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The 23rd Annual Stevie® Awards for Women in Business

Recognizing excellence in women-led achievement across every industry. The Stevie® Awards for Women in Business are the world’s premier business awards honoring female entrepreneurs, executives, employees, and the organizations they run.

Request your entry kit today to learn how to submit nominations. Join the pantheon of distinguished Stevie® Award winners such as AT&T Business, Salesforce, It's a 10, and Watsons.

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Nominate Women-Owned Businesses, Entrepreneurs & More

Award Categories

For more than 20 years, the Stevie® Awards for Women in Business have shined a spotlight on women and women-owned and led organizations of every type and size worldwide: large and small, public and private, for-profit and non-profit. The 2025 competition attracted more than 1,500 nominations from 48 nations.

Female entrepreneurs, executives, employees, and the organizations they run, worldwide, are eligible to be nominated. With more than 200 categories spanning a wide range of workplace achievements, you can submit nominations that showcase your unique impact and values. The 2026 program introduces new categories recognizing achievements in artificial intelligence and technology.

  • Achievement Categories

  • Achievement in Communications, Marketing or PR Categories

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Technology Categories (New for 2026)

  • Company/Organization (Women-Owned or -Led) Awards Categories

  • Individual Women Awards Categories

  • Media (Developed for/by Women) Awards Categories

  • New Product & Service (Developed for/by Women) Awards Categories

  • Social Media Categories

  • Sustainability Categories

  • Thought Leadership Categories

Get the Entry Kit: Your Guide to Submitting Nominations

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Past Winners in the Stevie® Awards for Women in Business

Each year, female small business owners and entrepreneurs are recognized along with women executives from global corporations such as IBM, Mastercard, and Microsoft. Past winners include:

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What Winning a Stevie Award Means to Our 2025 Winners

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Clearpath Learning Group wins in the 2025 Stevie® Awards for Women in Business

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