Terms & Conditions of Entry
American Business Awards®
The following are the terms and conditions of entry to The 2026 American Business Awards®. By submitting entries to the competition you assent that you have read and agree to abide by these terms and conditions.
Entry Fees
Entry Fees differ per category and are listed on the ABA web site. Entry fees must be paid before entries will be submitted to judges for review.
You may withdraw one or more entries from the competition and receive a refund of entries fees paid for those entries through February 10, 2026. After that date entries may still be withdrawn, but no refunds will be issued. If for extraordinary circumstances after February 10 we must submit your entries for judging before entry fees are paid, your entries will be nonrevokable and entry fees will be payable.
Acceptance of Stevie Awards Correspondence
Every entrant has a designated point of contact: a single person with whom we communicate about the disposition of entries submitted. We will send regular email correspondence to your organization’s point of contact, especially after winners are announced in late April. Your organization’s point of contact agrees to:
Whitelist the email address help@stevieawards.com, from which most of our email correspondence will come
Read all email correspondence from us promptly and respond as requested or required
Maintenance of Your Entry Account Information
Your organization’s entry-submission account on the Stevie Awards website, through which your entries are submitted, will contain the contact information for your point of contact, including that person’s name, postal mailing address, email address, and telephone number. Your organization’s point of contact agrees to maintain the information in this entry-submission account and update it if and when necessary. The entry-submission account may be logged into at any time at the-stevie-awards.com
Final Decision
In the event of a dispute as to the category in which an entry(s) will be judged, the decision of the Stevie Awards staff will prevail. Judges may recommend that an entry be switched to a different category, and at their discretion Stevie Awards staff may change an entry’s category.
Any offline materials submitted as part of your entries will not be returned.
Payment of Shipping Fees
Gold, Silver, and Bronze Award winners who are not represented at the June 9 awards banquet in New York to accept their award(s) will be offered the opportunity to opt-in to pay shipping fees to receive their physical awards. Those who do not opt-in will still be winners in good standing, but will not be shipped their awards.
Shipping fees payable will be as follows:
Shipments within the U.S.A.
• U.S. $42 per Gold Stevie Award trophy
• U.S. $18 per Silver or Bronze Medal
Shipments to Canada
Trophies will be shipped by FedEx International Economy, DHL Express, or UPS and fees include all customs fees and taxes
• U.S. $95 per Gold Stevie Award trophy
• U.S. $39 per Silver or Bronze Medal
Shipments to All Other Nations
Trophies will be shipped by FedEx International Economy, DHL Express, or UPS and fees include all customs fees and taxes
• U.S. $335 per Gold Stevie Award trophy
• U.S. $48 per Silver or Bronze Medal
Shipping fee invoices would be issued or charges placed during the final week of June. Awards will not be shipped until shipping fees have been paid.
Publication of Stevie-winning Entries
The full-text of Gold Stevie Award-winning entries will be published on the Stevie Awards web site approximately three months after the final results are announced. Gold Stevie Award winners will be given the opportunity to redact any confidential or non-public information from their entries before publication. If you should have one or more Gold Stevie Award-winning entries in The 2026 American Business Awards, you agree to respond promptly to our request for edits or redactions to those entries before publication.
Notice of Filming and Photography at The American Business Awards Banquet
Please be aware that by attending this event, you agree to be filmed or photographed. Photographs and/or videos taken at the awards banquet may be used in the Stevie Awards website publications, news releases, and in other media communications related to the mission of the Stevie Awards.
Identity Verification
The Stevie® Awards has the right to verify the identity, employment, and affiliations of all Stevie Awards entrants. You may be asked to use an online verification tool after submitting your nomination(s).
Failure to comply with these Terms & Conditions will render your entries ineligible. Entry fees will not be refunded.
Asia-Pacific Stevie® Awards
The following are the terms and conditions of entry to the 2026 Asia-Pacific Stevie® Awards. By submitting entries to the competition you assent that you have read and agree to abide by these terms and conditions.
The veracity of claims made in winning entries may be audited. Any entry found to contain false or misleading information will be disqualified.
Entry Fees
Entry Fees differ per category and are listed on the awards website. Entry fees must be paid before entries will be submitted to judges for review.
You may withdraw one or more entries from the competition and receive a refund of entries fees paid for those entries through 10 December 2025. After that date entries may still be withdrawn, but no refunds will be issued. If for extraordinary circumstances after 10 December we must submit your entries for judging before entry fees are paid, your entries will be nonrevokable and entry fees will be payable.
Acceptance of Stevie Awards Correspondence
Every entrant has a designated point of contact: a single person with whom we communicate about the disposition of entries submitted. We will send regular email correspondence to your organization’s point of contact, especially after Stevie Award winners are announced in February. Your organization’s point of contact agrees to:
Whitelist the email address help@stevieawards.com, from which most of our email correspondence will come
Read all email correspondence from us promptly and respond as requested or required
Maintenance of Your Entry Account Information
Your organization’s entry-submission account on the Stevie Awards website, through which your entries are submitted, will contain the contact information for your point of contact, including that person’s name, postal mailing address, email address, and telephone number. Your organization’s point of contact agrees to maintain the information in this entry-submission account and update it if and when necessary.
Final Decision
In the event of a dispute as to the category in which an entry(s) will be judged, the decision of the Stevie Awards staff will prevail. Judges may recommend that an entry be switched to a different category, and at their discretion Stevie Awards staff may change an entry’s category.
Disposition of Submitted Materials
Any offline materials submitted as part of your entries will not be returned.
Payment of Shipping Fees
Gold, Silver, and Bronze Award winners who are not represented at the awards banquet in April 2026 to accept their award(s) will be offered the opportunity to opt-in to pay shipping fees to receive their physical awards. Those who do not opt-in will still be winners in good standing, but will not be shipped their awards.
