{"id":437,"date":"2025-11-28T06:53:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T06:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/australiansakeawards.org.au\/en\/?p=437"},"modified":"2025-11-28T06:57:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T06:57:11","slug":"asa-2026-entry-schedule-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/australiansakeawards.org.au\/en\/news\/437\/","title":{"rendered":"ASA 2026 Entry Schedule Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Sake Awards 2026 judging event is scheduled to take place from 16\u201317 May 2026.<br>We are pleased to announce the entry period as follows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Australian Sake Awards 2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\" style=\"font-size:27px\"><table class=\"has-white-background-color has-background\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Entry Schedule<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Monday 5 January &#8211; Friday 27 February<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:27px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Entries will be accepted online through our official website. Please wait until the opening date for submissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For 2026, in addition to our regular <strong>\u201cRegular Competition\u201d<\/strong> and <strong>\u201cFood Matching Competition\u201d<\/strong>, we are pleased to introduce a new <strong>\u201cUmeshu Category Competition\u201d<\/strong> in response to strong demand from participants. With this addition, we aim to further strengthen the competition\u2019s role in supporting breweries and sake producers, helping them expand brand recognition and promote sales within the Australian market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Details regarding each judging category and entry regulations will be announced in mid-December 2025.<br>We appreciate your patience until the official release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sake Awards 2026 judging event is scheduled to take place from 16\u201317 May 2026.We are pleased to announce the entry period as follows. Australian Sake Awards 2026 Entry Schedule Monday 5 January &#8211; Friday 27 February Entries will be accepted online through our official website. Please wait until the opening date for submissions. For 2026, in addition to our regular \u201cRegular Competition\u201d and \u201cFood Matching Competition\u201d, we are pleased to introduce a new \u201cUmeshu Category Competition\u201d in response to strong demand from participants. 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