The Great Dames Remarkable Ideas Competition gives women from the across the country the chance to submit their ideas for helping people connect and collaborate.

The competition is organized every two years by Great Dames, a network of professional women that offers regular workshops, panels and other forms of support to engaged women.

The 2018 competition is offering a winner package worth $25,000 in cash and services. This year's theme is "Firestarters: Women with Breakthrough Ideas."

Great Dames will focus on ideas in the following categories:

• Health & Wellness
• Safety & Security
• Education
• Youth

The application deadline is September 20, 2018