Shipping fees payable will be as follows:
Shipments within the U.S.A.
• U.S. $42 per Gold Stevie Award trophy
• U.S. $18 per Silver or Bronze Medal
Shipments to Canada
Trophies will be shipped by FedEx International Economy, DHL Express, or UPS and fees include all customs fees and taxes
• U.S. $95 per Gold Stevie Award trophy
• U.S. $39 per Silver or Bronze Medal
Shipments to All Other Nations
Trophies will be shipped by FedEx International Economy, DHL Express, or UPS and fees include all customs fees and taxes
• U.S. $335 per Gold Stevie Award trophy
• U.S. $80 per Silver or Bronze Medal
Shipping fee invoices would be issued or charges placed in late May. Awards will not be shipped until shipping fees have been paid.
Publication of Stevie-winning Entries
The full-text of Gold Stevie Award-winning entries will be published on the Stevie Awards web site approximately two months after the awards banquet. Gold Stevie Award winners will be given the opportunity to redact any confidential or non-public information from their entries before publication. If you should have one or more Gold Stevie Award-winning entries in the 2026 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, you agree to respond promptly to our request for edits or redactions to those entries before publication.
Notice of Filming and Photography at the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards Banquet
Please be aware that by attending this event, you agree to be filmed or photographed. Photographs and/or videos taken at the awards banquet may be used in the Stevie Awards website publications, news releases, and in other media communications related to the mission of the Stevie Awards.
Identity Verification
The Stevie® Awards has the right to verify the identity, employment and affiliation of any Stevie Awards entrant. After submitting your nomination(s), you may be asked to use an online verification tool.
Failure to comply with these Terms & Conditions will render your entries ineligible. Entry fees will not be refunded.
German Stevie® Awards
Regeln und Bestimmungen des Wettbewerbs
Aktualisiert am 15. Februar 2025
Es folgen die Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen der Anmeldung zu den German Stevie® Awards 2025. Mit dem Einreichen Ihrer Nominierungen bestätigen Sie, dass Sie die Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen gelesen haben und diese akzeptieren.
Teilnahmeberechtigung
Jede Organisation und jede Einzelperson, die ihren Sitz in einem europäischen Land hat, in dem Deutsch Amtssprache ist, darf nominiert werden. Das gilt für Deutschland, Österreich, die Schweiz, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg und Belgien.
Für die German Stevie Awards 2025 werden alle Leistungen und Projekte zugelassen, die im Zeitraum vom 1. Januar 2023 bis zur Einreichung ihrer Nominierung, erbracht wurden. Nominierungen sollten ausschließlich Leistungen und Erfolge aus diesem Zeitfenster beschreiben. Nominierungen, die bereits bei den German Stevie Awards 2024 ausgezeichnet wurden, können für 2025 erneut eingereicht werden, sofern sie in anderen Kategorien eingereicht werden als im Vorjahr.
Nominierungen für Videos, Publikationen, Live-Events und andere Medien dürfen eingereicht werden, wenn sie seit diesem Datum zum ersten Mal statt gefunden, bzw. veröffentlicht wurden. Für Nominierungen im Bereich Webseiten und Apps gibt es keinen Gültigkeitszeitraum, wann sie zum ersten Mal veröffentlicht wurden.
Keine Teilnahmegebühren
Wir berechnen keine generellen Anmeldegebühren für die Einreichung von Nominierungen für die German Stevie Awards. Sie können unbeschränkt so viele Nominierungen für so viele Kategorien einreichen, wie Sie möchten.
Annahme oder Ablehnung von Nominierungen
Die Stevie Awards-Mitarbeiter prüfen alle eingereichten Nominierungen, um ihre Eignung für die Bewertung durch unsere professionellen Juroren zu bewerten. Nominierungen, die aus irgendeinem Grund als ungeeignet angesehen werden, werden abgelehnt und als „Gespeichert, aber nicht eingereicht“ an die Nutzerkontos der Teilnehmer retourniert. Abgelehnte Nominierungen können geändert und erneut zur Bewertung eingereicht werden. Nominierungen werden meist dann abgelehnt, wenn sie als unseriös oder unvollständig angesehen werden.
Benachrichtigung in Bezug auf den temporären Stevie-Preisträgerstatus
Die Stevie Award-Preisträger werden am 11. August 2025 per E-Mail über ihren vorläufigen Gold-, Silber- oder Bronze-Stevie-Preisträgerstatus benachrichtigt. Die Preisträger haben anschließend nur zwei Wochen Zeit, um die Zahlung der Preisträgergebühr für jede erfolgreiche Nominierung zu leisten oder den Nachweis ihrer Zahlung zu erbringen. Der Preisträger-Status ist nur so lange vorläufig, bis die Preisträgergebühren gezahlt wurden. Um als Preisträger anerkannt zu werden, müssen die Preisträgergebühren für alle erfolgreichen Nominierungen einer Organisation bezahlt werden. Eine Auswahl aus den vorläufig ausgezeichneten Nominierungen ist nicht möglich!
Preisträgergebühr
Für jede Nominierung, die einen Gold, Silber und Bronze Stevie Award gewinnt, wird eine Preisträgergebühr von €535 fällig, welche spätestens bis zum 25. August 2025 gezahlt werden muss. Nominierungen, die bis zum ersten Einsendeschluss (14. Mai 2025) eingehen, haben Anspruch auf eine reduzierte Preisträgergebühr in Höhe von €495 pro erfolgreicher Nominierung. Bei mehreren erfolgreichen Nominierungen muss die Preisträgergebühr für ALLE erfolgreichen Nominierungen geleistet werden. Es kann keine selektive Auswahl getroffen werden. Mit der Zahlung der Preisträgergebühr gehen erfolgreiche Nominierungen vom vorläufigen in den dauerhaften Preisträgerstatus über.
