Follow these simple steps to ensure that you submit entries that are worthy of receiving a Stevie® Award in 2009:
1. Subscribe to the Free Stevie Awards Monthly Email Newsletter
The monthly email newsletter is the best way to stay informed about entry deadline extensions, new categories, and other announcements from the organizers of The Stevie Awards. We have a very strict privacy policy, so we will not share your email address with anyone else for any reason. Click here to learn more.
2. Request an Entry Kit
Click here to have an entry kit sent to you right away by email.
3. Determine Who or What You Want to Nominate, and in Which Categories
Decide which individuals, groups, or corporate media (web sites, campaigns, etc.) within your company that you will nominate/enter, then select the most appropriate categories for those entries. Contact the Stevie Awards office in with your questions about the most appropriate categories, entry fees, and so on. Click here to complete the information request form, or contact us at info@stevieawards.com.
4. Use the 2008 Stevie-winning Entries as Models
2008 Stevie-winning entries are examples of entries that judges scored highly, and we recommend that you emulate their style, tone, and structure. Click here to go to the list of 2008 Stevie winners and Finalists.
5. Prepare Your Entries
Stevie-winning entries are:
a. Well-written. They are terse and succinct. Their tone is modest, even when describing the most impressive accomplishments.
b. Focused on a few accomplishments. Describe in detail just a few accomplishments, instead of listing many accomplishments in brief.
c. Accompanied by supporting information. Provide links to online news stories, press releases, or other documents that support the claims made in your entries.
Stevie-winning entries are not:
a. Just about "extraordinary" accomplishments. When you read through some of the 2008 Stevie-winning entries you will see that many of them simply are about companies and people that have performed well. They are not about extraordinary, world-changing or industry-changing accomplishments. Tell your story well, and support your claims, and the judges will score your entries highly.
a. Fluffy and hyperbolic. Avoid flowery language and overblown claims. The judges tend to deduct points for immodesty.
6. Submit Your Entries By The Entry Deadline
The entry deadline is March 31. Late entries will be accepted through April 30 with a late fee.
7. Participate in the Judging Process
Apply to be a preliminary-round judge. As a judge you will be able to see the entries submitted by many companies around the country, and you will develop a better sense of the types of entries that judges score highly. (You will not be allowed to judge entries in categories in which you have submitted entries, however.) Click here to complete the application form.
If your application is accepted you will be assigned categories based on your function and experience. As a preliminary-round judge you will be able to judge as few or as many nominations as you like, at your convenience, over the Internet in April-May.
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