Enter Awards

Why enter

Apart from recognition from peers and the industry, each category winner receives a $1,000 package. The category winners then have the opportunity to win the overall Supreme Award valued at $3,000, giving a category winner the potential to win an overall total prize valued at $4,000.

In addition winners receive further recognition by being profiled in Pharmacy Today magazine and on this website.

How to enter

This year we require each entrant to use the official Pharmacy Awards entry form for each category submission. You can download the Microsoft Word templates here.

Please ensure you read the Rules and Conditions of entry for a successful submission.

Once you have downloaded and saved the form, type your submission directly into the layout.

You can enter as many categories suitable to you, as long as they are with different projects.
You can not apply one project across multiple categories.

Send 4 hardcopies of your submission for each category to:

By post: Pharmacy Awards, PO Box 62027, Mt Wellington, Auckland 1641
By courier: Pharmacy Awards, c/o 54 Carbine Road, Mt Wellington, Auckland

Entries must be received by 5pm, Friday 20^th April 2012

If you do not receive an acknowledgement of receipt, it is your responsibility to follow this up with the Awards Coordinator

Rules and Conditions of Entry

1. Entries close 5pm, Friday 20^th April 2012.
2. Each entrant must provide 3 printed/photocopied and bound copies of each category entered. It must be set out in the official Pharmacy Awards entry template available from this website. All entrant details are to be correctly filled out.
3. All entries will be acknowledged in writing by the Pharmacy Awards Coordinator, within 7 days of receipt. If acknowledgement has not been received, it is the entrant’s responsibility to follow this up.
4. Entry is open to pharmacists and pharmacy staff employed in New Zealand. Projects and entries must be New Zealand based.
5. You may enter as many categories as you like, but with separate entries. No multiple entries for the same project are permitted. Clearly indicate on your entry form which category you have entered. The judges reserve the right to re-assign any entry if it is believed to be more appropriate within a different category.
6. A "Future Pharmacist of the Year" is a person who has qualified less than 5 years.
7. A "Student" is a person in their final year B Pharm in New Zealand. Students are judged on the quality of the essay submitted on the set topic, not on academic grades. Students must sign the disclaimer on the entry form.
8. All finalists will be notified in writing no later than 21^st May 2012.
9. All category winners will be announced at the Pharmacy Awards ceremony in Auckland on Saturday, 9^th June 2012. It is a requirement of the awards that all finalists attend the presentation at the awards event.
10. Two free flights will be provided per finalist, on the basis they live further south than Taupo.
11. For Group entries, a maximum of 2 twin share rooms will be provided.
12. The judges’ decision will be final. No correspondence or discussion will be entered into.
13. Judging of the award categories is undertaken without reference to the sponsors or event promoters.
14. Finalists agree to have their photos used for Pharmacy Awards publicity.
15. All entries and information supplied are treated in the strictest confidence, any information released in relation to finalists entries are subject to finalist approval.

Winning strategies

Title: Give the entry a title that explains exactly what the project is all about.

Objectives: Outline the objectives of the promotion, event or service e.g. was it designed to increase sales, overcome local opposition or to overcome existing problems.

Plan: Outline the plan you set in place. This would include the objectives you wished to achieve, how budgets were set and any difficulties that had to be overcome in implementing the plan. Include challenges, strategies, and advertising and promotion details if applicable.

Method: Explain how the plan was put into account i.e. how you went about it and what actually happened during the promotion or special event.

Results: What was the outcome? Did you achieve your objective? Did you keep to budget? What were the benefits versus the costs?

Note: Results carry weight with the judges. Give as much detail as possible.

Short Summary: In two or three sentences, summarise the overall event including what went right and what went wrong. Don’t be afraid to document what you can improve on next time and where things fell short of the expected outcome. This summary shows your ability to assess the overall promotion or event in a professional way.

This summary shows your ability to assess the overall promotion or event in a professional way.

This year entries are to be typed or computer generated using the official entry template, which is a Microsoft Word document. Three sets of printed and bound submissions will be accepted. Emailed soft copies will not be accepted.

Photos and charts may be included in your entry to illustrate the points made.

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Entry Forms

To download the appropriate Microsoft Word 2000-2003 entry form, right click on the link and "Save Target As"

Best Community Pharmacy Business
Best Complementary Healthcare Business
Best Use of Technology
Future Pharmacist of the Year
Innovation in Hospital Pharmacy
Innovation in Pharmacy Practice within Primary Care
Pharmacy Assistant of the Year
Retail Manager of the Year
Supplier of the Year
Technician of the Year
Young Pharmacist of the Year

Once you have downloaded the template enter your submission directly into this template. Submissions will not be accepted if it is in a different format.