--- title: 12th American Business Awards Announce Finalists description: Finalists have been announced in The 12th Annual American Business Awards, the premier business awards program in the U.S.A. image: https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/file-384391332-jpg/images/stevie2014_logo_s_150_web.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 # 12th American Business Awards Announce Finalists Posted by [Maggie Gallagher](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog/author/maggie-gallagher) on Thu, May 08, 2014 @ 12:13 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ##### *Coveted Stevie® Awards to Be Presented at Ceremonies in Chicago and San Francisco* ![Stevie Logo](https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/file-384391332-jpg/images/stevie2014_logo_s_150_web.jpg)Finalists were announced today in The 12th Annual [American Business Awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/ABA). Organizations as diverse as 7-Eleven, American Solar Direct, Bloomin' Brands, Cisco Systems, Google, McGladrey LLP, NASCAR, and the State of Michigan are among those recognized. Lists of Finalists by category have been published at [http://www.StevieAwards.com/ABA](http://www.StevieAwards.com/ABA). The American Business Awards are the U.S.A.’s premier [business awards](http://www.stevieawards.com) program. All organizations and individuals in the U.S.A. are eligible to submit nominations. This year’s Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie® Award winners will be announced at two banquets. The first will take place on June 13 at the Fairmont Millennium Park Hotel in Chicago, Illinois; and the second, with awards in the new product and technology-related categories, will be held on September 12 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, California. More than 800 executives are expected to attend the events. The ceremonies will be broadcast nationwide by the BizTalk Radio Network.     Among the organizations with the most Finalists this year are Accenture, AMD, AT&T, CallidusCloud, Engility, Isagenix International, Jeunesse Global, John Hancock Signature Services, Makovsky, MWW, Quality Systems, and USANA Health Sciences. A record number of nominations were submitted this year with more than 3,300 from organizations of all sizes and from virtually every industry. The ABAs include a wide variety of categories including [management awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_3656.cfm), [new product awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_14101.cfm), [marketing awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_14099.cfm), [public relations awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_3658.cfm), [human resources awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_14098.cfm), [information technology awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_14100.cfm), [website awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/403_2179_21306.cfm), and more. Finalists were chosen by more than 130 business professionals nationwide during preliminary judging in April and May. Members of nine specialized final judging committees will determine Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award placements from among Finalists in judging that will begin next week. More than 280 executives will participate in the judging process this year. Voting will open in early July for the People’s Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite New Products, a component of The American Business Awards that invites the general public to vote for their favorite new products of the year in a number of categories. For press credentials for the June 13 and September 12 awards banquets or for more information, contact Maggie(at)thestevies(dot)com. **About the Stevie® Awards** Stevie Awards are conferred in five programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. A sixth program, the German Stevie Awards, will launch in August.  Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. 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