Mit der Zahlung der Preisträgergebühr pro erfolgreicher Stevie-Nominierung werden die folgenden Leistungen für Stevie Award-Preisträger freigegeben:
das Recht, den Stevie-Preisträgerstatus für die Nominierung am oder nach dem 25. August 2025 öffentlich zu beanspruchen;
die Aufnahme der erfolgreichen Nominierung in die am 25. August 2025 veröffentlichten offiziellen Preisträgerlisten;
das Recht zur Verwendung der Preisträgerlogos der German Stevie Awards 2025;
eine personalisierte Gold Stevie Award-Trophäe oder eine Silber- bzw. Bronze-Stevie Award-Medaille je nach Gewinnlevel;
den Zugang zu sämtlichen Kommentaren der Jury in Bezug auf alle ihre Bewerbungen;
das Recht zum Kauf von Eintrittskarten für das gemeinsame Preisverleihungsbankett der German Stevie Awards und International Business Awards im Oktober 2025.
Ankündigung der Stevie-Preisträger
Die Gold, Silber und Bronze Stevie-Preisträger werden am 25. August 2025 öffentlich bekanntgegeben. Nur erfolgreiche Nominierungen, für die Preisträgergebühren gezahlt wurden oder deren Zahlung dokumentiert wurde, werden als Preisträgerunternehmen verkündet. Nominierungen mit vorläufigem Preisträgerstatus, für welche mit Stand vom 25. August 2025 keine Preisträgergebühren gezahlt wurden, werden vom Wettbewerb disqualifiziert, erhalten keine Trophäen oder Medaillen und die Teilnehmenden haben kein Recht, einen Preisträgerstatus für diese Nominierungen zu fordern. Es gibt keine Ausnahmen.
Zurückziehung von Bewerbungen
Vor dem zweiten Einsendeschluss am 12. Juni 2025 können Sie aus jedwedem Grund eine oder mehrere Bewerbungen aus dem Wettbewerb zurückziehen. Nach diesem Datum beginnt die Bewertung durch die Juroren und sobald diese Bewertung begonnen hat, können keine Bewerbungen mehr zurückgezogen werden.
Akzeptanz der Stevie Awards-Korrespondenz
Jede Bewerbung bekommt über das Online-Nutzerkonto der einreichenden Organisation einen Ansprechpartner zugewiesen: eine Person, mit der wir hinsichtlich der Verwendung der eingereichten Bewerbungen kommunizieren. Wir schicken regelmäßig E-Mails an den Ansprechpartner der Organisation, insbesondere nachdem die Stevie Award-Preisträger:innen im August bekanntgegeben wurden. Die Kontaktperson der Organisation erklärt sich bereit:
Die E-Mail-Adresse help+europe@stevieawards.com, über die größtenteils die E-Mail-Korrespondenz erfolgt, zu whitelisten.
Unsere E-Mails zeitnah zu lesen und wie erbeten zu beantworten.
Pflege von Nutzerdaten
Das Nutzerkonto jeder Organisation, über das die Bewerbungen auf der German Stevie Awards-Webseite eingereicht werden, beinhalten die Kontaktdaten eines durch die teilnehmende Organisation designierten Ansprechpartners einschließlich des Namens, der Postanschrift, der E-Mail-Adresse und der Telefonnummer dieser Person. Der Ansprechpartner der teilnehmenden Organisation bestätigt, die Daten auf diesem Nutzerkonto zu pflegen und bei Bedarf zu aktualisieren. Das Nutzerkonto kann jederzeit unter https://gsa.stevieawards.com/user aufgerufen werden.
Endgültige Entscheidung
Im Falle von Unstimmigkeiten über die Kategorie, in welcher ein Beitrag bewertet werden soll, liegt die diesbezügliche Entscheidung bei den Stevie Awards-Mitarbeitenden. Die Juror:innen können ihre Empfehlung darüber aussprechen, dass eine Bewerbung in eine andere Kategorie aufgenommen werden soll, und in diesem Fall liegt es im Ermessen der Stevie Awards-Mitarbeitenden, die Aufnahme einer Bewerbung in eine andere Kategorie zu beschließen.
Verwendung eingereichter Materialien
Die als Teil von Bewerbungen offline eingereichten Materialien werden nicht zurückgeschickt.
Zahlung von Versandgebühren
Gold-, Silber- und Bronze-Preisträger:innen, die beim gemeinsamen Preisverleihungsbankett der German Stevie Awards und der International Business Awards an einem Veranstaltungsort in Europa nicht anwesend sind, um ihre Auszeichnung(en) entgegenzunehmen, haben die Möglichkeit, sich für die Zahlung von Versandgebühren zu entscheiden, um ihre physischen Auszeichnungen zu erhalten. Diejenigen, die sich dagegen entscheiden, sind zwar immer noch vollwertige Preisträger*innen, bekommen aber ihre Trophäen oder Medaillen nicht zugeschickt.
Für jede Trophäe, die sie auf postalischem Weg erhalten möchten, entsteht eine Versandkostenpauschale von 335 US-Dollar. Für jede Medaille beträgt diese 55 US-Dollar.
Beachten Sie den vorstehenden Abschnitt mit der Überschrift Pflege von Nutzerdaten. Wir behalten uns das Recht vor, Ihnen Versandkosten doppelt in Rechnung zu stellen, wenn Ihre Award-Zustellung an uns retourniert wird, weil die Versandadresse in Ihrem Zugangsaccount falsch ist oder Sie uns keine alternative Versandadresse haben zukommen lassen und Ihre Awards als unzustellbar an uns oder einen unserer Award-Hersteller zurückgeschickt werden.
