--- title: 2017 German Stevie Award Winners Celebrated at Gala Banquet description: The German Stevie Awards, the premier business awards in Germany, had a gala ceremony last Friday, March 31. image: https://blog.stevieawards.com/hubfs/German%20Stevies%202017.jpg --- [![stevie-awards-full-logo](https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Stevie%20Awards%20Blog%20Theme%20Files/stevie-awards-full-logo.png?width=347&height=70&name=stevie-awards-full-logo.png "stevie-awards-full-logo")](http://stevieawards.com) Click to View Posts by Stevie® Awards Categories # 2017 German Stevie Award Winners Celebrated at Gala Banquet Posted by [Maggie Gallagher](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog/author/maggie-gallagher) on Mon, Apr 03, 2017 @ 06:07 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) **Entry Fees Waived for 2018 German Stevie Awards; Weber Shandwick Wins the Grand Stevie Award** **The third annual [German Stevie Awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/deutschland) were celebrated at the Fairmont Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten in Hamburg on Friday, March 31. President and Founder of the Stevie Awards, Michael Gallagher, handed out the gold, silver and bronze Stevie Awards to winners from across Germany. Highly-ranking representatives from more than 50 winners received their awards on stage.** ![German Stevies 2017.jpg](https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/hubfs/German%20Stevies%202017.jpg?width=295&name=German%20Stevies%202017.jpg)In their third year, the German Stevie Awards have already established a leading role in Germany. They are part of the [Stevie Awards](http://www.stevieawards.com) programs, which are widely considered to be the world's premier [business awards,](http://www.stevieawards.com) conferring recognition for achievement in the workplace in programs such as [The International Business Awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/iba) for more than a decade.  All organizations in Germany were eligible to submit nominations. **The highlight of the evening was the presentation of the Grand Stevie Award to the communications agency Weber Shandwick Germany.** The PR agency, headquartered in Munich, Berlin, and Frankfurt has won German Stevie Awards for three consecutive years. This year they won two Gold, two Silver, and one Bronze Stevie Award. Because of these successes, Weber Shandwick earned the most points out of any other organization and recieved the Grand Stevie Award, the top honor. Winners were selected in variety award categories, ranging from best companies of the year to best customer service and HR solutions, to new products and marketing campaigns. There were many categories for creative minds such as best videos, company-related e-books, and apps or websites. "The quality of the nominations this year was just outstanding," said Michael Gallagher. He was delighted to meet many of the winners in Hamburg at the awards gala. At the end of the award ceremony, some exciting news about the German Stevie Awards 2018 was announced. **The big surprise: This coming year, the 4th annual German Stevie Awards will not have any entry fees.** "We want to give all companies the opportunity to participate in the German Stevie Awards," explains Michael Gallagher. "This is why we are completely waiving the entry fees for the 4th German Stevie Awards." The award ceremony will then take place on April 13, 2018 in Berlin. 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