Entry Preparation Tips

1. Write Your Entries Before Submitting Them
Write your entries offline, so that you have a permanent record of them. It will then take just a few minutes to submit them through our easy-to-use online submission system. Don't write your entries spontaneously online - if something goes wrong with your computer or there's a momentary glitch in our online system, your work may be lost.

2. Include Supporting Materials and Links
Attaching supporting files or web URLs to your entries is optional, not required. But we strongly recommend that you include supporting materials with your entries because you will receive extra points from the judges for including them.

3. Focus on Achievements During the Eligibility Period
The eligibility period for the 2020 Middle East Stevie® Awards extends from 1 July 2018 through the date that you submit your entries. While your entries may make reference to achievements from before this period, they should focus extensively on achievements during the eligibility period. The judges will not give high scores to your entries if your entries don't demonstrate that.

4. How to Submit Entries for Multiple Clients
If you're with a public relations or marketing agency and you want to submit entries on behalf of multiple clients, you don't have to create separate entry-submission accounts in our online system for each client. You will be able to create a separate “nominee” for each of your clients and submit each client’s entries under their own nominee name.

5. Test Your Links
If you include links to online videos, images, or other supporting materials with your entries, test your links before you submit your entries. Preview an entry before you submit it, and click your links in it to ensure that they are valid and will present to the judges the content you would like them to see.

6. Video Entries and Other Media Materials
When you attach materials to your entries for judges' review, consider that judges have only a few minutes to review and rate each entry. They do not have time to wait many minutes to download materials from Hightail, Dropbox, Box.com, or similar services. Your attachments should be directly downloadable and immediately accessible to judges.
If you want the judges to review a video, we prefer that you provide a link to a hosted version on YouTube, Vimeo, or a similar service that will begin to play instantaneously when a judge wants to access it. If you absolutely cannot do that, we encourage you to upload your video file to our server.

7.  Giving Titles to Your Entries
When titling your entries it is not necessary to include the category name in the title -  the category will be very apparent to judges when they review your entries.
When titling the nomination of an individual person, the ideal title is just the person's name and job title, such as "Jane Doe, President." Unless you have other text that qualifies the nomination in a meaningful way, keep it simple.