it for you?

We are committed to giving our entrants the best possible competition experience, followed by a broad range of benefits designed to help our winners build their brands and increase product sales.

From our modern online entrant interface, to our extraordinary judging team, to a broad range of winner promotional programs, L.A. Spirits Awards simply offers more than other competitions.

WINNERS WITH BENEFITS

Marketing Tools

Free medallion imagery is available to all winners for use in promotions. Unlike some other competitions, we don’t charge you an extra fee to show off your medals.
Winners also receive preferential pricing on point-of-sale promotional printing and other services.

Media Exposure

Top medal winners are prominently featured by our strategic media partners, including VinePair (reaching 31.4 million wine, spirits, and beer enthusiasts each month) and in numerous trade and consumer publications.
Top-winning products are spotlighted in our weekly email communications reaching 20,000 subscribers monthly.
Winners are celebrated on our popular social media channels.

Resource Matchmaking

L.A. Spirits Awards connects entrants to its spirits-industry strategic partners for assistance with importing, distribution, public relations, legal services, advertising, and more.

Let us connect you!

Tasting events redefined, too

Winners are invited to participate in popular L.A. Spirits Awards' tasting events that put them face-to-face with trade and media that matter. (And they’re a lot of fun, too.)

Winners Catalog

Our annual Winners Catalog lists all the year’s results with informative spotlights on all our Best in Show winners.

VIEW OUR 2023 CATALOG

Added exposure for Best in Show winners

L.A. Spirits Awards features our Best in Show winners in our targeted online marketing and on social media, promoting winning brands in tandem with our own competition advertising.

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The rigorousness of L.A. Spirits Awards provides an assurance of quality that makes us proud to use the medals they’ve awarded us on our marketing, educational, and social media materials.

JESSICA BECKER
BULLEIT FRONTIER WHISKEY

Your personal Entrant Control Panel

When you register with L.A. Spirits Awards, you unlock your own personal Entrant Control Panel that offers a simple entry process and easy entry tracking. After the judging is complete, it becomes a valuable resource for all the benefits L.A. Spirits Awards offers its winners.

For all entrants…

Review your complete L.A. Spirits Awards entry history
Submit entries using our simple proprietary entry system
Re-submit prior-year entries with just a few keystrokes
Enter multiple, similar products fast with our exclusive "Clone and Edit" feature
Check your entry status to confirm receipt of payment and shipments
Download copies of invoices and statements
Update your account information

For winners…

Your Control Panel is a one-stop resource for valuable winner conveniences and marketing tools.

Download free medallion imagery
Download free L.A. Spirits Awards logos
Download and print additional copies of your official award certificates
Take advantage of special offers from L.A. Spirits Awards' strategic partners
Connect to helpful industry resources for import and legal services, trade organizations, promotional opportunities, and more

We’re all ears.

Drop us a line! We're always open to fresh ideas and feedback.