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What's New & Different for 2013

The Grand Stevie® Award

• What has traditionally been the Gold Stevie Award trophy will now be known as the Grand Stevie Award, and will be awarded only to the winners of the Best of the ABA Awards. The new Gold Stevie Award trophy will be the same size as the Silver and Bronze Stevie Award trophies. Read more about this here.

Eligibility Timeframe:

• Eligibility for the 2013 ABAs extends from January 1 2012 through April 24 2013, the last day that late entries will be accepted.  Nominations should cite achievements during this eligibility window.  Apps, videos, publications, live events, and other media premiered since that date are eligible to be entered.  There is no eligibility timeframe for web site entries - it doesn't matter when web sites were first published.

Entry Deadlines

• There are four entry deadlines, including two early-bird deadlines by which the entry fees are substantially discounted:
  • November 16 2012 : entry fees are discounted by as much as 40%
  • December 12 2012: entry fees are discounted by as much as 25%
  • March 27 2012
  • April 24 2012: late entry deadline (late fees charged in addition to any entry fees)

New Categories:

• There are many new and revised categories for 2013 - too many to list here. We recommend that you take a few minutes to explore all of the category pages on this web site to get a sense of the categories that are open to you.

Best of the ABA Awards

• The winners of the Best of the ABA Awards will now receive Grand Stevie Award trophies.  Learn more here.

Entry Word Limits

• The word limits for all required sections of entries have been increased by 25 words, but in most cases the word limits are now technically imposed - you won't be able to submit more than the limit.

Setting of June Awards Banquet

• For the first time the ABA's traditional awards banquet will take place outside New York City. The 11th annual banquet will take place on Monday, June 17 at the Fairmont Hotel in Chicago. The new product & technology awards banquet, which debuted in 2012, will again take place in San Francisco in September, date and setting to be determined.