Talmyn Campaigns
Every current way to get published, recognized, or featured on Talmyn — who each one is for, what it costs (nothing), and how to apply.
What this page is
Talmyn runs a small number of open, free, editor-reviewed campaigns — ongoing calls for real stories, real work, and real people worth featuring. This page is the single place to see all of them at once, organized by category. Every campaign is evergreen: it runs all year, every year, so there's never a deadline you need to catch. New campaigns get added here as they open; nothing here is a limited-time contest with an entry fee, and nothing on this page requires you to already have a following or a byline.
Agriculture
Best Agritech Startup
An ongoing list of agriculture technology startups solving a real farming or food-production problem — not just a dashboard on top of existing practices.
Apps & Digital Products
Best App
An ongoing list of apps that got something genuinely right — a specific piece of design, a workflow, or a problem solved cleanly.
Automotive
Talmyn Car of the Year
An annual pick for the car that made the strongest overall case this year — across design, engineering, and what it's actually like to…
Beer & Brewing
Best Craft Brewery
An ongoing list of craft breweries doing something genuinely distinct — in recipe, technique, or how they've built a local following.
Business & Companies
Talmyn Companies to Watch
A running list of companies that aren't household names yet but have a real, specific reason to expect they will be — nominated before…
Talmyn Company of the Year
An annual recognition for one company that made a genuinely strong case for itself this year — nominated by customers, employees, partners, or the…
Climate & Sustainability
Talmyn Sustainability Leader of the Year
An annual recognition for someone who made a measurable environmental impact this year — not a sustainability pledge, an actual outcome.
Data & Research
Best Data Story
An ongoing list of data-driven stories and visualizations that made a genuinely complex dataset understandable — original analysis, not a repackaged press release.
Design
Talmyn Designer of the Year
An annual recognition for a designer — product, brand, industrial, or digital — whose work this year solved a real problem elegantly, not just…
Developers & Builders
Talmyn Builder of the Year
An annual recognition for a developer, indie hacker, or technical founder who shipped something genuinely useful this year — open source, a side project,…
Education
Best EdTech Platform
An ongoing list of education platforms and tools that measurably improve learning outcomes — not just digitized versions of a textbook.
Employers & Workplace
Best Company to Work For
An ongoing list built from what employees actually say — culture, growth, and treatment — not from a company's own marketing about itself.
Energy
Best Renewable Energy Company
An ongoing list of renewable and clean energy companies with a real, deployed technology or project — not just a roadmap.
Entertainment
Talmyn Emerging Creator
A running list of actors, directors, musicians, and other entertainment creators early in their career whose work already stands out — nominated before wider…
Fashion & Beauty
Emerging Fashion Brand
An annual recognition for an independent or early-stage fashion brand doing something genuinely distinct — in design, materials, or business model.
Finance & FinTech
Best FinTech Startup
An ongoing list of fintech startups solving a genuine problem in payments, banking, lending, or investing — not just a new interface on an…
Food & Beverage
Best New Restaurant
An ongoing list of newly opened restaurants that got something genuinely right — a dish, a concept, or an experience worth the trip.
Gaming
Talmyn Game of the Year
An annual pick for the game that made the strongest overall case this year — design, mechanics, and what it's actually like to play,…
Growth & Performance
Fastest-Growing Startup
An ongoing list of startups showing real, verifiable growth — revenue, users, or customers — told with the actual numbers, not just "explosive growth"…
Health & Wellness
Best HealthTech Startup
An ongoing list of health and wellness startups making a genuine, evidence-informed difference — not just wellness branding.
Hospitality & Travel
Best New Hotel
An ongoing list of newly opened or newly renovated hotels that got something genuinely right — design, service, or a specific guest experience.
Innovation
Talmyn Innovation of the Year
An annual recognition for one genuine innovation — product, process, or business model — that changed how something gets done, not just a new…
Journalism & Investigation
Best Investigative Story
An ongoing list of investigative and data-driven journalism worth wider attention — independent or staff, big outlet or small.
Local & Regional
Talmyn Local Business of the Year
An annual recognition for an independent, local business — any city, any industry — that made a genuine difference in its community this year.
Manufacturing & Industry
Talmyn Manufacturer of the Year
An annual recognition for a manufacturer that made a genuine operational or product leap this year — automation, quality, or supply chain resilience.