Veröffentlichung von Stevie-prämierten Beiträgen
Die Nominierungen der Gold Stevie Award-Preisträger:innen werden ungefähr einen Monat nach der Preisverleihung in voller Länge auf der Website der German Stevie Awards veröffentlicht. Die Preisträger*innen der Gold Stevie Award erhalten die Möglichkeit, vor der Veröffentlichung vertrauliche oder nichtöffentliche Informationen in ihren Nominierungen unkenntlich zu machen bzw. zu entfernen. Falls Sie für Ihre Bewerbungen bei den German Stevie Awards 2025 mindestens einen Gold Stevie Award erhalten, stimmen Sie zu, Ihre Bewerbungen unmittelbar nach unserer Anfrage vor der Veröffentlichung zu bearbeiten.
Bekanntmachung über Dreh- und Fotoaufnahmen beim Bankett der German Stevie Awards
Bitte beachten Sie, dass Sie sich mit der Teilnahme am Preisverleihungsbankett damit einverstanden erklären, gefilmt oder fotografiert zu werden. Fotos und/oder Videos, die beim Preisverleihungsbankett aufgenommen wurden, dürfen in Veröffentlichungen auf der Stevie Awards-Website, in Pressemitteilungen und in anderen Medienmitteilungen im Zusammenhang mit der Mission der Stevie Awards verwendet werden.
Identitätsprüfung
Die Stevie® Awards haben das Recht, die Identität, Beschäftigung und Zugehörigkeit aller Stevie Awards-Teilnehmer zu überprüfen. Nach der Einreichung Ihrer Nominierung(en) werden Sie möglicherweise aufgefordert, ein Online-Verifizierungstool zu verwenden.
Bei Missachtung dieser Regeln & Bestimmungen werden Ihre Bewerbungen unzulässig. Preisträgergebühren und Versandkosten werden nicht erstattet.
International Business Awards®
The following are the terms and conditions of entry to The 2025 International Business Awards®. By submitting entries to the competition you assent that you have read and agree to abide by these terms and conditions.
The veracity of claims made in winning entries may be audited. Any entry found to contain false or misleading information will be disqualified.
Entry Fees
Entry Fees differ per category and are listed on the IBA web site. Entry fees must be paid before entries will be submitted to judges for review.
You may withdraw one or more entries from the competition and receive a refund of entries fees paid for those entries through 7 May 2025. After that date entries may still be withdrawn, but no refunds will be issued. If for extraordinary circumstances after 7 May we must submit your entries for judging before entry fees are paid, your entries will be nonrevokable and entry fees will be payable.
Acceptance of Stevie® Awards Correspondence
Every entrant has a designated point of contact: a person with whom we communicate about the disposition of entries submitted. We will send regular email correspondence to your organization’s point of contact, especially after Stevie Award winners are announced in August. Your organization’s point of contact agrees to:
Whitelist the email address help@stevieawards.com, from which most of our email correspondence will come
Read all email correspondence from us promptly and respond as requested or required
Maintenance of Your Entry Account Information
Your organization’s entry-submission account on The International Business Awards website, through which your entries are submitted, will contain the contact information for your point of contact, including that person’s name, postal mailing address, email address, and telephone number. Your organization’s point of contact agrees to maintain the information in this entry-submission account and update it if and when necessary. The entry-submission account may be logged into at any time at http://www.stevieawards.com/iba.
Final Decision
In the event of a dispute as to the category in which an entry(s) will be judged, the decision of the Stevie Awards staff will prevail. Judges may recommend that an entry be switched to a different category, and at their discretion Stevie Awards staff may change an entry’s category.
Disposition of Submitted Materials
Any offline materials submitted as part of your entries will not be returned.
Payment of Shipping Fees
Gold, Silver, and Bronze Award winners who are not represented at the October 2025 awards banquet in Europe to accept their award(s) will be offered the opportunity to opt-in to pay shipping fees to receive their physical awards. Those who do not opt-in will still be winners in good standing, but will not be shipped their awards.
Shipping fees will be as follows:
Shipments within the U.S.A.
• U.S. $45 per Gold Stevie Award trophy
• U.S. $20 per Silver or Bronze Medal
Shipments to Canada
Trophies will be shipped by FedEx International Economy, DHL Express, or UPS and fees include all customs fees and taxes
• U.S. $100 per Gold Stevie Award trophy
• U.S. $40 per Silver or Bronze Medal
Shipments to All Other Nations
Trophies will be shipped by FedEx International Economy, DHL Express, or UPS and fees include all customs fees and taxes
• U.S. $335 per Gold Stevie Award trophy
• U.S. $55 per Silver or Bronze Medal
Shipping fee invoices would be issued or charges placed during the first week of December, and awards shipped to those who opted-in in mid-December.
Publication of Stevie-winning Entries
The full-text of Gold Stevie Award-winning entries will be published on The International Business Awards® website in December 2025. Gold Stevie Award winners will be given the opportunity to redact any confidential or non-public information from their entries before publication. If you should have one or more Gold Stevie Award-winning entries in The 2025 International Business Awards, you agree to respond promptly to our request for edits or redactions to those entries before publication. If you prefer that we not publish your Gold Stevie-winning nomination, we will honor your request.
Notice of Filming and Photography at The International Business Awards Banquet
Please be aware that by attending this event, you agree to be filmed or photographed. Photographs and/or videos taken at the awards banquet may be used in the Stevie Awards website publications, news releases, and in other media communications related to the mission of the Stevie Awards.
