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 Women in Business?
Who are the sponsors?
Who governs the Awards?
How long have the Stevie Awards been in existence?
What are the categories?
What will winners receive?
Where can I find a list of past winners?
Benefits of Participation
What are the benefits of submitting entries?
What sort of publicity can Stevie Award winners 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?
Why are the submission requirements for most categories so loosely defined?
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 Announcement
Will there be an awards ceremony?
Are Stevie winners required to attend the awards ceremony?
Awards
Will Finalists receive an award?
How many winners will there be?
Will winners be able to purchase duplicate 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 nine Stevie Awards competitions: The American Business Awards®, The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, the Middle East Stevie Awards, the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence, and the Stevie Awards for Women in Business.
The American Business Awards are open to all organizations and individuals in the U.S.A.
The International Business Awards are open to all organizations and individuals worldwide.
The Stevie Awards for Great Employers are open to all organizations and individuals worldwide.
The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service 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 operating in the six European nations in which German is an official language.
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 individuals and organizations worldwide.
The Stevie Awards for Women in Business are open to all organizations and individuals worldwide.
Q: What are the Stevie Awards for Women in Business?
A: The Stevie Awards for Women in Business are the only global, all-encompassing business awards program for women executives, women entrepreneurs, and the organizations they run.
Q: Who are the sponsors?
A: The sponsors include several of the leading business-to-business publishers and marketers. Click here to learn about our sponsors.
Q: Who governs the Awards?
A: The awards are administered by Stevie Awards, Inc.
Q: How long have the Stevie Awards been in existence?
A: The Stevie Awards were founded in 2002.
Q: What are the categories?
A: There are more than 200 categories recognizing individuals, companies and organizations, new products and service, communications and marketing campaigns, and several forms of media. For a list of categories, click here.
Q: What do winners receive?
A: Category winners receive a Gold Stevie® Award, a magnificent trophy designed by the same company that makes the Emmy and other major awards. Other category finalists will receive a Silver or Bronze medal, depending on their score from the judges.
Q: Where can I find a list of past winners?
A: Click here for the list of 2023 Stevie winners.
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 efforts and believe that their achievements are worthy of recognition.
The benefits of winning a Stevie will also be significant. Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Award winners can expect to receive a tremendous amount of publicity.
You'll also have access to all of the judges' comments about all of your entries: invaluable feedback about your personal or corporate story and how you tell it.
Q: What sort of publicity can Stevie Award winners expect to receive?
A: The Awards' public relations team will also work to generate national, regional, and local exposure for Stevie winners. Click here to see recent press clippings about Stevie Award winners.
We will also make tools available to winners and Finalists to help them publicize their achievements, including press release templates. Click here to see the Winners' Circle resources from 2023.
Q: Who can be nominated?
A: Any woman executive, entrepreneur, employee, or woman-owned or -run organization worldwide may be nominated. There are also a number of categories to recognize communications campaigns, marketing campaigns, sustainability efforts, and media produced for or by women.
Q: Who can submit entries for consideration?
A: Any person, group, or company can submit entries.
Q: Does a company have to be publicly held to be able to submit entries?
A: No, any organization or individual can submit entries.
Q: When is the entry deadline?
A: There is an early-bird deadline of June 26 - entry fees are discounted. The entry deadline is July 24, but late entries will be accepted through August 21 with payment of a $55/entry late fee.
Q: Are there entry fees?
A: Yes. Entry fees are summarized in this PDF document. There are no entry fees for quite a few categories, including Female Employee of the Year, Startup of the Year, and categories for women and organizations in the government and non-profit sectors, however.
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: Most of the 2023 Gold Stevie-winning entries have been published and are accessible on the listing of Stevie winners.
Q: Are entry forms kept confidential?
A: Yes. The organizers ensure that only authorized judges and Stevie Awards staff may review entries, and that information about nominees is not released to anyone else without prior approval. Gold Stevie Award-winning entries will be published, but winners will first be given the opportunity to redact any confidential or other non-public information from winning entries 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 organization is unique in its culture, its achievements, and in how and why it seeks recognition. The submission requirements are structured so that each organization or individual may determine and cite its or her own accomplishments in its own way. More strictly defined requirements would narrow the focus of the awards, which the organizers did not want to do.
Q: You say that entrants will only compete against other organizations of their size, in their industry? How does that work?
A: When you submit your entries to the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, you must specify your organization's industry and size (by number of employees) as part of the entry process.
When Stevie Awards staff determine Stevie Award placements, based on judges' final scores, they have the option to break up Finalists in a category into multiple categories, based on industry and/or organization size.
Q: Who are the judges?
A: We expect that more than 200 professionals around the world will participate in the judging process in 2024. See the 2023 judges here.
Q: How can I apply to become a judge?
A: To complete the application to participate in the judging process, click here. If your application is accepted you will be able to participate at your convenience online.
Q: Will there be an awards ceremony?
A: Yes. Finalists will be announced and notified in mid-September, and an awards dinner and ceremony will be held on Friday, November 8 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City.
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 livestream audience, take photos on the red carpet, and give an acceptance speech that is filmed by professional videographers.
Q: Will Finalists receive an award?
A: Yes, all Finalists will be conferred Gold, Silver, or Bronze Stevie recognition. The placements will be revealed at the awards banquet. Winners are not required to attend the awards banquet or receive their trophy in order to retain their status as a Stevie winner.
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: How many winners will there be?
A: The number of Stevie winners will be determined by the number and quality of entries submitted. All entries that receive an average score of 8.00/10 or higher in the judging will automatically become Finalists. All Finalists will ultimately be Gold, Silver or Bronze Stevie Award winners.
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.