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?
Are there any fees associated with being a Stevie Award entrant outside of 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?
Are Stevie winners required to attend the awards ceremony?
Awards
How many Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners will there be?
Will winners receive an award?
Will winners 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 nine 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 Technology Excellence are open to all organizations and individuals worldwide.
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 nine 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 solutions and implementations. 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 5 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 2024 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 2024. The final entry deadline is November 20 2024. Late entries will be accepted through January 22 2025 with payment of a $55/entry late fee.
Q: Are there entry fees?
A: There are a number of categories for which there are no entry fees. For categories to which entry fees apply, 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 20.
Q: Are there any fees associated with being a Stevie Award entrant outside of entry fees?
A: No, after paying entry fees, there are no further requirements for winners. All winners have access to winner logos, press release templates, and more. Paying for shipping for your Stevie Awards and attending the ceremony are optional.
Q: Where can I see examples of entries that other companies have submitted?
A: Click here to see the 2024 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 2025 awards. See the list of the 2024 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 Thursday, April 10 2025 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City.
Q: What will it cost to attend the awards dinner?
A: Pricing for the awards banquet will be announced when winners are notified in early March.
Q: Are Stevie winners required to attend the awards ceremony?
A: No, attending the ceremony is optional, but is a great opportunity to accept your awards on stage in front of business peers and the Stevie Awards broadcast audience, take photos on the red carpet, and give an acceptance speech that is documented by professional videographers.
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 Stevie winners. The highest-scoring qualifying entry in a category will be named the Gold Stevie winner. Other qualifiers will receive Silver or Bronze Stevie recognition based on their final average scores.
Q: Will winners receive an award?
A: Yes, all winners will be conferred Gold, Silver, or Bronze Stevie recognition.
Gold Stevie Award winners will receive a Gold Stevie Award trophy. Silver and Bronze Stevie Award winners will receive a Silver or Bronze medal, and have the option to purchase their Silver or Bronze Stevie Award trophy in the Stevie Awards Store. Winners who attend the optional awards ceremony will receive all of their awards there. Winners who are unable to attend have the option to pay a shipping fee to receive their award(s) at their home or office.
All trophy and medal orders are verified by the Stevie Awards to ensure that only winning organizations are purchasing awards.
Q: Will winners be able to purchase duplicate awards?
A: Yes. Gold Stevie winners will receive a Gold Stevie trophy, if they attend the award ceremony or pay the shipping fee, and will have the opportunity to purchase duplicate trophies. Silver and Bronze Stevie winners will receive a Silver or Bronze medal, and will have the option to purchase a Silver or Bronze Stevie trophy in the Stevie Awards store - and/or additional medals. All honorees will also have the option to purchase commemorative wall plaques, certificates, lapel pins, and more.
All trophy and medal orders are verified by the Stevie Awards to ensure that only winning organizations can purchase awards.
A wide range of duplicate awards and other commemorative items are available for purchase at https://StevieAwards.MyShopify.com.