Nominations are now open for the 2025 PyTorch Contributor Awards! These awards shine a spotlight on the incredible individuals whose work and dedication are driving innovation, collaboration, and community-building within the PyTorch ecosystem.
Whether through code, documentation, mentoring, community leadership, or new ideas that push boundaries, contributors are at the heart of PyTorch’s success. Now is your chance to help us celebrate them.
Awards Ceremony
Winners will be honored at the PyTorch Conference in San Francisco, October 22–23, 2025. Each winner will receive a complimentary ticket to attend the conference.
Who Should You Nominate?
Anyone making a meaningful impact in the PyTorch ecosystem! We welcome and encourage self-nominations, and nominations for contributors across all backgrounds, geographies, and roles including:
- Open source developers
- Documentation writers
- Educators and content creators
- Community advocates
- Ecosystem builders
- Bug reporters and fixers
- Longtime contributors and rising newcomers
Award Categories
You’ll be asked to nominate someone for one of the following categories:
- PyTorch Superhero – Excellence in all aspects of community contributions
- PyTorchbearer – Excellence in long-term contributions across all modalities
- PyTorch Pace-Setter – Excellence in high-level activity and contributions
- PyTorch Newcomer – Excellence in new contributions
- PyTorch Ambassador – Excellence in bringing new users to the community
(Only approved PyTorch Ambassadors are eligible) - PyTorch Problem-Solver – Excellence in uncovering or resolving bugs
- PyTorch Innovator – Excellence in innovative new features or approaches
- PyTorch Trail Blazer – Excellence in documentation and knowledge sharing
- PyTorch Rock-Turner – Excellence in submitting interesting issues or bugs
- PyTorch Ecosystem Champion – Excellence in strengthening the broader ecosystem
How to Submit a Strong Nomination
Want your nominee to shine? Here’s how:
Be Specific
Describe what they did—not just that they were “great.” Examples matter.
Highlight the Impact
Did their work:
- Improve performance or usability?
- Reach new users or communities?
- Help others adopt or learn PyTorch?
Provide Supporting Evidence
Include links to:
- GitHub issues, PRs, or repos
- Blog posts, talks, or tutorials
- Event listings or documentation sprints
Sample Strong Nomination Statements
- “Led a PyTorch documentation sprint, improving over 200 tutorials to support new users.”
- “Resolved critical bugs impacting model stability in production deployments.”
- “Ran workshops in underserved regions, expanding PyTorch’s reach to new users.”
- “Mentored dozens of first-time contributors through successful PRs and onboarding.”
Celebrating All Forms of Contribution
We welcome nominations from all parts of the community—across genders, geographies, institutions, and contribution types. Contributions may include advocacy, education, bug hunting, outreach, translation, and more.
Questions? Reach out to us at: contributor-award@pytorch.org
Nominate now by visiting the PyTorch Contributor Awards page.
Let’s recognize the people making PyTorch better for everyone.