Marketing & Advertising
Best Marketing Campaign
An ongoing list of marketing campaigns that actually worked — measured by real results, not just how clever or viral the creative was.
Motorcycles & Bikes
Talmyn Motorcycle of the Year
An annual pick for the motorcycle that made the strongest case this year — across design, engineering, and what it's actually like to ride.
Opinion & Debate
Talmyn Debate
An ongoing series of published arguments on genuinely contested questions in business, technology, and culture — real positions, real reasoning, not hot takes.
People & Leadership
Talmyn CEO of the Year
An annual recognition for a CEO — not necessarily the founder — whose leadership decisions this year genuinely changed their company's trajectory.
Talmyn Founder of the Year
An annual recognition for a founder whose decisions this year actually shaped what their company became — nominated by teammates, investors, customers, or the…
Pets & Animals
Best Pet Brand
An ongoing list of pet product and service brands doing something genuinely distinct — in formulation, design, or how they treat customers and animals.
Products & Consumer Goods
Talmyn Product of the Year
An annual pick for a consumer product that made a genuinely strong case this year — through design, value, or solving a real problem…
Real Estate & Construction
Best Real Estate Developer
An ongoing list of developers behind projects that solved a real constraint well — density, affordability, sustainability, or design — not just the biggest…
Recognition Programs
Talmyn Founders to Watch
A running list of founders early in their journey with a real, specific reason to expect big things ahead — nominated before it's obvious.
Talmyn Rising 100
An ongoing collection of 100 people under 30 doing genuinely impressive work — any industry, any format, nominated by peers, mentors, or themselves.
Talmyn 100 Voices
100 real stories, told by the people who lived them. No pitch decks, no press releases — just what actually happened, in your own…
Research & Science
Talmyn Scientist of the Year
An annual recognition for a researcher whose work this year produced a genuine, verifiable finding — published, peer-reviewed or otherwise credibly documented.
Signature Tamlyn Campaigns
I Built This
An ongoing showcase for things people actually built and shipped — side projects, open source, first products. Show it, don't just describe it.
How I Did It
An ongoing series of first-person walkthroughs of exactly how one specific result happened — a first sale, a hire, a turnaround — mechanics, not…
Social Impact
Talmyn Social Impact Award
An annual recognition for a person, nonprofit, or company behind a measurable social impact this year — not a mission statement, an actual outcome.
Space & Aerospace
Talmyn Space Startup of the Year
An annual recognition for a space or aerospace startup that hit a genuine technical or commercial milestone this year — a launch, a contract,…
Sports
Talmyn Athlete of the Year
An annual recognition for an athlete whose performance this year told a genuine story — not just stats, the specific thing that made the…
Best Sports Analyst
An ongoing, reader- and editor-driven recognition for the sports analysts, commentators, and writers who actually explain the game — the same standard behind our…
Startups
Talmyn Startup 100
An ongoing, free list of startups worth knowing about — nominated by founders, teams, or anyone who's used the product and thinks more people…
Technology
Best AI Startup
An ongoing, curated list of AI startups actually solving a real problem — not every company with "AI" in the pitch, but the ones…
Writers, Bloggers & Creators
Best Podcast
An ongoing list of podcasts doing something genuinely distinct — in reporting, interviewing, or format — not just consistent output.
Talmyn Creator of the Year
An annual recognition for a creator — writer, video, newsletter, podcast, any format — whose work this year was genuinely worth other people's time.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is it free to submit to a Talmyn campaign?
Yes, always. Every campaign listed on this page is free to enter. We never charge a submission fee, and we never will.
Do I need an existing audience or byline to apply?
No. Selection is based on the story or work itself, not your follower count or publishing history.
How do I know which campaign is right for me?
Each campaign card above links to a full guidelines page describing exactly who it's for, what it offers, and how to apply — start there.
Can I submit to more than one campaign?
Yes, as long as your submission genuinely fits each campaign's own guidelines — we don't want the same submission reshaped to fit a program it wasn't really written for.
Do campaigns ever close?
No — every campaign on this page runs all year, every year. There's no deadline to catch; submit whenever your story or work is ready.
Every campaign on this page is editorial and unpaid on both sides — no one is charged to submit, and no one is paid for work we publish. Talmyn's editorial standards apply the same way here as everywhere else on the site.