The Stevie® Award trophy is one of the business world's most coveted prizes. Since 2002 the Gold Stevie Award has been conferred for achievement in business to organizations and individuals in more than 60 nations.

In 2012, in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the start of the Stevie Awards movement, we introduced Silver and Bronze Stevie Awards.

In 2013, we introduced the Grand Stevie Award trophy, which is awarded to only a handful of organizations in each of our nine competitions. The Grand Stevie Awards are best-of-competition prizes awarded to the organizations that submit the best body of work to the competition, in their own name or in the names of one or more clients. Grand Stevie Awards cannot be applied for directly. In The American Business Awards, it will be awarded to the Top 5 Award winners.

In each Stevie Awards competition, all nominations with an average score from the judges of 8.0/10 or higher will qualify for Stevie Award status. The top-scoring qualifying entry in each category will receive a Gold Stevie Award. The top 45% of all other qualifying entries, regardless of category, will be awarded Silver Stevie status. The remaining qualifying entries will be recognized as Bronze Stevie winners.

Gold Stevie winners will automatically receive a Gold Stevie trophy. Silver and Bronze Stevie winners will automatically receive a Silver or Bronze medal, signifying their win, and will have the option to purchase their Stevie trophy.

About the Stevie Award

The name Stevie is taken from the name Stephen, which is derived from the Greek for "crowned."

The Grand Stevie is approximately 16 inches tall, and is hand-cast and finished in 24-karat gold.

The crystal pyramid held aloft by Stevie represents the hierarchy of human needs, a system often represented as a pyramid that was developed in the 1960s by psychologist Abraham Maslow, who observed that after their basic needs are met, human beings seek the esteem of their peers.