Identity Verification
The Stevie® Awards has the right to verify the identity, employment, and affiliations of all Stevie Awards entrants. You may be asked to use an online verification tool after submitting your nomination(s).
Failure to comply with these Terms & Conditions will render your entries ineligible. Entry fees will not be refunded.
Middle East & North Africa Stevie® Awards
The following are the terms and conditions of entry to the 2026 Middle East & North Africa Stevie® Awards. By submitting entries to the competition, you assent that you have read and agree to abide by these terms and conditions.
Acceptance or Rejection of Nominations
The Stevie Awards staff will review all nominations submitted to evaluate their suitability for evaluation by our professional jurors. Nominations that are considered inappropriate for any reason will be rejected and returned as "saved but not submitted" to the user accounts of the participants. Rejected nominations may be changed and re-submitted for evaluation. Nominations are usually denied if they are considered frivolous or incomplete.Notification Regarding the Temporary Stevie Award Winner Status
Stevie Award winners will be notified by email on 24 March, 2026 of their temporary Gold, Silver, or Bronze Stevie Award winner status. The award winners then have three weeks to pay the Winners Fee for each successful nomination or to provide evidence of their payment. The Prize Winner status will be temporary until the award winners have been paid. In order to be recognized as a Stevie winner, the Winners’ Fees must be paid for all successful nominations.Winners’ Fee
Each nominee wishing to win a Gold, Silver, or Bronze Stevie Award will be charged a USD $585 Winners’ Fee, which must be paid no later than 14 April, 2026. Nominations received by the first deadline (3 December 2025) are eligible for a reduced Winners’ Fee of USD $545 per nomination. If you have multiple temporary winner nominations, you must pay the Winners’ Fee for all of them. You may not choose to pay the Winners’ Fees for some of your nominations but not others. With payment, successful nominations pass from temporary to permanent Stevie winners’ status.
Upon payment of the Winners’ Fee per successful Stevie nomination, the following benefits will be released to Stevie Award winners:The right to publicly claim the Stevie Award winner status for the nomination on or after 16 April, 2026
The inclusion of the successful nomination in the official prize-winner lists published on 16 April, 2026 on the Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards website and other Stevie Awards media
The right to use the award-winning signs or logos of the 2026 Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards
A personalized Gold Stevie Award trophy, Silver Stevie medallion, or Bronze Stevie medallion
Access to all the jury's comments regarding all your applications
The right to buy tickets for the award ceremony on 14 May, 2026 in Istanbul, Turkiye and make an acceptance speech on stage. Attendance of the ceremony is not mandatory for winners.
Announcement of the Stevie Award Winners
Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie winners will be announced publicly on 16 April, 2026. Only successful nominations for which Winners Fees have been paid or whose payment has been documented will be announced as winners. Nominees with temporary winner status from whom we have not received payment, or notification that payment has been initiated, as of 14 April, 2026, will be disqualified from the competition, receive no awards, and have no right to claim Stevie winner’s status for these nominations. No exceptions will be made.Withdrawal of Applications
For any reason, prior to the second submission deadline of 21 January, 2026, you may withdraw one or more entries from the competition. After this date, the judges will start their evaluation and as soon as this evaluation has begun, no more applications may be withdrawn.Acceptance of Stevie Awards Correspondence
Every entrant has a designated point of contact: a single person with whom we communicate about the disposition of entries submitted. We will send regular email correspondence to your organization’s point of contact, especially after Stevie Award winners are announced. Your organization’s point of contact agrees to:
Whitelist the email address help+mena@stevieawards.com, from which most of our email correspondence will come
Read all email correspondence from us promptly and respond as requested or required
Maintenance of Your Entry Account Information
Your organization’s entry-submission account on the Middle East Stevie Awards website, through which your entries are submitted, will contain the contact information for your point of contact, including that person’s name, postal mailing address, email address, and telephone number. Your organization’s point of contact agrees to maintain the information in this entry-submission account and update it if and when necessary.
Final Decision
In the event of a dispute as to the category in which an entry(s) will be judged, the decision of the Stevie Awards staff will prevail. Judges may recommend that an entry be switched to a different category, and at their discretion Stevie Awards staff may change an entry’s category.
Disposition of Submitted Materials
Any offline materials submitted as part of your entries will not be returned.
Payment of Shipping Fees
Gold, Silver, and Bronze Award winners who are not represented at the 14 May, 2026 awards banquet in Istanbul, Turkiye to accept their award(s) will be offered the opportunity to opt-in to pay shipping fees to receive their physical awards. Those who do not opt-in will still be winners in good standing, but will not be shipped their awards.
Shipping fees payable will be as follows:Shipments within the USA
• U.S. $42 per Gold Stevie Award trophy
• U.S. $18 per Silver or Bronze Medallion
Shipments to Canada
Trophies will be shipped by FedEx International Economy, DHL Express, or UPS and fees include all customs fees and taxes. Medallions will be shipped via regular post.
• U.S. $95 per Gold Stevie Award trophy
• U.S. $39 per Silver or Bronze MedallionShipments to All Other Nations
Trophies will be shipped by FedEx International Economy, DHL Express, or UPS and fees include all customs fees and taxes. Medallions will be shipped via regular post.
• U.S. $335 per Gold Stevie Award trophy
• U.S. $55 per Silver or Bronze MedallionShipping fee invoices would be issued or charges placed during the second week of June 2026. Awards will be shipped only after payment has been made.
See the section above headed Maintenance of Your Entry Account Information. We reserve the right to charge you shipping fees twice if your award shipment is returned to us because the shipping address in your entry-submission account is wrong, or you otherwise did not provide us with an alternate shipping address, and your awards are returned as undeliverable to us or to one of our award manufacturers.
