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title: Final Entry Deadline Approaching in The 17th International Business Awards®
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# Final Entry Deadline Approaching in The 17th International Business Awards®

Posted by [Maggie Gallagher](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog/author/maggie-gallagher) on Tue, Jun 30, 2020 @ 09:27 PM

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The final entry deadline for the 2020 (17th annual) edition of [The International Business Awards®](http://www.stevieawards.com/iba) is Tuesday, July 28.

The International Business Awards are widely considered to be the world's premier business awards competition.  In 2019 the competition attracted more than 4,000 nominations from organizations in more than 70 nations.

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 final entry deadline this year is Tuesday, July 28. Entry details are available at [www.StevieAwards.com/IBA](http://www.stevieawards.com/iba).

Juries featuring more than 150 executives will determine the Stevie Award winners. The Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners will be announced on September 9. Stevie Award winners will be honored at a virtual awards ceremony this year.

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New this year are a variety of [COVID-19 response](https://stevieawards.com/iba/covid-19-response-categories) awards categories that do not have entry fees. These aim to honor heroes of every industry including medical, education, food delivery, media, public service, business response, and more.

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)
- [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)

The IBAs feature more than 40 categories that do not require the payment of entry fees, including all 35 of the Company/Organization of the Year categories, and that there are many new and revised features of the IBAs for 2020, including:

- [Nine new categories](https://stevieawards.com/iba/achievement-awards-categories) to recognize singular business achievements in areas such as business turnaround, finance, revenue generation, and science and technology, among others.
- **The simplification of submission requirements in the Company/Organization, Corporate Communications & Public Relations, Marketing, and New Product & Product Management category groups.**

**Interested in entering the IBAs this month?**

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