--- title: 2018 American Business Awards Final Entry Deadline Extended description: The American Business Awards are widely considered to be the premier business awards program in the U.S.A. All organizations operating in the U.S.A. are eligible to submit nominations— public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large, and small. image: https://blog.stevieawards.com/hubfs/ABA%202017%209-2.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 # 2018 American Business Awards Final Entry Deadline Extended Posted by [Maggie Gallagher](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog/author/maggie-gallagher) on Thu, Mar 15, 2018 @ 09:30 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) **The Stevie® Awards, organizer of **[**The American Business Awards**](http://www.stevieawards.com/aba)℠**, announced today that the final entry deadline for the 16th annual ABA competition has been extended to April 13. No additional late fees will be charged. Entries submitted through April 13 will not be penalized in any way in the judging process.** “We’ve received so many requests for individual deadline extensions that we’ve decided to extend the deadline for everyone,” said Stevie Awards president Michael Gallagher. The original final deadline was March 14. **[GET THE ENTRY KIT HERE](https://stevieawards.com/aba/how-enter-0)** ![ABA 2017 9-2.jpg](https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/hubfs/ABA%202017%209-2.jpg?width=329&name=ABA%202017%209-2.jpg)The American Business Awards are widely considered to be the premier business awards program in the U.S.A. All organizations operating in the U.S.A. are eligible to submit nominations— public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large, and small. The 2018 awards will honor achievements since the beginning of 2017. Entry details are available at [http://www.StevieAwards.com/ABA](http://www.stevieawards.com/aba). The American Business Awards recognize achievement in every facet of the workplace. Categories include: - [Entrepreneur Awards (new for 2018)](https://stevieawards.com/aba/entrepreneur-awards-categories) - [Management Awards](http://stevieawards.com/aba/management-awards-categories-0) - [Company of the Year Awards](http://stevieawards.com/aba/company-organization-awards-categories) - [Customer Service Awards](http://stevieawards.com/aba/customer-service-awards-categories-0) - [Human Resources Awards](http://stevieawards.com/aba/human-resources-awards-categories) - [Information Technology Awards](http://stevieawards.com/aba/information-technology-awards-categories) - [Marketing Awards](http://stevieawards.com/aba/marketing-awards-categories-0) - [New Product Awards](http://stevieawards.com/aba/new-product-awards-categories) - [Public Relations Awards](http://stevieawards.com/aba/pr-awards-categories-0) - [Website Awards, Smartphone and Tablet Apps, and other Media Awards](http://stevieawards.com/aba/web-site-video-app-live-event-and-annual-reportpublication-awards-categories) New categories in the 2018 American Business Awards include seven new Software Solution categories, four Lifetime Achievement Award categories, four additional Marketing Campaign categories, two new PR Campaign categories, one new category for [Live Events](https://stevieawards.com/aba/live-event-awards-categories-0), and Best White Paper or Research Report. More than 200 executives on 12 juries have already begun the process of rating nominations to determine the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners. Stevie winners will be announced on May 1, and the awards will be presented at a gala banquet on June 11 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. Attendance is not required to win. The list of past Stevie Award winners in The American Business Awards reads like a who’s who of innovation and business success in the U.S.A. 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