Publication of Stevie-winning Entries
The full-text of Gold Stevie Award-winning entries will be published on the Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards web site approximately three months after the awards banquet. Gold Stevie Award winners will be given the opportunity to redact any confidential or non-public information from their entries before publication. If you should have one or more Gold Stevie Award-winning entries in the 2026 Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards, you agree to respond promptly to our request for edits or redactions to those entries before publication.
Notice of Filming and Photography at the Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards Banquet
Please be aware that by attending this event, you agree to be filmed or photographed. Photographs and/or videos taken at the awards banquet may be used in the Stevie Awards website publications, news releases, and in other media communications related to the mission of the Stevie Awards.
Identity verification
The Stevie® Awards has the right to verify the identity, employment and affiliation of any Stevie Awards entrant. After submitting your nomination(s), you may be asked to use an online verification tool.
Failure to comply with these Terms & Conditions will render your entries ineligible. Winners fees will not be refunded.
Stevie® Awards for Great Employers
The following are the terms and conditions of entry to the 2025 Stevie® Awards for Great Employers. By submitting entries to the competition, you assent that you have read and agree to abide by these terms and conditions.
Entry Fees
Entry Fees differ per category and are listed on the awards web site. Entry fees must be paid before entries will be submitted to judges for review.
You may withdraw one or more entries from the competition and receive a refund of entries fees paid for those entries through May 7, 2025. After that date, entries may still be withdrawn, but no refunds will be issued. If for extraordinary circumstances after May 7 we must submit your entries for judging before entry fees are paid, your entries will be nonrevokable and entry fees will be payable.
Acceptance of Stevie Awards Correspondence
Every entrant has a designated point of contact: a person with whom we communicate about the disposition of entries submitted. We will send regular email correspondence to your organization’s point of contact, especially after Stevie Award winners are announced in July 2025. Your organization’s point of contact agrees to:
Whitelist the email address help@stevieawards.com, from which most of our email correspondence will come
Read all email correspondence from us promptly and respond as requested or required
Maintenance of Your Entry Account Information
Your organization’s entry-submission account on the Stevie Awards for Great Employers website, through which your entries are submitted, will contain the contact information for your point of contact, including that person’s name, postal mailing address, email address, and telephone number. Your organization’s point of contact agrees to maintain the information in this entry-submission account and update it if and when necessary.
Final Decision
In the event of a dispute as to the category in which an entry(s) will be judged, the decision of the Stevie Awards staff will prevail. Judges may recommend that an entry be switched to a different category, and at their discretion Stevie Awards staff may change an entry’s category.
Disposition of Submitted Materials
Any offline materials submitted as part of your entries will not be returned.
Confidentiality of Entries
Only Stevie Awards staff and judges will have access to entry materials. Otherwise only Gold Stevie winning entries will be published (see below) after those winners first have the opportunity to redact confidential information from them, or decline publication entirely.
The only exception to this term is that nominations to the HiBob-sponsored Categories, which only HiBob customer may enter. will be shared with HiBob staff, and may be used in future HiBob customer case studies.
Payment of Shipping Fees
Gold, Silver, and Bronze Award winners who are not represented at the September 16 awards banquet in New York City to accept their award(s) will be offered the opportunity to opt-in to pay shipping fees to receive their physical awards. Those who do not opt-in will still be winners in good standing, but will not be shipped their awards.
Shipping fees payable will be as follows:
Shipments within the U.S.A.
• U.S. $42 per Gold Stevie Award trophy
• U.S. $18 per Silver or Bronze Medal
Shipments to Canada
Trophies will be shipped by FedEx International Economy, DHL Express, or UPS and fees include all customs fees and taxes
• U.S. $95 per Gold Stevie Award trophy
• U.S. $39 per Silver or Bronze Medal
Shipments to All Other Nations
Trophies will be shipped by FedEx International Economy, DHL Express, or UPS and fees include all customs fees and taxes
• U.S. $335 per Gold Stevie Award trophy
• U.S. $48 per Silver or Bronze Medal
Shipping fee invoices would be issued or charges placed in mid-October, and awards shipped to those who opted-in in late October.
Publication of Stevie-winning Entries
The full-text of Gold Stevie Award-winning entries will be published on Stevie Awards for Great Employers web site approximately 90 days after the awards dinner. Gold Stevie Award winners will be given the opportunity to redact any confidential or non-public information from their entries before publication. If you should have one or more Gold Stevie Award-winning entries in the 2025 Stevie Awards for Great Employers, you agree to respond promptly to our request for edits or redactions to those entries before publication.
Notice of Filming and Photography at the Stevie Awards for Great Employers Awards Banquet
Please be aware that by attending this event, you agree to be filmed or photographed. Photographs and/or videos taken at the awards banquet may be used in the Stevie Awards website publications, news releases, and in other media communications related to the mission of the Stevie Awards.
Identity Verification
The Stevie® Awards has the right to verify the identity, employment and affiliation of any Stevie Awards entrant. After submitting your nomination(s), you may be asked to use an online verification tool.
Failure to comply with these Terms & Conditions will render your entries ineligible. Entry fees will not be refunded.
Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service
The following are the terms and conditions of entry to the 2026 Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service. By submitting entries to the competition you assent that you have read and agree to abide by these terms and conditions.
Entry Fees
Entry fees differ per category and are listed on the awards web site. Entry fees must be paid before entries will be submitted to judges for review.
You may withdraw one or more entries from the competition and receive a refund of entries fees paid for those entries through December 4, 2025 After that date entries may still be withdrawn, but no refunds will be issued. If for extraordinary circumstances after December 4 we must submit your entries for judging before entry fees are paid, your entries will be nonrevokable and entry fees will be payable.
