Nominate your Splunk hero
The 2026 Splunkie Awards are officially open! Every year, our customers push the limits with breakthrough innovations and real-world impact. Their resilience and creativity inspire us daily, and we’re proud to be part of their journey.
Now, it’s your turn to nominate a colleague, manager, or even yourself for a 2026 Splunkie Award! Finalists will score a free pass to .conf26, exclusive swag, and VIP recognition at the event.
Customer Splunkie Awards
Have you and your tech team had to pivot quickly to face a tough business issue or adapt to unforeseen events? Have you kept your systems running securely and reliably, in the face of gnarly digital disruptions? Have you done any or all of this, thanks to your ingenious use of Splunk? Then this is the award for you.
How can I catch the perfect wave? How can I help rescue puppies? These are questions our customers have creatively explored — and Splunk has helped answer them. Sound familiar? If you or your team have dreamed up an unexpected use case, we want to know.
Are you an expert-level developer or part of an amazing developer team? Do you know a user who has expanded the capabilities of Splunk software using the Splunk SDKs, REST APIs, or other tools? Step right up and submit.
Are you making the world a better place? Are you improving the lives of others or advancing your organization’s mission to create positive social or environmental impact? If you or someone you know is using Splunk to harness the power of data for good, we invite you to submit your nomination.
This award celebrates the rockstar customer executives who've cranked up the volume on innovation, teamwork, and results with Splunk. They're the MVPs who've helped their teams turn data into gold, leading their organizations to victory. We're saluting these game-changers for their outstanding contributions and fearless leadership.
The Splunkie Awards FAQ
Entries will be accepted from June 15, 2026 until midnight PT.
You can nominate yourself, your colleagues, or another eligible individual. If you’re nominating a team, please note that in your nomination.
Yes! You can nominate yourself, your colleagues, or another eligible individual for multiple awards. If you’re nominating a team, please note that in your nomination.
You can nominate individual customer or partner champions and teams. If nominating a team, please be sure to name an individual to represent your company — whether it is you, your boss or your favorite colleague — as there is only one .conf26 pass allotted per finalist.
Splunkie customer winners will be notified at .conf26
Each finalist will receive:
Each winner will receive:
Yes! Splunk considers anyone who works for a federal, state, or local government (whether U.S. or non-U.S.), as well as employees of regulatory agencies or entities owned or controlled in part by any government, to be a government employee. Government employees may be nominated, but are not eligible to receive all prizes. If selected as an award winner in either the Individual or Partner category, a government employee will be eligible to receive one (1) personalized awards trophy only. If selected as a finalist in the Individual category, a government employee will be eligible to receive a front-row seat to the Day 1 .conf keynote only. Please see the official rules for more information, including approximate market value of all prizes.
Check out the official rules here.