--- title: Top 10 Reasons to Enter The American Business Awards description: Submit your entries for The 2012 American Business Awards. image: https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/file-13812859-jpg/images/aba09_homepage1r-resized-600.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 # Top 10 Reasons to Enter The American Business Awards Posted by [Liz Dean](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog/author/liz-dean) on Wed, Dec 07, 2011 @ 12:50 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) As the December 14 early-bird deadline for [The 2012 American Business Awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/aba/) approaches, we encourage everyone to submit their entries for the 2012 ABAs. 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