# The Stevie® Awards > The Stevie® Awards are the world's premier business awards, created in 2002 to honor the achievements of organizations and working professionals worldwide. Nine Stevie Awards programs together receive more than 12,000 nominations each year. Each program has its own website, categories, entry deadlines and awards ceremony. This site, stevieawards.com, covers the Stevie Awards as a whole: the trophy, the calendar of key dates across all programs, judging, sponsorship, press resources and the search of past winners. ## Stevie Awards programs - [The American Business Awards®](https://aba.stevieawards.com/): Open to all organizations operating in the U.S.A., with categories recognizing achievement in every facet of the workplace. - [The International Business Awards®](https://iba.stevieawards.com/): Open to all organizations worldwide, with categories honoring accomplishments in all aspects of work life. - [The Asia-Pacific Stevie® Awards](https://asia.stevieawards.com/): Open to all organizations in the 29 markets of the Asia-Pacific region. - [The German Stevie® Awards](https://gsa.stevieawards.com/): Open to organizations in the European nations where German is an official language: Austria, Belgium, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and Switzerland. - [The Middle East & North Africa Stevie® Awards](https://mena.stevieawards.com/): Recognize innovation at organizations of all types in 17 nations of the MENA region. - [The Stevie® Awards for Great Employers](https://hr.stevieawards.com/): Open worldwide; recognize the world's best employers and the HR teams, achievements, products and suppliers that help create great workplaces. - [The Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service](https://sales.stevieawards.com/): Open worldwide; recognize the achievements of sales, customer service and call center professionals. - [The Stevie® Awards for Technology Excellence](https://tech.stevieawards.com/): Open worldwide; celebrate individuals, teams and organizations shaping the future of technology across all industry sectors. - [The Stevie® Awards for Women in Business](https://women.stevieawards.com/): Open worldwide; recognize women executives, entrepreneurs and the organizations they run. ## About the Stevie Awards - [About the Stevie® Awards](https://stevieawards.com/about/about-us/): The programs, the judges and the organizations that have won Stevie Awards. - [The Stevie® Award Trophy](https://stevieawards.com/awards/thestevieaward/): The Grand, Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Awards and how each is conferred. - [Calendar](https://stevieawards.com/about/calendar/): Key 2026-2027 dates for every program: entry deadlines, judging, winner announcements and awards banquets. - [Staff](https://stevieawards.com/about/staff/): The Stevie Awards team, led by founder and Executive Chairman Michael Gallagher. - [Contact](https://stevieawards.com/about/contact/): Phone, fax and email for the Stevie Awards in Fairfax, Virginia, and for its representatives in other nations. - [Newsletter](https://stevieawards.com/about/newsletter/): Subscribe to the free weekly Stevie Awards Update email newsletter. ## Entering and judging - [Get Your Entry Kit](https://stevieawards.com/enter/get-entry-kit/): Request the entry kit to start preparing nominations. - [Terms & Conditions of Entry](https://stevieawards.com/terms-conditions-entry/): The terms and conditions of entry for all nine Stevie Awards programs. - [Webinars](https://stevieawards.com/webinars/upcoming-webinars/): Upcoming webinars and on-demand replays with entry tips for each program. - [Nomination Assistant](https://stevieawards.com/enter/nomination-assistant/): An assistant that answers questions about entering, fees, deadlines, categories and judging, and looks up past winners. - [You Be the Judge](https://stevieawards.com/judges/you-be-the-judge/): Apply to judge one or more of the nine Stevie Awards programs. - [Judging Terms & Conditions](https://stevieawards.com/stevie-awards-judging-terms-conditions/): The terms and conditions for Stevie Awards judges. ## Past winners - [Search All Past Stevie® Winners and Finalists](https://stevieawards.com/search-past-winners/search-past-winners/): Search every past Stevie Award winner and finalist by company, person, category, country or year. ## Sponsors and press - [Sponsorship Opportunities](https://stevieawards.com/sponsors/become-sponsor/): Sponsorship opportunities across all nine programs, with the sponsorship prospectus. - [Supporting Sponsorship](https://stevieawards.com/sponsors/supporting-sponsorship/): Become a Supporting Sponsor and submit entries without paying entry fees. - [Press Clippings](https://stevieawards.com/press/press-clippings/): Recent press coverage of the Stevie Awards. - [Photos and Logos](https://stevieawards.com/press/photos-and-logos/): High-resolution images of the Stevie Award trophies and the Stevie Awards logo. ## Optional - [Privacy Policy](https://stevieawards.com/privacy/): How the Stevie Awards collects, uses and protects personal information. - [Refund & Delivery Policy](https://stevieawards.com/refund-policy/): Refund terms for entry fees and event tickets, and delivery terms for tickets and merchandise. - [Stevie Awards Blog](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog): News and articles from the Stevie Awards. - [Stevie Awards Store](https://stevieawards.myshopify.com/): The Stevie Awards online store.