--- title: Thirteenth International Business Awards Issues Call for Entries description: The thirteenth annual International Business Awards has opened for entries. Enter a variety of categories for IT awards, management awards, and more. image: https://blog.stevieawards.com/hubfs/Iba-toronto-2015.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 # Thirteenth International Business Awards Issues Call for Entries Posted by [Maggie Gallagher](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog/author/maggie-gallagher) on Wed, Feb 03, 2016 @ 12:42 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) **Today the Stevie® Awards opened entries for The 13th 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 13 April. The final entry deadline is 11 May. Late entries will be accepted through 15 June with payment of a late fee. Entry details are available at [www.StevieAwards.com/IBA](http://www.stevieawards.com/iba). ![Iba-toronto-2015.jpg](https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Iba-toronto-2015.jpg?width=320&name=Iba-toronto-2015.jpg "Iba-toronto-2015.jpg")An international judging panel of more than 200 executives will determine the Stevie Award winners. Results will be announced in mid-August. Stevie Award winners will be presented their awards at a gala banquet in Rome, Italy on 21 October. The International Business Awards recognize achievement in every facet of the workplace. Categories include: - [Management Awards](http://stevieawards.com/iba/management-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/marketing-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 2016 competition including Technology PR Campaign / Program of the Year, and Re-Branding / Brand Renovation of the Year. The 34 Company of the Year categories have each been split into three categories, based on company size (small, medium-size, and large). Stevie Award winners in the 2015 IBAs included ASDA'A Burson-Marsteller (United Arab Emirates), AT&T Inc. (USA), Bacardi Limited (Bermuda), Bahrain National Gas Company (Bahrain), Bell Helicopter (USA), Calik Energy (Turkey), Coca-Cola Icecek (Turkey) DHL Express (worldwide), Epicor Software Corporation (USA), Freelancer.com (Australia), Girl Scouts of the USA, iFinance Canada, Llorente & Cuenca (Spain), M3 Communications Group (Bulgaria), Ooredoo (Qatar), PR Telekomunikasi (Indonesia), RheinBrücke IT Consulting (Germany). Ribose Inc. (Hong Kong), Roshan (Afghanistan), and WNS Global Services Pvt. Ltd. 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