What's New & Different for 2026

Eligibility Timeframe:

• Eligibility for the 2026 Stevie® Awards for Women in Business extends from 1 January 2024 through August 19, 2026, the last day that entries will be accepted. Nominations should cite achievements during this eligibility window. Videos, publications, events, podcasts, and other media premiered since that date are eligible to be entered. There is no eligibility timeframe for app and website entries - it doesn’t matter when they were first published.

Entry Deadlines

• There are three entry deadlines, including an early-bird deadline by which the entry fees are discounted:
  • June 24, 2026: early-bird deadline
  • July 22, 2026: primary entry deadline, $55/entry late fee due in addition to entry fees
  • August 18, 2026: final entry deadline

Entry Fees

• Entry fees have been raised $10 raised from 2025.

New Categories

• There are many new categories for the 2026 Stevie® Awards for Women in Business
  • There is one entirely new category group
    •  Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Technology Categories
  • These category groups feature new categories for 2026
    • Achievement Categories
    • Achievement in Communications, Marketing or PR
    • Individual Women Awards Categories
    • Media (Developed for/by Women) Awards Categories
    • New Product & Service (Developed for/by Women) Awards Categories
    • Social Media Categories