About The Stevie® Awards
What are the Stevie Awards?
How many different Stevie Awards competitions are there?
What are The American Business Awards?
Who are the sponsors?
Who governs the Awards?
How long have The American Business Awards been in existence?
What are the categories?
What will honorees receive?
Where can I find a list of past winners in The American Business Awards?
Benefits of Participation
What are the benefits of submitting entries?
What sort of publicity can honorees expect to receive?
Submitting Entries
Who can be nominated?
Who can submit entries for consideration?
Does a company have to be publicly held to be able to submit entries?
Can government agencies and non-profit organizations submit entries?
When is the entry deadline?
Are there entry fees?
Can entry fees be waived or reduced for non-profits and government organizations?
Where can I see examples of entries that other companies have submitted?
Are entry forms kept confidential?
Why are the submission requirements for most categories so loosely defined?
What is the difference between an "department" category and a "team" category?
Judging
You say that entrants will only compete against other companies of their size, in their industry? How does that work?
Who are the judges?
How can I apply to be a judge?
Awards Ceremony
Will the awards ceremony be broadcast?
When will the awards ceremony take place?
What will it cost to attend the awards ceremony?
Awards
How many Finalists and Stevie winners will there be?
Will Finalists receive an award?
Will Stevie winners and Finalists be able to purchase additional awards?
Q: What are the Stevie Awards?
A: The Stevie Awards are the world's premier business awards. The mission of the Stevie Awards is to recognize and generate public awareness of excellence in the workplace.
Q: How many different Stevie Awards competitions are there?
A: There are currently four Stevie Awards competitions: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, The Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service .
The American Business Awards are open to all organizations with operations in the U.S.A.
The International Business Awards are open to all organizations worldwide.
The Stevie Awards for Women in Business are open to all women executives, business owners, and the organizations they run worldwide.
The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service are open to all organizations worldwide.
Q: What are The American Business Awards?
A: The American Business Awards are the only national, all-encompassing business awards program in the United States.
Q: Who are the sponsors?
A: The sponsors include many of the leading business-to-business publishers and marketers in the U.S. Click here to learn about our sponsors.
Q: Who governs the Awards?
A: The Awards are overseen by a Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors that includes many leading figures in American Business. Click here to see the list of Board members.
Q: How long have The American Business Awards been in existence?
A: The American Business Awards were founded in 2002.
Q: What are the categories?
A: There are dozens of categories, recognizing entire organizations, individuals, teams and departments, and all sorts of work-related media such as advertising, video, annual reports and other literature, web sites and blogs, interactive multimedia, and live events. For a list of categories, click here.
Q: What do honorees receive?
A: Category winners receive a Stevie Award, a magnificent trophy designed by the same company that makes the Oscar, Clio and Emmy Awards. To learn more about Stevie, click here. Finalists receive a certificate of recognition.
Q: Where can I find a list of past honorees in The American Business Awards?
A: Click here for the list of 2009 honorees.
Q: What are the benefits of submitting entries?
A: The employee-relations benefits can be significant. When you submit entries, you're telling your employees that you recognize and appreciate their accomplishments and believe that their achievements are worthy of recognition.
The benefits of becoming a Finalist or winning a Stevie will also be significant. Finalists and winners can expect to receive a tremendous amount of publicity.
Q: What sort of publicity can Stevie Award winners and Finalists expect to receive?
A: The awards ceremony will be broadcast nationwide, so Stevie winners will receive national exposure just from the broadcast. In addition, many of the Awards' media sponsors will profile Finalists and Stevie winners. The Awards' public relations agency will also work to generate national, regional, and local exposure for Finalists and Stevie winners.
Q: Who can be nominated?
A: Any organization or person in the United States can be nominated.
Q: Who can submit entries for consideration?
A: Any person, group, or organization may submit entries.
Q: Does a company have to be publicly held to be able to submit entries?
A: No, any for-profit or non-profit organization or individual can submit entries.
Q: Can government agencies and non-profit organizations submit entries?
A. Yes, any organization may participate.
Q: When is the entry deadline?
A: Entries for The 2011 American Business Awards will open in October 2010. Join the ABA mailing list and the entry kit will be emailed to you as soon as it's available in October.
Q: Are there entry fees?
A: Most categories have entry fees, but several do not, including all of the non-executive individual categories, such as Marketer of the Year, Corporate Communicator of the Year, and Product Developer of the Year, among others. For a list of the entry fees, click here.
Because the Stevie Awards is an independent organization, we are funded almost exclusively by entry fees and sponsorships.
Q: Can entry fees be waived or reduced for non-profits and government organizations?
A: Non-profit and government organizations may request that their entry fees be reduced or waived. Organizers will decide on a case-by-case basis whether to waive or reduce entrants' fees.
Q: Where can I see examples of entries that other companies have submitted?
A: Most 2009 Stevie-winning entries have been published and are accessible through the listings of honorees.
Q: Are entry forms kept confidential?
A: Yes. The organizers ensure that only authorized judges will review entries, and that information about nominees is not released to anyone else without prior approval. Stevie Award-winning entries will be published on the web site, but entrants will have an opportunity to redact confidential information from them before publication.
Q. Why are the submission requirements for most categories so loosely defined?
A. The submission requirements are loosely defined in recognition that every company is unique in its culture, its accomplishments, and in how and why it seeks recognition. The submission requirements are structured so that each company may determine and cite its own achievements in its own way. More strictly defined requirements would narrow the focus of the awards, which the organizers did not want to do.
Q. What is the difference between a "department" category and a "team" category?
A. A department represents everyone who works in a particular discipline or function within an organization. For example, everyone who works in marketing in a company, regardless of their role or position, is part of the marketing department. A team, on the other hand, is a small group of people from one or more departments. For example, a customer service team that serves a particular client, or a sales team that focuses on a specific industry.
Q: You say that entrants will only compete against other companies of their size, in their industry? How does that work?
A: Whether you submit your entries through The American Business Awards web site or through the mail, you must specify your company's industry and size (by number of employees) as part of the entry process.
When the final judges determine Stevie winners, they will have the option to award more than one Stevie in a category, as long as the winners are not from within the same industry and company-size classification.
Q: Who are the judges?
A: Preliminary-round judges are qualified business professionals from across the United States. Final-round judges will be members of the Awards' Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors and other invited luminaries.
Q: How can I apply to become a judge?
A: To complete the application to participate in the preliminary round of judging, click here. If your application is accepted you will be able to participate at your convenience over the Internet.
Q: Will the awards ceremony be broadcast?
A: Yes, the awards ceremony will be broadcast live on radio by the BusinessTalkRadio Network, a network of more than 200 stations nationwide. The presentations will be videotaped and later broadcast on the ABA web site.
Q: When will the awards ceremony take place?
A: The 2010 awards gala will take on Monday, June 21, 2010 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City.
Q: What will it cost to attend the awards dinner?
A: Tickets will be $395 each, or $3,800 for a table of 10.
Q: How many Finalists and Stevie winners will there be?
A: The number of Finalists will be determined by the number and quality of entries submitted. All entries that receive a high average score in preliminary-round judging will automatically become Finalists. Final judges will have a lot of leeway in determining how many of the Finalists become Stevie winners.
Q: Will Finalists receive an award?
A: Yes, all Finalist entries that don't win a Stevie will receive a Certificate of Finalist Recognition.
Q: Will Stevie winners and Finalists be able to purchase duplicate awards?
A: Yes. Stevie winners will be able to purchase duplicate trophies and/or Stevie Winner certificates. Finalists will be able to purchase duplicate Certificates of Finalist Recognition.
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