Award Description: The most prestigious award in this section, for the firework voted as BEST overall.
Eligibility: Any category 2 (Garden) or category 3 (Display) firework on sale in the UK during this year.
Excluded from this category: Category 4, indoor or theatrical pyrotechnics.
Voting help: It can be difficult to select one single firework as the best from the hundreds of quality products now on sale in the UK. Pick the one single firework that impressed you the most, that impressed your spectators the most, that you thought was the best value for money, or really made you go "Wow!!!". If you're still torn between a short-list of stunning fireworks, imagine you were on a desert island and had to pick ONE firework to keep you company - which one would it be?

Remember this is a separate award from the ones below, if you vote in the separate categories below be sure to vote for your overall Best Firework too.

Award description: This award is for the best cake or candle.
Eligibility: Any category 2 (Garden) or category 3 (Display) cake or candle on sale in the UK during this year. A "cake" is defined as any ground based firework containing multiple shots fired from tubes. A "candle" is defined as any ground based firework containing multiple shots fired from one single tube. Both of these items are normally labelled as "Roman Candle". Also included for the purposes of this award: Single Ignition Boxes (SIBS) or "Displays In a Box", as these are effectively big cakes. Candle Pots, where these are bundled and labelled as one firework. Fan cakes.
Excluded from this category: Category 4, indoor or theatrical pyrotechnics. Ad-hoc candle fans or bouquets made up of multiple smaller items, where the smaller items would normally retail separately.
Voting help: This category covers a broad range of fireworks. We have included cakes, candles and SIBS in the same category as it is often a matter of opinion whether a large cake qualifies as a SIB, whether a SIB is really just a large cake, or whether candle pot is really a cake! Remember, although fan cakes and SIBS are included in this category, your choice should also reflect value for money, and cheaper items should also be considered.

Award description: This award is for the best rocket.
Eligibility: Any category 2 (Garden) or category 3 (Display) rocket, rocket pack, or rocket pod on sale in the UK during this year.
Excluded from this category: Category 4, indoor or theatrical pyrotechnics.
Voting help: Will you vote for one single big rocket, or a pack of garden rockets? The choice is yours. This will be a hard-fought award with the fun-packed garden rockets taking on the big guns. Rocket pods are included in this category.

Award description: This award is for the best fountain.
Eligibility: Any category 2 (Garden) or category 3 (Display) fountain on sale in the UK during this year. A fountain is defined as any firework that projects an effect of sparks, coloured sparks, crackles or similar effect from ground level in a fountain-like effect. Conic fountains and tubular constructed fountains are included in the category, as are fountain "cakes" where the firework consists of multiple tubes each projecting a fountain effect providing ALL the tubes are fountains.
Excluded from this category: Multiple fountain effect cakes which include non-fountain effects such as mines. Any fountain-start firework where the main effect is not a fountain (eg. mines). Strobes and ground-based flares. Category 4, indoor or theatrical pyrotechnics.
Voting help: Fountains are always popular with two main effects on the market - multi-effect fountains and the larger single effect conic fountains. Which is your favourite? It isn't just about height. Think about duration and value for money too, and in this category more than any other, the rating of the firework is important (many category 3 fountains suffer at 25m distance).

Award description: This award is for the best mine.
Eligibility: Any category 2 (Garden) or category 3 (Display) mine or mine pack on sale in the UK during this year. A mine is defined as a firework where the entire contents explode from a tube. These fireworks are normally labelled as "Mine". Mortar mines and fountain-start mines (where the fuse creates a fountain prior to the main effect) are included. Double and triple shot mines are included providing the effects are fired from a single tube.
Excluded from this category: Fireworks that consist of more than one tube. Category 4, indoor or theatrical pyrotechnics.
Voting help: Another tough one with the sheer power of mortar mines challenged by the longer duration fountain-start mines. Think about which mine produced the most dramatic effect. Or, if value for money is your main criteria, which mine produced the biggest poke for the smallest cost.

Award description: This award is for the best wheel.
Eligibility: Any category 2 (Garden) or category 3 (Display) wheel or wheel pack on sale in the UK during this year. A wheel is defined as any spinning firework designed to be nailed to a post.
Excluded from this category: Category 4, indoor or theatrical pyrotechnics.
Voting help: Think about which wheel produced the best effects. All sizes of wheels are eligible for this award from the small pinwheels up to the ball bearing mounted monsters.

Award Description: This award is for the best overall GARDEN firework.
Eligibility: Any category 2 (Garden) firework on sale in the UK during this year.
Excluded from this category: Selection boxes, category 3 (Display), category 4, indoor or theatrical pyrotechnics.
Voting help: This award celebrates the fact that even garden fireworks, if well designed, can provide fabulous performance, enjoyment and value for money. This category includes any garden firework including rockets and fountains. Think about which garden firework produces the best effects despite its 5m restrictions, and the best value for money.