Late entries will be accepted through June 13

This is your Entry Kit for The 2008 International Business Awards – everything you'll need to know to be able to prepare and submit International Stevie® Award-winning entries to the premier global business awards competition. We encourage you to bookmark this page so that you can return to it easily.

The Entry Kit is also available in eight other languages: simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish.

If you are with a public relations agency, we invite you to nominate your agency in the Best Public Relations Agency category with our compliments. Simply nominate one or more of your agency’s clients in any of the IBA's many categories. Supply the promotion code “agency” when your agency’s entries are submitted, and free submission will be granted for your Best Public Relations Agency entry.

Sincerely,
Michael Gallagher
President
The Stevie Awards

HOW TO PREPARE AND SUBMIT YOUR ENTRIES

Most companies submit their entries directly through The International Business Awards web site at www.stevieawards.com/iba. It's very easy to do. The first step is to register. If you're ready to submit your entries, register now:

Download and review the following four documents. They explain the categories, how to write and prepare your entries, and the entry fees.

Management, Company, Product, Organization, Team & Individual Categories: this documents lists these types of categories, outlines the submission requirements and the entry fees.

Advertising, Web Site, Video, & Other Media Categories: this document lists these types of categories, outlines the submission requirements and the entry fees.

Entry Cover Sheet: You will use the cover sheet only if you will submit your entry forms by mail or by fax. Otherwise you can submit your information through the web site.

Summary of the Rules & Regulations of the Competition

If you cannot access these files, contact us at info@stevieawards.com and we will fax or mail them to you.

The IBAs have representatives in a number of countries around the world. We encourage you to contact the representative in your country if you need help preparing and submitting your entries. View the list of representatives here.

RESOURCES

Helpful Article

The Strategic Value of Corporate Awards

Background Information

About The International Business Awards

Lists of categories

What's new and different for the 2008 IBAs

Entry fees & methods of payment

Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

Summary of the results of the 2007 awards

The Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors

International Representatives

READ THE ARTICLE

Read the article "How to Submit Winning Entries" on our web site for a summary of how to prepare and submit your entries.

Entries may be written in the following languages: Chinese (simplified and traditional), English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Submit your entries as soon as possible. You may submit them by mail or fax, but we encourage you to submit them directly through our web site - it's very easy to do. To begin, click here

2008 IBA Calendar

June 6:

Final entry deadline

May-June:

Preliminary judging

Mid- June :

Final judging

Late-June:

Results announced

September 8:

Gala awards dinner in Dublin, Ireland