ISHY Awards

The ISHYs program was established to provide recognition for excellence in publications and exhibits by all member sports museums, halls of fame or sports heritage organizations, regardless of size or budget, based upon a competition evaluated by ISHA members and other professionals.

Winning entries will receive the coveted ISHY Award. The trophy is a tangible representation of your achievement and is something we hope you will display prominently at your organization. Receiving an ISHY is also an opportunity for you to call attention to your achievement through local media. Awards will be presented at our Annual ISHA Conference.

Categories

The award categories will include honoring the best in publications, education programming and exhibits and be divided by institutions’ budgets (non-exhibit categories for less the $250,000 and $250,000 or more) They include:

Books – hard or soft covered

Publications – programs, reports, newsletters, magazines, yearbooks etc. (printed or digital)

Marketing materials – the sub-categories include a) ads/graphics, b) video/audio, c) social media campaign

Educational programming

Hall of Fame inductions and/or annual events – the sub-categories include a) support materials (programs, publications, invitations etc.), b) video highlights or summary (less than 20 minutes)

The award for best new exhibit (onsite or traveling) will fall into three budgetary categories (Less than US $50,000; US $50,000-$250,000; and US $250,000 and above).

New video/digital exhibit or content will fall into two budgetary categories (Under US $7,500 and over US $7,500).

Applications

2025 ISHY Award Application Deadline TBA

Submit only one entry per category. More than one entry per category by a single institution will disqualify those entries.  In other words, you cannot compete against yourself in a single category, such as by entering two books in A Books. You may enter any other remaining categories based on your materials.

All entries must have been completed between January 1, 2024 and March 31, 2025 to be eligible No entry can be submitted a second time due to date overlap in the annual competition.

All entries must have been created solely for the submitting institutional member.

Submit Online Application

For those wanting to submit hardcopies: Enclose three (3) original copies per entry with three (3) copies of this completed form per category to:

Rhonda L. Geib
Office Manager
Motorsports Hall of Fame of America
1801 W. International Speedway Blvd.
Daytona Beach, FL 32114
Mobile: (216) 312-4662

Point System and Judging

Judging is completed by the four members of the ISHY Awards Committee.

Entries are judged on a point system:

Production Quality – 20 points

Design and Function – 40 points

Purpose – 40 points