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Preliminary judging has begun for The 2013 American Business Awards, the top business awards competition in the USA, and you're invited to participate.  Interested? See the introduction and application page on the ABA web site. 

Preliminary judging will continue through early May and this important stage of judging determines the Finalists. Even if you've already entered or plan to enter the ABAs this year, you can still participate in the judging process, because you can still judge categories in which your organization is not an entrant.

How does preliminary-round judging work?

• All judging is done online so judges will be able to review nominations on their own time and at their own pace.
• Judges will be assigned categories based on their experience, function, and industry. The ABAs have many different categories: PR awards, marketing awards, HR awards, customer service awards, web awards, management awards, and more.
• There is no requirement as to how many nominations judges must review.

What are the benefits of being a Stevie Awards judge?

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The early-bird entry deadline for The 2013 (10th Annual) International Business Awards is 10 April. Take advantage of discounted entry fees for those entries submitted through that date. Review the entry kit here.

The IBAs are the world's premier business awards competitions. All organizations worldwide are eligible to participate - the IBAs typically receive nominations from more than 50 nations and territories. There are categories to recognize achievement in every facet of work life: management, overall business achievement, marketing, public relations, new products and services, websites and apps, and more.

Because the 2013 awards banquet will take place on 14 October in Barcelona, Spain, all organizations in Spain may submit an unlimited number of entries to the IBAs free of charge this year. Organizations in Spain should submit the promotion code "Barcelona" where indicated in the online entry process to have their entry fees waived. Entry details are available at www.stevieawards.com/iba.

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Yulu Public Relations Inc. in Vancouver, Canada won the Gold Stevie® Award for Best Public Service PR Campaign in the PR awards categories of The 2012 International Business Awards, the world's premier business awards competition. Here we look at Yulu's award-winning work for the charity F*ck Cancer.

Yulu Public Relations Inc. was recognized by the IBAs for their media relations work with local charity F*ck Cancer’s international campaign titled “The Cancer Talk.”  On winning the award, Yulu’s co-founder Melissa Orozco commented: “When I lived in New York, PR agencies would battle tooth and nail for a Stevie Award, so when we received the news that we had won gold, we were ecstatic.” She added: “Our work with F*ck Cancer has been extremely rewarding—and most of all, fun!”

Mission: To Start Talking
F*ck Cancer's objective is to put an end to late-stage cancer diagnosis by educating youth about early cancer detection. The ongoing mission has an ambitious, strong, and clear call-to-action: Empower Generation-Y (aka Millennials) to make a difference in fighting and educating people about cancer. The conversation begins at home with today's youth talking to their parents about early detection. Part of F*ck Cancer's mission through “The Cancer Talk” is to teach them how to get that conversation started.

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Maxim Behar, Managing Director of M3 Communications in Sofia, Bulgaria and Stevie Awards representative in that nation, has been named chairman of the Davos PR Forum...

The Stevie Awards will soon launch its fifth awards program, the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards. This program will be open exclusively to organizations operating in the 22 nations that comprise the Asia-Pacific region. Join the mailing list for these awards and we'll send you the entry kit as soon as it's available...

The Stevie Awards will stage the second annual America Means Business on Tuesday, April 9 at George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia USA. This will be a full-day of education about how to start and grow a business. Registration is free. Learn more here...

You're invited to apply to be a preliminary-round judge in this year's American Business Awards and/or International Business Awards. As a judge you'll see how many organizations across the U.S.A. and around the world are innovating and achieving success, and you'll receive a certificate of appreciation suitable for framing. ABA judging has begun, IBA judging will begin in May...

April 9: America Means Business, free day-long event about entrepreneurship, George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia USA

April 10: Early-bird entry deadline for 10th International Business Awards

April 15: Early-bird entry deadline for IPRA's 2013 Golden World Awards

April 24: Last day to submit entries to 11th American Business Awards