Award Winning Awards

The Stevie Awards For Sales & Customer Service

The third annual Stevie Awards for Sales and Customer Service recognizes the accomplishments of sales and customer service professionals across the globe. This award program offers 50 various categories to enter including both individual catagories like Global Sales Leader of the Year, Sales Director of the Year, Sales Rep of the Year, and team categories ranging from National Sales Team of the Year to Manufacturer's Rep Team of the Year. Check out all the Stevie Sales & Customer Service categories. Entrants of the Stevie Awards compete against others entrants of similiar size so small organizations have just as much a chance of winning as the big guys.

Deadline: October 15, 2008
Winners announced: February 2009 in Las Vegas
Cost: $200 per individual category/$375 per category for teams and departments
Presented by: The Stevie Awards

The Stevies 7th Annual American Business Awards for 2009

The Stevies all started with the American Business Awards in 2002. Now in its 7th year, this competition honors companies large and small. The program is structured so entrants compete against others of like-size. Some of the categories include Communications PR Campaign of the Year, Marketing Campaign of the Year, Best New Product or Service of the Year, and many more, including the two new categories of Business Innovation of the Year and Fastest-Growing Company of the Year.

Deadline: March 31, 2009
Winners announced: Awards ceremony June 2009
Cost: varies by date
Presented by: The Stevie Awards, Inc.

Marcom Awards extends deadline to October 10th

The Marcom Awards is an international competition that gives marketers and communications professionals the chance to show off their best work. Entries come from marketing and communications departments, PR firms, Ad agencies, design shops, production firms, or freelancers. This competition is for anyone involved in the concept, writing and design of marketing and communication programs and print, visual and audio materials. The winners will be announced on their website on October 27th.

Extended deadline: October 10th
Winners announced: October 27th
Cost: $60 per entry/ $100 per campaign
Presented by: Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP)

The Create Awards 2008 Announces Winners Showcase at Create Chaos 2008

The 2008 Create Award winners will be displayed at Create Chaos 2008 at the Orlando World Center Marriott on October 14-16. At this event, winning pieces will be displayed while judges and winners mix and mingle. The Best of Industry and Best of Show will be announced on October 14. The Create awards received over 1,500 pieces this year from around the world. The Create Awards are for creative professionals and students in the advertising, film & video, motion graphics, graphic communications, photography, printing, interactive media, and copywriting industries.

Web Marketing Association Names the Best Web Sites in 96 Industries – The 2008 WebAward Winners

The Web Marketing Association announced the 2008 winners of its twelfth annual WebAward Competition for Web site development. More than 2,400 sites from 45 countries were adjudicated in 96 different industry categories. Entries were judged on design, copy writing, content, innovation, technology, interactivity, and navigation. Trailer Park won the Best of Show for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix website. The site was also awarded Best Movie web site. Risdall Advertising was named the top agency taking home 29 awards this year. Biggs/Gilmore came in second with 20 awards.

A complete list of the winning sites can be found at the WebAward Web site at http://www.webaward.org/.

Each year, a team of independent, Internet professionals from a variety of disciplines adjudicate entries from across the globe. Web sites compete head to head with those in their industry for the Best of Industry award and entrants across all industries compete for the coveted Best of Show. Outstanding web site and Standard of Excellence awards are also given out to entrants who have qualifying scores. The Web Marketing Association works to create a high standard of excellence for Web site development and marketing on the Internet. They have become the premier event for web developers and marketers worldwide. 

2008 Green Awards for Creativity in Sustainability

The Green Awards recognizes and rewards communication excellence in 13 different categories...one of which is the best digital campaign. Entrants will be judged on design and media along with sustainablity of approach and messaging. The Green awards provides a platform for organizations to demonstrate how their marketing practices influences and informs customer behavior to make positive commitments to sustainablity. Online marketing has reached across all consumer boundaries and helped individuals make informed decisions. Green marketing is innovative and essential to economic growth and to our planet.

Deadline: September 17,  2008
Winners announced: November 12, Green Awards Ceremony, UK
Cost: 125£ large corporations
Presented by: Satellite

The Stevie Awards For Women In Business

The Stevie Awards for Women in Business feature fifty award categories including Best Entrepreneur, Best Executive, Mentor of the Year, Fastest Growing Company of the Year, Best New Product of the Year, and, new this year, Best Environmental Stewardship Program of the Year to name a few. This is the fifth annual Stevie Women in Business competition and is open to all women entrepreneurs and executives worldwide.

Deadline: September 30, 2008
Winners announced: November 14th, NYC dinner event
Cost: $95 per entry category
Presented by: The Stevie Awards

Marcom Awards Deadline is Friday

The Marcom Awards gives marketers and communications professionals the chance to show off their best work. Entries come from marketing and communications departments, PR firms, Ad agencies, design shops, production firms, or freelancers. Organizers of the Marcom Awards keep the entry fee low by having all winners buy their own awards. There are two levels of winners: gold and platinum. AMCP also accepts entires produced pro bono for outside non-profits. Creativity is highly prized!

Deadline: September 12, 2008
Cost: $60 per entry/ $100 per campaign
Presented by: Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP)