--- title: Stevie Awards for Women in Business Announce Finalists in 15th Annual Competition description: Finalists were announced in the 15th annual Stevie® Awards for Women in Business, the world’s top honors for women entrepreneurs, executives, employees and the organizations they run. image: https://blog.stevieawards.com/hubfs/SAWIB%20pic%202.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 # Stevie Awards for Women in Business Announce Finalists in 15th Annual Competition Posted by [Maggie Gallagher](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog/author/maggie-gallagher) on Thu, Oct 04, 2018 @ 09:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) **World’s Top Honors for Women Professionals to Be Presented in New York on November 16, with First Edition of Women|Future Conference** **Finalists were announced today in the 15th annual [Stevie® Awards for Women in Business](http://www.stevieawards.com/women), the world’s top honors for women entrepreneurs, executives, employees and the organizations they run.** **The Stevie Awards for Women in Business are produced by the creators of the prestigious American Business Awards® and International Business Awards®. The Stevies are widely considered to be the world’s premier business awards.** **![SAWIB pic 2](https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/hubfs/SAWIB%20pic%202.jpg?width=191&name=SAWIB%20pic%202.jpg)**This year’s Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Award placements from among the Finalists will be announced at an awards dinner at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel in New York City on Friday, November 16. More than 600 women and their guests from around the world are expected to attend the presentations, which will be broadcast live on [Livestream](https://stevieawards.com/women/tickets). **Visit [http://www.StevieAwards.com/Women](http://www.StevieAwards.com/Women) for a complete list of Finalists by category.** The Stevie Awards for Women in Business event will be complemented by a new one-day educational and networking event called the [Women|Future Conference](http://www.WomenFutureConference.com), also at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel on November 16.  Tickets for both the conference and the awards dinner are [now on sale](https://stevieawards.com/women/tickets). More than 1,500 entries were submitted this year by organizations and individuals around the world for consideration in more than 90 categories including Executive of the Year, Entrepreneur of the Year, Startup of the Year, Women Helping Women and Women-Run Workplace of the Year.  New categories for 2018 included Achievement in Equal Pay, Achievement in Developing and Promoting Women, and Achievement in Promoting Work-Life Balance. Among the many extraordinary organizations and women who have been recognized as Finalists, the following organizations stand out as those with five or more Finalist nominations: Award Winning Accelerator, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; Bob Woodruff Foundation, New York, NY, USA; DHL Express, worldwide; The Female Social Network, Sydney, NSW, Australia;  iTalent Digital, San Jose, CA, USA; Jeunesse Global, Lake Mary, FL, USA; Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), Englewood, CO, USA; Oceans 2 Earth Volunteers, Kenmore East, QLD, Australia; Plan International Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada, Simpson Healthcare Executives, LLC, Old Lyme, CT, USA; Tata Consultancy Services, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; Tavuun Welfare Association, Karachi, Pakistan; The Welsh Air Ambulance Charitable Trust, Llanelli, Wales, United Kingdom; and Zingbox, Inc. Mountain View, CA, USA. Nominations were submitted by organizations in 33 nations including Angola, Australia, Belarus, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Jordan, Kenya, Maldives, Mexico, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, and Vietnam. Finalists were determined by the average scores of more than 200 professionals around the world, organized in [five juries](https://stevieawards.com/women/judges). 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