--- title: Call for Entries Issued for Fifteenth Annual International Business Awards® description: All individuals and organizations worldwide—public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small—may submit nominations to The International Business Awards. image: https://blog.stevieawards.com/hubfs/IBA%20winner%20woman%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 # Call for Entries Issued for Fifteenth Annual International Business Awards® Posted by [Maggie Gallagher](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog/author/maggie-gallagher) on Wed, Mar 14, 2018 @ 09:30 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) **The Stevie® Awards has opened entries for The 15th Annual [International Business Awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/iba), the world's premier business awards competition, which attracts nominations from organizations in more than 60 nations and territories each year.** **All individuals and organizations worldwide—public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small—may submit nominations to The International Business Awards. The early-bird entry deadline, with reduced entry fees, is April 11. The final entry deadline is May 9, but late entries will be accepted through June 13 with payment of a late fee. Entry details are available at [www.StevieAwards.com/IBA](http://www.stevieawards.com/iba).** **[![IBA winner woman 2017.jpg](https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/hubfs/IBA%20winner%20woman%202017.jpg?width=203&name=IBA%20winner%20woman%202017.jpg)REVIEW THE ENTRY KIT HERE](https://stevieawards.com/sites/default/files/imce_files/iba18entrykit.pdf).** Juries featuring more than 150 executives will determine the Stevie Award winners. Results will be announced 9 August. Stevie Award winners will be presented their awards at a gala banquet in London, United Kingdom on 20 October. The International Business Awards recognize achievement in every facet of the workplace. Categories include: - [Management Awards](http://stevieawards.com/iba/management-awards-categories)  - [Entrepreneur of the Year Awards](https://stevieawards.com/iba/entrepreneur-awards-categories) (new for 2018) - [Company of the Year Awards ](http://stevieawards.com/iba/companyorganization-awards-categories) - [Customer Service Awards](http://stevieawards.com/iba/customer-service-awards-categories)  - [Human Resources Awards](http://stevieawards.com/iba/hr-awards-categories)  - [Information Technology Awards](http://stevieawards.com/iba/it-awards-categories) - [Marketing Awards](http://stevieawards.com/iba/marketing-awards-categories)  - [New Product Awards](http://stevieawards.com/iba/new-product-product-management-awards-categories)  - [Public Relations Awards](http://stevieawards.com/iba/pr-awards-categories)  - [Web Site Awards, Smartphone and Tablet App, and other media awards](http://stevieawards.com/iba/web-site-app-video-annual-report-other-publications-live-event-awards-categories) A variety of new categories are introduced for the 2018 competition, including a new group of categories to recognize the Entrepreneur of the Year and Founding Teams** **in many industries. In addition to seven new Software Solution categories in the New Product & Services section, there’s a new selection of categories to recognize Content Solutions. There is one new category, Best White Paper or Research Report, in the Publication categories and one new category, Engaged Community of the Year, in the Marketing categories. There are two new PR Campaign categories in the Public Relations section. Finally, there are four new Lifetime Achievement Awards categories in the Management section. Stevie Award winners in the 2017 IBAs included: Cisco Systems (USA), Domino's Pizza (Turkey), Freelancer.com (Australia), Garanti Bank (Turkey), KT (South Korea), Llorente & Cuenca (Spain), Meltwater (USA), MSLGROUP (USA), PRIZM (Hong Kong), Sunny Side Up (Japan), Syncron (Sweden), Telkom Indonesia (Indonesia), Thai Life Insurance Plc. (Thailand), Viettel Group (Vietnam), Weber Shandwick (United Kingdom), WNS Holdings (P) Ltd. (India), and Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting (USA). 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