Language of Submission
Entries to the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service must be submitted in English. Any supporting materials submitted with nominations should also be in English. Supporting materials not in English should be subtitled or dubbed in English (for videos) or complemented by an English-language translation (for written materials).
Acceptance of Stevie Awards Correspondence
Every entrant has a designated point of contact: a single person with whom we communicate about the disposition of entries submitted. We will send regular email correspondence to your organization’s point of contact, especially after Stevie Award winners are announced in January 2026. Your organization’s point of contact agrees to:
Whitelist the email address help@stevieawards.com, from which most of our email correspondence will come
Read all email correspondence from us promptly and respond as requested or required
Maintenance of Your Entry Account Information
Your organization’s entry-submission account on the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service website, through which your entries are submitted, will contain the contact information for your point of contact, including that person’s name, postal mailing address, email address, and telephone number. Your organization’s point of contact agrees to maintain the information in this entry-submission account and update it if and when necessary. The entry-submission account may be logged into at any time at here.
Final Decision
In the event of a dispute as to the category in which an entry(s) will be judged, the decision of the Stevie Awards staff will prevail. Judges may recommend that an entry be switched to a different category, and at their discretion Stevie Awards staff may change an entry’s category.
Disposition of Submitted Materials
Any offline materials submitted as part of your entries will not be returned.
Payment of Shipping Fees
Gold, Silver, and Bronze Award winners who are not represented at the March 5, 2026 awards banquet in New York City to accept their award(s) will be offered the opportunity to opt-in to pay shipping fees to receive their physical awards. Those who do not opt-in will still be winners in good standing, but will not be shipped their awards.
Shipping fees payable will be as follows:
Shipments within the U.S.A.
• U.S. $42 per Gold Stevie Award trophy
• U.S. $18 per Silver or Bronze Medal
Shipments to Canada
Trophies will be shipped by FedEx International Economy, DHL Express, or UPS and fees include all customs fees and taxes
• U.S. $95 per Gold Stevie Award trophy
• U.S. $39 per Silver or Bronze Medal
Shipments to All Other Nations
Trophies will be shipped by FedEx International Economy, DHL Express, or UPS and fees include all customs fees and taxes
• U.S. $335 per Gold Stevie Award trophy
• U.S. $48 per Silver or Bronze Medal
Shipping fee invoices would be issued or charges placed in mid-April 2026. Awards will not be shipped until after shipping fees have been paid.
Publication of Stevie-winning Entries
The full-text of Gold Stevie Award-winning entries will be published on Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service website in June 2026. Gold Stevie Award winners will be given the opportunity to redact any confidential or non-public information from their entries before publication. If you should have one or more Gold Stevie Award-winning entries in the 2026 Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, you agree to respond promptly to our request for edits or redactions to those entries before publication.
Notice of Filming and Photography at the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service Awards Banquet
Please be aware that by attending this event, you agree to be filmed or photographed. Photographs and/or videos taken at the awards banquet may be used in the Stevie Awards website publications, news releases, and in other media communications related to the mission of the Stevie Awards.
Identity Verification
The Stevie® Awards has the right to verify the identity, employment and affiliation of any Stevie Awards entrant. After submitting your nomination(s), you may be asked to use an online verification tool.
Failure to comply with these Terms & Conditions will render your entries ineligible. Entry fees will not be refunded.
Stevie® Awards for Technology Excellence
The following are the terms and conditions of entry to the 2025 Stevie® Awards for Technology Excellence. By submitting entries to the competition, you assent that you have read and agree to abide by these terms and conditions.
Entry Fees
Entry Fees differ per category and are listed on the awards website. Entry fees must be paid before entries will be submitted to judges for review.
You may withdraw one or more entries from the competition and receive a refund of entry fees paid for those entries through May 15, 2025. After that date, entries may still be withdrawn, but no refunds will be issued. If for extraordinary circumstances after May 15 we must submit your entries for judging before entry fees are paid, your entries will be nonrevokable and entry fees will be payable.
Acceptance of Stevie Awards Correspondence
Every entrant has a designated point of contact: a person with whom we communicate about the disposition of entries submitted. We will send regular email correspondence to your organization’s point of contact, especially after Stevie Award winners are announced in July 2025. Your organization’s point of contact agrees to:
Whitelist the email address help@stevieawards.com, from which most of our email correspondence will come
Read all email correspondence from us promptly and respond as requested or required
Maintenance of Your Entry Account Information
Your organization’s entry-submission account on the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence website, through which your entries are submitted, will contain the contact information for your point of contact, including that person’s name, postal mailing address, email address, and telephone number. Your organization’s point of contact agrees to maintain the information in this entry-submission account and update it if and when necessary.
Final Decision
In the event of a dispute as to the category in which an entry(s) will be judged, the decision of the Stevie Awards staff will prevail. Judges may recommend that an entry be switched to a different category, and at their discretion, Stevie Awards staff may change an entry’s category.
Disposition of Submitted Materials
Any offline materials submitted as part of your entries will not be returned.
Confidentiality of Entries
Only Stevie Awards staff and judges will have access to entry materials. Otherwise only Gold Stevie winning entries will be published (see below) after those winners first have the opportunity to redact confidential information from them, or decline publication entirely.
Payment of Shipping Fees
Gold, Silver, and Bronze Award winners who are not represented at the September 16 awards banquet in New York City to accept their award(s) will be offered the opportunity to opt-in to pay shipping fees to receive their physical awards. Those who do not opt-in will still be winners in good standing, but will not be shipped their awards.
Shipping fees payable will be as follows:
Shipments within the U.S.A.
