The Stevie Awards are now accepting nominations for the 2027 (14th annual) Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the only business awards program to recognize innovation in the workplace throughout the entire Asia-Pacific region.
The Stevie Awards are widely considered the world’s premier business awards, conferring recognition for achievement over the past 24 years through programs such as The International Business Awards® and The American Business Awards®.
The early-bird entry deadline is December 16, 2026, followed by the primary entry deadline on January 21, 2027. Late entries will be accepted through February 17, 2027, with the payment of a late fee.
The Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards are open to all organizations and individuals across 29 markets in the Asia-Pacific region: large and small, for-profit and nonprofit, public and private.
Each year, small and mid-sized organizations are honored as winners alongside global leaders like Globe Telecom, HP Inc., IBM, Sony, Telkom Indonesia, Viettel, Samsung, The Coca-Cola Company, and Toyota.
Award Categories
Achievement Categories
These categories will recognize singular, innovative achievements of various types throughout the workplace.
AI Innovation Categories
These categories recognize innovation in Artificial Intelligence by individuals and organizations across the Asia-Pacific region.
App Categories
Categories that recognize excellence in apps developed in the Asia-Pacific region.
Company / Organization Categories
Categories that recognize the breadth of innovation across entire enterprises, such as the Award for Excellence in Innovation across several industry groupings.
Corporate Communications & Public Relations Categories
These categories honor innovation in communications practice, management, and use of technology.
Customer Service Categories
Categories that recognize innovation in customer service management, planning, practice, and the use of technology.
Event Categories
Categories that recognize excellence in live, virtual, and hybrid events staged in the Asia-Pacific region.
Human Resources Categories
Categories that recognize innovation in human resources management, planning, practice, and the use of technology.
Individual Professional Categories
Categories that recognize an individual who has demonstrated exceptional innovation and forward-thinking qualities within their organization or industry.
Management Categories
These categories honor innovation in executive management including the Award for Innovative Management in a number of industry sectors.
Marketing Categories
Categories that honor achievement in marketing planning and practice.
New Product Categories
These categories recognized innovation in new products and services in 19 different industry sectors.
Podcast Categories
These categories recognize excellence and innovation in podcast production across a range of genres.
Publication Categories
Categories that recognize excellence in annual reports, marketing and sales literature, white papers, and other publications in the Asia-Pacific region.
Social Media Categories
These categories honor innovation in social media content creation and moderation, management, and marketing.
Sustainability Categories
Categories that recognize innovation in resource or environmental sustainability.
Technology Categories
Categories that recognize innovation in technology development, management, planning, and implementation.
Thought Leadership Categories
Categories that recognize innovation in thought leadership strategy, development, and execution.
Video Categories
Categories that recognize outstanding video productions in the Asia-Pacific region.
Website Categories
Categories that recognize excellence in websites, blogs, and other web-related achievements in the Asia-Pacific region.
Nominations that won in the 2026 edition of the awards may be resubmitted for consideration in the 2027 awards. If they have been updated with recent achievements, they may be resubmitted to the categories in which they won. If they have not been updated, they must be submitted to categories different from those in which they won.
Key Dates
2026
October 14
Entries open for the 2027 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards.
December 16
Early-bird entry deadline for the 2027 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards.
Entry fees are discounted through this date.
2027
January 21
Primary entry deadline for the 2027 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards.
Late fees will apply for nominations submitted after this date.
January 25
Public voting opens in the Company/Organization categories.
February 1
Judging of the 2027 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards begins.
Judging continues through March 16.
February 17
Final entry deadline for the 2027 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards.
March 16
Public voting closes in the Company/Organization categories.
March 16
Judging of the 2027 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards concludes.
March 24
Winners notified in the 2027 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards.
Tickets for the awards banquet go on sale.
March 25
Winners publicly announced in the 2027 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards.
May
Awards banquet of the 2027 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards.
Location and date to be confirmed.
