--- title: The Stevie Awards for Great Employers Final Deadline Extended through August 9 description: The Stevie Awards for Great Employers are the premier business awards for the world’s best companies to work and the professionals that make it happen. image: https://blog.stevieawards.com/hubfs/SAGe%20female%20winners-1.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 # The Stevie Awards for Great Employers Final Deadline Extended through August 9 Posted by [Maggie Gallagher](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog/author/maggie-gallagher) on Thu, Jul 20, 2017 @ 10:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) **Second Annual Awards Honoring World’s Best Workplaces Continues to Accept Nominations** **The Stevie® Awards, organizer of**** ****the [Stevie Awards for Great Employers](http://www.stevieawards.com/hr), announced today that the fi****nal entry deadline for the second**** annual competition has been extended to Wednesday, August 9. The Stevie Awards for Great Employers** **honors the world’s best companies to work for and the HR teams and professionals, HR achievements, new products and services and suppliers that help to create and drive great workplaces.** “We’ve received so many requests for individual deadline extensions that we’ve decided to extend the deadline for everyone,” said Stevie Awards president Michael Gallagher. The original final deadline was July 19. Gallagher emphasizes that no additional late fees will be charged for entries submitted through August 9, and late entries will not be penalized in the judging process. All organizations now have three more weeks to prepare and submit their entries. ![SAGe female winners-1.jpg](https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/hubfs/SAGe%20female%20winners-1.jpg?width=320&name=SAGe%20female%20winners-1.jpg)All individuals and organizations worldwide—public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small—may submit nominations to the Stevie Awards for Great Employers. The 2017 awards will honor achievements since the beginning of 2016. Entry details are available at [www.StevieAwards.com/HR](http://www.StevieAwards.com/HR). **[REVIEW THE ENTRY KIT HERE.](http://stevieawards.com/sites/default/files/imce_files/sage17entrykit.pdf)** Stevie Award winners in the 35 Employer of the Year categories will be determined by a unique blending of the ratings of professionals and the votes of the general public. **The Stevie Awards for Great Employers will recognize achievement in many facets of the workplace. [Categories include](https://stevies-sage.secure-platform.com/a/page/the-awards/categories):** - Employer of the Year - HR Achievements - HR Individual Awards - HR Team Categories - Solution Provider Awards - More than 50 New Product & Service Categories Professionals on three international juries will determine the Stevie Award winners. Finalists will be announced on August 16. Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Award winners will be announced at a gala event in New York City on September 22. 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