Frequently Asked Questions
About The Stevie® Awards
What are the Stevie Awards?
How many different Stevie Awards competitions are there?
What are the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service?
Who are the sponsors?
Who stages the awards?
How long have the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service been in existence?
What are the categories?
What will winners receive?
Where can I find a list of past winners in the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service?
Benefits of Participation
What are the benefits of submitting entries?
What sort of publicity can Stevie Award winners and Finalists 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?
When is the entry deadline?
Are there entry fees?
Where can I see examples of entries that other companies have submitted?
Are entry forms kept confidential?
Judging
Who are the judges?
Will I be able to see the judges' comments on my entries?
How can I apply to be a judge?
Awards Ceremony
When will the awards ceremony take place?
What will it cost to attend the awards ceremony?
Awards
How many Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners will there be?
Will Finalists receive an award?
Will honorees 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 eight Stevie Awards competitions:
The American Business Awards are open to all organizations and individuals with operations in the U.S.A.
The International Business Awards are open to all organizations and individuals worldwide.
The Stevie Awards for Women in Business are open to all organizations and individuals worldwide.
The Stevie Awards for Great Employers are open to all organizations and individuals worldwide.
The Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards are open to all organizations in the 29 nations of the Asia-Pacific region.
The German Stevie Awards are open to all organizations in the European nations in which German is an official language: Austria, Belgium, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and Switzerland.
The Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards recognize innovation in the workplace in 18 nations in the MENA region.
The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service are open to all organizations and individuals worldwide.
Q: What are the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service?
A: The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service are an awards program produced by the Stevie Awards. The mission of these awards is to recognize the accomplishments of customer service, call/contact center, business development, and sales professionals worldwide.
Q: Who are the sponsors?
A: The sponsors include leading business-to-business marketers. Click here to learn about our sponsors.
Q: Who stages the awards?
A: The awards are produced by Stevie Awards, Inc., a private company that stages the eight annual Stevie Awards competitions.
Q: How long have the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service been in existence?
A: The awards were first conferred in 2006.
Q: What are the categories?
A: There are more than 150 categories, recognizing customer service, sales and business development professionals, teams, and organizations, plus thought leadership, solution providers and new products and services. There are several new categories this year. For a list of categories, click here.
Q: What do winners receive?
A: Gold Stevie® Award winners (the top-scoring entry in each category) receive a Gold Stevie Award, one of the world's most coveted prizes. Silver and Bronze Stevie Award winners receive Silver or Bronze medals, depending on their score in final judging, and will have the option to purchase Silver or Bronze Stevie Award trophies. Winners of the Top 10 Awards will receive a Grand Stevie Award trophy.
Q: Where can I find a list of past winners in the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service?
A: Click here to see the list of 2023 Stevie Award winners and Finalists.
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.
When Stevie winners are announced you'll have access to all available written comments from the judges about your entries. These comments may help you to improve how you tell your organization's story, and may offer priceless business advice.
The benefits of becoming a Stevie winner will also be significant. Stevie winners can expect to receive a tremendous amount of publicity.
Q: What sort of publicity can Stevie Award winners expect to receive?
A: The awards ceremonies will be videotaped and photographed, and winners will have access to these resources to help them celebrate their wins and generate awareness of their achievement. All Stevie winners will have access to tools such as winner logos and press release templates that they may use to publicize their wins to the press and their employees, customers, friends and followers.
Q: Who can be nominated?
A: Any for-profit or non-profit organization or individual anywhere in the world 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: When is the entry deadline?
A: The early-bird deadline, with discounted entry fees, is October 11 2023. The final entry deadline is November 8. Late entries will be accepted through January 24 2024 with payment of a $55/entry late fee.
Q: Are there entry fees?
A: Early-bird entry fees are $275 per entry in the categories that recognize the achievements of individuals and $500 per entry in the categories that recognize entire organizations, teams and departments, achievements and new products and services. Entry fees will rise $45/entry on October 12. Add a $55 late fee for entries submitted after November 8.
Q: Where can I see examples of entries that other companies have submitted?
A: Click here to see the 2023 Stevie-winning entries. You may read the full-text of most of the Gold Stevie-winning nominations..
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. Gold Stevie Award-winning entries will be published on the web site, but winners will first have an opportunity to redact any confidential or non-public information from their entries.
Q: Who are the judges?
A: More than 200 professionals around the world will participate in the judging process for the 2024 awards. See the list of the 2023 judges.
Q: Will I be able to see the judges' comments on my entries?
A: Yes. Judges' anonymous comments will be available in entrants' entry-submission accounts when Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Award placements are announced.
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 online. You can still be a judge and submit entries - you won't be assigned categories in which you're an entrant.
Q: When will the awards ceremony take place?
A: The awards will be presented during a gala event on April 12, 2024 at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.
Q: What will it cost to attend the awards dinner?
A: Pricing for the awards banquet will be announced when Finalists are notified in March.
Q: How many Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners will there be?
A: The number of winners will be determined by the number and quality of entries submitted. All entries that receive a high average score in judging will automatically become Finalists. The highest-scoring Finalist entry in a category will be named the Gold Stevie winner. Other Finalists will receive Silver or Bronze Stevie recognition based on their final average scores.
Q: Will Finalists receive an award?
A: Yes, all Finalists will be conferred Gold, Silver, or Bronze Stevie recognition.
Q: Will honorees be able to purchase duplicate awards?
A: Yes. Gold Stevie winners will be able to purchase duplicate trophies and/or Stevie Winner certificates and plaques. Silver and Bronze winners will receive Silver and Bronze medals, and will be able to purchase Silver and Bronze Stevie trophies, Stevie Winner certificates and plaques.