--- title: Entry Deadline Extension Announced for the 2023 Middle East & North Africa Stevie® Awards description: The top business awards in the MENA region have announced a general entry deadline extension for Middle East & North Africa Stevie® Awards through January 17. image: https://blog.stevieawards.com/hubfs/Extension%20Post.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 # Entry Deadline Extension Announced for the 2023 Middle East & North Africa Stevie® Awards Posted by [Maggie Gallagher](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog/author/maggie-gallagher) on Tue, Nov 15, 2022 @ 03:13 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) **The region’s only awards to recognize innovation in all its forms through the workplace**** in 18 Countries is now Accepting Entries through January 17.** By popular demand, the Stevie Awards have announced a general entry deadline extension for [Middle East & North Africa Stevie ® Awards](https://stevieawards.com/mena) sponsored by [RAK Chamber, UAE](http://rakchamber.ae/). Entries will now be accepted through January 17. (The original final deadline was November 9.) Details are available at [http://MENA.StevieAwards.com](http://MENA.StevieAwards.com). The Middle East Stevie & North Africa Awards are the region’s only awards to recognize innovation in all its forms through the workplace. The awards are open to all organizations in 18 nations in the MENA region: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran (newly eligible for 2023), Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE & Yemen. ![Extension Post](https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Extension%20Post.jpg?width=328&height=328&name=Extension%20Post.jpg)All individuals & organizations may submit any number of nominations to any number of the categories. There are no entry fees in this awards program. Organizations may submit as many nominations as they would like, without cost. Instead, Gold, Silver, & Bronze Stevie Award winners will pay a “winners fee” for each successful nomination. Winners of the Gold, Silver, & Bronze Stevie Awards in the competition will be announced on Jan 25, 2023, & celebrated during a gala event in RAK, UAE on March 18. The 2023 competition features new categories. The [Thought Leadership](https://stevieawards.com/mena/thought-leadership-categories) categories will recognize innovation in thought leadership strategy, development, & executive. **Innovative Achievement in Corporate Social Responsibility & Innovative Achievement in Diversity & Inclusion **have been added to the [Achievement](https://stevieawards.com/mena/achievement-categories) categories. 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