--- title: 6 Innovation Awards in The 2012 American Business Awards description: The Stevie® Awards highlights 6 innovation awards in The 2012 American Business Awards. image: https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/file-13813450-jpg/images/stevies2012_logo_profile.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 # 6 Innovation Awards in The 2012 American Business Awards Posted by [Liz Dean](https://blog.stevieawards.com/innovation-awards/author/liz-dean) on Mon, Mar 26, 2012 @ 12:43 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) As the entry deadline for The 2012 [American Business Awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/aba) approaches on **Wednesday, March 28 **we'd like to highlight several [innovation awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_3657.cfm) categories that may be of interest to your organization. If you haven't already received your entry kit for The 2012 American Business Awards, the premier [business awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_3655.cfm) program in the U.S.A., you can [request your entry kit here](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/general/72_194_904.cfm) and you will receive it right away. Our [innovation award](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_3657.cfm) categories include:![The Stevie Awards](https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/file-13813450-jpg/images/stevies2012_logo_profile.jpg?width=150&height=150&name=stevies2012_logo_profile.jpg) 1. **Most Innovative Company of the Year** Recognizing overall achievement in product and/or marketing, sales, manufacturing, management, etc. innovation. 2. **Most Innovative Tech Company of the Year** Recognizing overall achievement in product and/or marketing, sales, manufacturing, management, etc. innovation. 3. **Best New Tech Company of the Year** Recognizing companies that began operations since January 1 2010.  4. **Fastest-Growing Tech Company of the Year** Recognizing outstanding revenue growth since the beginning of 2011 over 2010. 5. **Business Innovation of the Year** Recognizing singular innovations in product and/or marketing, sales, manufacturing, management, etc., by an organization or an individual. 6. **Tech Innovation of the Year** Recognizing singular innovations in technology, new products, etc., by an organization or an individual. All entries in these categories require an essay of up to 500 words describing the nominated organization's achievements since January 1 2011, a biography of the leader(s) of the nominated organization of up to 100 words, and an optional (but highly recommended) inclusion of a collection of supporting files and web addresses that you may upload to our server to support your entry and provide more background information to the judges. If you want to showcase your organization's [innovative technology](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_3660.cfm), the 2012 ABAs also have several award categories that highlight [emerging technology](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_3660.cfm) including: - [Tech awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_3660.cfm) - [Website awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/403_2179_21306.cfm) - [App awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/403_2179_21308.cfm) - [IT awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_14100.cfm) - [New product awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_14101.cfm) ***Not going to make the March 28 deadline?*** ***Don't panic, entries can still be submitted through the final deadline of April 25 with a late fee of $35.00.*** Topics: [business awards](https://blog.stevieawards.com/innovation-awards/topic/business-awards), [app awards](https://blog.stevieawards.com/innovation-awards/topic/app-awards), [website awards](https://blog.stevieawards.com/innovation-awards/topic/website-awards), [American business awards](https://blog.stevieawards.com/innovation-awards/topic/american-business-awards), [innovation award](https://blog.stevieawards.com/innovation-awards/topic/innovation-award), [innovation awards](https://blog.stevieawards.com/innovation-awards/topic/innovation-awards), [innovative technology](https://blog.stevieawards.com/innovation-awards/topic/innovative-technology), [it awards](https://blog.stevieawards.com/innovation-awards/topic/it-awards), [new product awards](https://blog.stevieawards.com/innovation-awards/topic/new-product-awards), [tech awards](https://blog.stevieawards.com/innovation-awards/topic/tech-awards), [emerging technology](https://blog.stevieawards.com/innovation-awards/topic/emerging-technology) ### Request an entry kit for one or more of the stevie awards programs [Remove my information](https://blog.stevieawards.com/innovation-awards/bid/73634/6-Innovation-Awards-in-The-2012-American-Business-Awards#) Entry kit will be sent to you by email. 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