It's deadline day for UK IT awards entries!

Get your entries started, it's your last chance to win one of the most coveted gongs in IT

It's deadline day for your UK IT Industry Awards entries, so get entering, because you won't get an opportunity like this again (until 2017)!

The UK IT Awards, widely hailed as the 'Oscars of IT', are held annually at the Battersea Park Events Arena in London. Each year sees the UK's top IT departments compete for the chance to win one of the coveted gongs, and with 25 available this year, there's never been a better chance of winning.

Awards are split across four categories: Personal Excellence, Organisational Excellence, Technology Excellence and Project Excellence.

There are awards for every type of business, so check the categories for those which best apply for your organisation.

Previous winners have included some of the world's biggest and best-known brands, such as Lloyds Bank, Royal Mail, the Met Office and BT.

This year's winner could be you!

And those winners cite employee satisfaction and recognition, and external marketing opportunities as some of the perks of landing an award.

The night itself is never less than a glittering occasion, with around 1,500 guests letting their hair down in celebration. Add to that the comic stylings of a celebrity compere - recent years have seen Jimmy Carr, Rich Hall and Ed Byrne take the microphone - and you have the recipe for a perfect evening's entertainment.

So don't miss it, enter now and give yourself and your teams the chance of being recognised by the most rigorously judged awards in the UK.

Not sure how best to enter? Check our top five tips on creating your winning awards entry.