2025 Awards

The 2025 DrupalSouth Splash Awards are making an exciting return as part of DrupalSouth Melbourne. The awards celebrate excellence in Drupal web development, highlighting the most outstanding Drupal project and people from the Australian and New Zealand community. The awards are judged by an independent panel of experts.

Ironstar Community Recognition Award Winners

 

πŸ† Congratulations to: 

🌟 Rising Star: Damien P
🌟 People’s Choice: Ivan Zugec
🌟 Hall of Fame: Vicki Spagnolo

Corporate

Transforming Catholic Education in NSW with a Modern Drupal Platform

https://www.csnsw.catholic.edu.au/
PreviousNext & Folk

WinnerOverall winner
Corporate

Transforming Catholic Education in NSW with a Modern Drupal Platform

https://www.csnsw.catholic.edu.au/
PreviousNext & Folk

Winner
Government

Designing an inclusive citizen experience: Modernising the Department of Social Services (DSS) website for today’s audiences.

https://www.dss.gov.au/
Salsa Digital

Winner
Digital Experiences / Marketing Campaigns, Open Source

Convivial CXP

https://www.convivial.io/
Morpht

Winner
Design / UX

Resilience Reimagined: The NSW SES Drupal Transformation

https://www.ses.nsw.gov.au/
R/GA

Winner
Open Source

MySQL Toolkit (MTK)

https://mtk.skpr.io
PreviousNext

Runner Up
Government

Modern Slavery in Australia

https://www.modernslavery.gov.au/
Morpht

Runner Up
Corporate

AusCo website rearchitecture and Drupal 11/Commerce 3.0 upgrade

https://ausco.com.au/
Tomato Elephant Studio

Runner Up
Design / UX

Clean Energy, Clear Design: Transforming CER Online

https://cer.gov.au/
Pragma Partners

Runner Up
Digital Experiences / Marketing Campaigns

Resilience Reimagined: The NSW SES Drupal Transformation

https://www.ses.nsw.gov.au/
R/GA

Runner Up
Corporate

Business News Drupal 10 Project

https://www.businessnews.com.au/
Business News IT Team

Nominee
Government

Clean Energy, Clear Design: Transforming CER Online

https://cer.gov.au/
Pragma Partners

Nominee
Digital Experiences / Marketing Campaigns

GovFlix - A content recommendation system

https://www.govflix.net/
Morpht

Nominee
Corporate, Design / UX

Fun, friendly and fast - putting a fresh personality into an established brand

https://moderentals.co.nz/
Sparks Interactive

Nominee
Design / UX

Taking KidsHealth from a 7 to a 10

www.kidshealth.org.nz
Sparks Interactive

Nominee
Government

Resilience Reimagined: The NSW SES Drupal Transformation

https://www.ses.nsw.gov.au/
R/GA

Nominee
Open Source

The GovCMS Rules as Code sandpit: Bringing Rules as Code to the Australian Government

https://www.govcms.gov.au/news-events/news/govcms-announces-enterprise-adoption-rules-code
Salsa Digital

Nominee
Open Source

ClamAV drupal module with Drupal 11 support

https://www.drupal.org/project/clamav
Tomato Elephant Studio

Nominee
Digital Experiences / Marketing Campaigns

Modern Slavery in Australia

https://www.modernslavery.gov.au/
Morpht

Nominee

Ironstar Community Recognition People's Choice Award

 

πŸ†  The nominees who has made the most impact (2024 year) are: 

🌟 Ivan Zugec
🌟 Lee Rowlands
🌟 Pamela Barone
🌟 Suchi Garg

Timeline

Jan 13 - Submissions open  
Jan 28 - Submissions close
Feb 14 - Community recognition submissions close
Feb 17 - Judging period ends
Feb 26 - Ironstar Community Recognition People's Choice Award voting
Mar 12 - Award Ceremony & winner announcements during DrupalSouth Melbourne 2025