Publication Awards Categories

These categories recognize excellence in annual reports, brochures, marketing and sales kits, newsletters, house organs (corporate magazines), and other publications issued since 1 January 1 2022. 
   Nominations that won in the 2023 IBAs may be resubmitted for consideration in the 2024 IBAs.  If they have been updated with recent achievements they may be submitted to the same categories in which they won.  If they have not been updated they must be submitted to categories different from those in which they won.

Information to be submitted online for entries in these categories in the 2024 competition include

  An essay of up to 200 words describing the work's purpose and results to date

  The publication in electronic form, as an attachment or a URL, which you must attach to your entry through our attachment/link uploading tool

  Optionally, you may list creative and production credits for your work - a list of the people and organizations that contributed to its development

N01. Best Annual Report
  a. Publicly-Held Corporations
  b. Privately-Owned Companies
  c. Government Agencies
  d. Non Profit Organizations
  e. Associations

N02. Best House Organ (internal publication)
   a. For General Audience
   b. For Employees
   c. For Customers (Business)
   d. For Customers (Public Enterprise, Government, Association)

N03. Best Marketing or Sales Brochure or Kit
  a. Publicly-Held Corporations
  b. Privately-Owned Companies
  c. Government Agencies
  d. Non Profit Organizations
  e. Associations

N04. Best Company History Publication
   a. Up to 50 Years
   b. More Than 50 Years

N05. Best Publication - Other.  Open to publications not covered by the other categories here.
   a. Company
   b. Government
   c. Association or Non-Profit
   d. Public Relations

N06. Best E-Book: All e-books published by persons or organizations since 1 January 2022, dealing with a subject related to business - finance, careers, professional education, training, business journalism, corporate history, personal growth, etc. - are eligible to be nominated.

N07. Best Business Book: All books published by persons or organizations since 1 January 2022, dealing with a subject related to business - finance, careers, professional education, training, business journalism, corporate history, personal growth, etc. - are eligible to be nominated.

N08. Best Business Podcast:  For this category, upload two or three (no more) editions of your podcast through our uploader tool.

N09. Best White Paper or Research Report