Maggie Gallagher
By popular demand, the Stevie Awards have announced a general entry deadline extension for the third annual Middle East & North Africa Stevie ® Awards, sponsored by RAK Chamber, UAE. Entries will now be accepted through February 17.
The Middle East Stevie & North Africa Awards are the region’s only awards to recognize innovation in all its forms through the workplace. The awards are open to all organizations in 17 nations of the MENA region: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
All individuals and organizations – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small – may submit any number of nominations to any number of the categories.
There are no entry fees in this awards program. Organizations may submit as many nominations as they would like, without cost. Instead, Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners can choose to pay a “winners fee” for each successful nomination.
Winners of the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Awards in the competition will be announced on March 24, 2022 and celebrated during a gala event in Ras Al Khaimah at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on Friday, May 20.
The competition features two new category groups for 2022. The Video Awards categories recognize innovation in video productions including design, format, production, distribution, and/or interactivity. The Social Media Awards categories recognize innovation in social media content creation, moderation, management, and marketing. Virtual events have been newly added to the Events Categories.
Nominations citing innovative achievements will be accepted and judged in both Arabic and English, in more than 100 categories across the following category groups:
- Apps & Websites
- Achievements
- Annual Reports & Other Publications
- Company/Organization
- Corporate Communications & Public Relations
- COVID-19 Response
- Customer Service
- Human Resources
- Live & Virtual Events
- Management
- Marketing
- New Products & Services
- Social Media
- Technology
- Videos
Winners of the 2021 edition of the awards included Al Anwar Medical Hospital, Boehringer Ingelheim, DHL Worldwide Express LLC, Dubai Global Village, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai Media Incorporated, Etihad Aviation Group, General Directorate for Traffic – Bahrain, Gulf Marketing Group (GMG), Intisar Foundation, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure – Dubai, Ooredoo Kuwait, RAK Transport Authority, Saudi Industrial Development Fund (SIDF), Stella Stays, VakifBank and many more.
The 2022 competition will be judged by more than 150 professionals around the world. Those who wish to apply to participate on one of the juries may do so at https://mena.stevieawards.com/sa-judge/register.
Topics: business awards, technology awards, management awards, Middle East Stevie Awards