• U.S. $42 per Gold Stevie Award trophy
• U.S. $18 per Silver or Bronze Medal
Shipments to Canada
Trophies will be shipped by FedEx International Economy, DHL Express, or UPS and fees include all customs fees and taxes
• U.S. $95 per Gold Stevie Award trophy
• U.S. $39 per Silver or Bronze Medal
Shipments to All Other Nations
Trophies will be shipped by FedEx International Economy, DHL Express, or UPS and fees include all customs fees and taxes
• U.S. $335 per Gold Stevie Award trophy
• U.S. $48 per Silver or Bronze Medal
Shipping fee invoices would be issued or charges placed in mid-October, and awards shipped to those who opted-in in late October.
Publication of Stevie-winning Entries
The full-text of Gold Stevie Award-winning entries will be published on Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence website approximately 90 days after the awards dinner. Gold Stevie Award winners will be given the opportunity to redact any confidential or non-public information from their entries before publication. If you should have one or more Gold Stevie Award-winning entries in the 2025 Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence, you agree to respond promptly to our request for edits or redactions to those entries before publication.
Notice of Filming and Photography at the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence Awards Banquet
Please be aware that by attending this event, you agree to be filmed or photographed. Photographs and/or videos taken at the awards banquet may be used in the Stevie Awards website publications, news releases, and in other media communications related to the mission of the Stevie Awards.
Identity Verification
The Stevie® Awards has the right to verify the identity, employment and affiliation of any Stevie Awards entrant. After submitting your nomination(s), you may be asked to use an online verification tool.
Failure to comply with these Terms & Conditions will render your entries ineligible. Entry fees will not be refunded.
Stevie® Awards for Women in Business
The following are the terms and conditions of entry to the 2025 Stevie® Awards for Women in Business. By submitting entries to the competition you assent that you have read and agree to abide by these terms and conditions.
Entry Fees
Entry fees differ per category and are listed on the awards web site. Entry fees must be paid before entries will be submitted to judges for review.
You may withdraw one or more entries from the competition and receive a refund of entries fees paid for those entries through July 23, 2025. After that date entries may still be withdrawn, but no refunds will be issued. If for extraordinary circumstances after July 23 we must submit your entries for judging before entry fees are paid, your entries will be nonrevokable and entry fees will be payable.
Language of Submission
Entries to the Stevie Awards for Women in Business must be submitted in English. Any supporting materials submitted with nominations should also be in English. Supporting materials not in English should be subtitled or dubbed in English (for videos) or complemented by an English-language translation (for written materials).
Acceptance of Stevie Awards Correspondence
Every entrant has a designated point of contact: a single person with whom we communicate about the disposition of entries submitted. We will send regular email correspondence to your organization’s point of contact, especially after Finalists are announced in September. Your organization’s point of contact agrees to:
Whitelist the email address help@stevieawards.com, from which most of our email correspondence will come
Read all email correspondence from us promptly and respond as requested or required
Maintenance of Your Entry Account Information
Your organization’s entry-submission account on the Stevie Awards for Women in Business website, through which your entries are submitted, will contain the contact information for your point of contact, including that person’s name, postal mailing address, email address, and telephone number. Your organization’s point of contact agrees to maintain the information in this entry-submission account and update it if and when necessary. The entry-submission account may be logged into at any time at https://women.stevieawards.com/member.
Final Decision
In the event of a dispute as to the category in which an entry(s) will be judged, the decision of the Stevie Awards staff will prevail. Judges may recommend that an entry be switched to a different category, and at their discretion Stevie Awards staff may change an entry’s category.
Any offline materials submitted as part of your entries will not be returned.
Payment of Shipping Fees
Finalists who are unable to attend the November 10 awards dinner in New York City will be offered the opportunity to complete a form to indicate that they will pay shipping fees to be sent their Gold Stevie Award trophies and/or Silver or Bronze Stevie medallions. Winners who don't attend the awards banquet will not be required to pay these shipping fees. Winners who don't complete the opt-in form will still be winners in good standing, but will not be sent their awards. Finalists will be provided with instructions in late October about how and where to complete the form.
Shipping fees payable will be as follows:
Shipments within the U.S.A.
• U.S. $42 per Gold Stevie Award trophy
• U.S. $18 per Silver or Bronze Medal
Shipments to Canada
Trophies will be shipped by FedEx International Economy, DHL Express, or UPS and fees include all customs fees and taxes
• U.S. $95 per Gold Stevie Award trophy
• U.S. $39 per Silver or Bronze Medal
Shipments to All Other Nations
Trophies will be shipped by FedEx International Economy, DHL Express, or UPS and fees include all customs fees and taxes
• U.S. $335 per Gold Stevie Award trophy
• U.S. $48 per Silver or Bronze Medal
Shipping fee invoices would be issued or charges placed during the second week of December, and awards shipped to those who opted-in in early January.
Publication of Stevie-winning Entries
The full-text of Gold Stevie Award-winning entries will be published on the Stevie Awards for Women in Business web site approximately two months after the final results are announced. Gold Stevie Award winners will be given the opportunity to redact any confidential or non-public information from their entries before publication. If you should have one or more Gold Stevie Award-winning entries in the 2025 awards, you agree to respond promptly to our request for edits or redactions to those entries before publication. We will honor all requests to exclude Gold Stevie-winning nominations from publication.
Notice of Filming and Photography at the Stevie Awards for Women in Business Awards Banquet
Please be aware that by attending this event, you agree to be filmed or photographed. Photographs and/or videos taken at the awards banquet may be used in the Stevie Awards website publications, news releases, and in other media communications related to the mission of the Stevie Awards.
Identity Verification
The Stevie® Awards has the right to verify the identity, employment and affiliation of any Stevie Awards entrant. After submitting your nomination(s), you may be asked to use an online verification tool.
Failure to comply with these Terms & Conditions will render your entries ineligible. Entry fees will not be refunded.