Companies are invited to nominate their top toys, games, and licensed properties for the 2019 Toy of the Year (TOTY) Awards. Administered by The Toy Association, the awards program supports the philanthropic work of The Toy Foundation, which delivers new toys to children in need. Nominations will open on Wednesday, August 1 and close Thursday, September 20.
Toy companies, inventors, and other industry representatives may submit their products for consideration across 17 TOTY categories via the nomination form available at TOTYAwards.org. Finalists will be revealed on November 12. At that time, voting will open for retailers, media, Toy Association members, and consumers through January 6, 2019.
One winner in each category, as well as the People’s Choice award (based solely on consumer votes) and the overall Toy of the Year winner (chosen by a panel of experts), will be announced at the TOTY Awards ceremony on Friday, February 15, 2019 at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City.
The TOTY Awards gala will kick off New York Toy Fair week with a celebration honoring the most outstanding new toy products to hit the marketplace, the industry icons being inducted into the Toy Industry Hall of Fame, and the inspiring work of The Toy Foundation.
