Wednesday, December 15 is the second early-bird entry deadline for The 9th annual American Business Awards, the premier business awards competition in the U.S.A.  This is your final chance to save money on entry fees for all categories - for marketing awards, PR awards, HR awards, web awards, management awards, IT awards, new product awards, and more.

If you miss the December 15 early-bird, don't fret.  The final deadline is March 31, and even then we'll accept late entries, with payment of a $35 per entry late fee, through April 27.

The ABAs are open to all organizations operating in the U.S.A. - large and small, for-profit and non-profit, public and private.

First step to submitting entries is to get the entry kit.  Get your entry kit for the 2011 ABAs here.

Ready to enter?  Begin here.

The full-text of the most of the Stevie Award-winning entries in The 2010 International Business Awards have now been published at www.stevieawards.com/iba, and there are three reasons why you should read them.  If you're not familiar with the IBAs, it is the all-inclusive Stevie Awards competition that's open to all organizations worldwide.  The "international Stevies" typically receive nominations from organizations in more than 40 nations, in categories ranging from Executive of the Year and Most Innovative Company of the Year to web awards, marketing awards, public relations awards, and more.

The awards were presented at a ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey back on September 27 that was attended by close to 300 executives from more than 20 nations.

You'll find the complete lists of honorees, with links to the full text of Stevie-winning nominations, through the following links.

Here are three great reasons why you should explore and read these winning nominations:

1. Every organization should be adept at summarizing and publicly expressing their achievements, and these are great examples of organizations that have done this well
2. There are household names galore among this year's Stevie Winners, including Acer, BASF, ING, and Procter & Gamble, among others, but there are many more companies, executives, products, and initiatives that you've probably never heard of, whose stories will surprise, inform and enlighten you
3. If you're planning to enter the IBAs in 2011, the winning entries from 2010 are great models on which to base the structure and tone of your own entries.

Creative, Advertising, Web Sites & Blogs, Literature, Interactive Multimedia, Video, & Live Event Awards Categories
Categories that recognize excellence in all forms of advertising, web sites and blogs, interactive multimedia, annual reports and other literature, interactive multimedia, video, and live events.

Management Awards Categories
Categories for executive management including Management Team of the Year, Executive of the Year, and Chairman of the Year, among others.

Company/Organization Awards Categories
Categories that recognize the achievements of entire organizations.   Includes Multinational Company of the Year, Corporate Environmental Responsibility Program of the Year, and Most Innovative Company of the Year, among others.

PR Awards Categories
Includes Communications or PR Campaign of the Year categories, among others.

Customer Service Awards Categories

Human Resources Awards Categories

Information Technology Awards Categories

Marketing Awards Categories
Includes Marketing Campaign of the Year, among others.

New Product Awards & Product Management Categories
Includes the categories for Best New Product or Service of the Year, among others.

Support Awards Categories

Tomorrow - Wednesday, November 17 - is the first early-bird deadline for The 2011 (9th annual) American Business Awards, and entry fees are discounted by as much as 40% if you enter through tomorrow.

Entry fees will go up an average of $35 per entry on Thursday.  The next early-bird deadline will be December 15.  The final deadline isn't until March 31, but even then late entries will be accepted through April 27 with payment of a late fee.

Get your entry kit for the 2010 ABAs, then submit your entries online - it's very easy to do.

In case you've forgotten, The American Business Awards are the premier business awards program in the U.S.A.  There are categories to recognize achievement in the workplace in every facet of work life:

* Management Awards
* Company Awards
* Public Relations Awards
* Customer Service Awards
* Human Resources Awards
* New Product Awards
* Product Management Awards
* Marketing Awards
* Web Site Awards
* Video Awards
* Live Event Awards
* Annual Report and Other Literature Awards

and more.  Questions about how to enter?  Contact us.

We've added many new marketing awards categories to The American Business Awards for the 9th annual edition, which opened for entries last week.  The first early-bird deadline is November 17.

We used to have just a few marketing categories, including...

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Today we've published the entry kit for The 2011 (9th annual) American Business Awards.  Get your entry kit on the ABA web site.  The ABAs are the premier business awards program in the U.S.A., honoring achievement in every facet of the workplace.

The ABAs are open to all organizations in the U.S.A., including the U.S-based operations of foreign organizations.

There are a couple of early-bird entry deadlines this fall by which the entry fees are substantially discounted - November 17 and December 15.  The ultimate deadline is March 31, but we'll continue to accept late entries right through April 27 with payment of a late fee.

There's quite a bit new about the ABAs this year, most notably a lot of new marketing awards categories.

There are also new categories specifically for organizations in the health care industries, including Executive of the Year - Health Products & Services, and Best New Product or Service of the Year - Health Products & Services.