SABEW now accepting Best in Business contest entries

The Society of American Business Editors and Writers is now accepting entries for the 2009 Best in Business contest. The contest honors the best business journalism published in 2008, with categories for all publications as well as categories specifically for online publications and magazines.

This year SABEW is launching its new Best of the Best awards, designed to reward the very best work entered in SABEW’s Best in Business contest. After BIB judging is completed, two uber-judging panels (one for General Excellence, one for all other categories) will review all the winning entries. Best of the Best judging panels, made up of SABEW past presidents and Distinguished Achievement Award winners, will single out only those entries that rise far above the other winners.

For example, they might decide that a column entry is particularly noteworthy, that a project was truly groundbreaking or that a business section showcased so much watchdog reporting or creative presentation that it stood far above the competition.

Best of the Best winners will be announced at the 2009 Best in Business ceremony, to be held at SABEW’s Annual Conference in Denver, April 26-28, 2009. All other winners will be announced in advance and presented at the BIB ceremony.

To find categories, rules and information about how to enter this year’s contest, visit www.sabew.org/contest or click on the “Best in Business contest” link in the vertical bar on the left side of the sabew.org home page. Entries must be received in the SABEW office by 5 p.m. CST Jan. 30, 2009.