Contests for Small Business Owners
By Robert Krenz on Oct 31, 2009 with Comments 0
Every two weeks we update our list of contests and awards for growing companies. Please note: Two of them have entry deadlines in the first week of November. We look for contests and awards that any small business can enter. Sometimes they are geographically limited like this one by Enterprise Nation for the United Kingdom only. This listing is brought to you as a community service by and .
Win an Campaign worth $5,000 from Vertical Measures
Enter by: November 3, 2009
Healthcare and wellness businesses can submit a 3 minute video or an essay explaining, in fewer than 600 words and at least one and up to 5 images, why winning an campaign is vital for their business. . A second place winner will receive a customized campaign valued at $1,000. Every submission will receive a free Vertical Measures shirt.
2009 Home Business Awards (United Kingdom Only)
Enter by: November 6, 2009
Run by UK home-business website, Enterprise Nation, there are five categories with thousands of pounds worth of profiles and prizes to be won. Deadline date for entry is 6 November with winners being announced at the Enterprise Nation Conference on Home Enterprise Day on Friday 20 November.
* Home Business of the Year
* Home Business Couple of the Year
* Home Office of the Year
* Young Home Business Owner of the Year (under age of 35)
* The 5 to 9 Home Business (open to anyone holding a day job and building the business at nights and weekends)
Prizes include a company profile on the Enterprise Nation site and in a national newspaper, home office supplies and technology from companies including Regus, Staples, HP, Douwe Egberts, Access Storage and Moneypenny, a brand review with top creative agency, free entry to the Enterprise Nation Conference, and a romantic get-away break for the Home Business Couple of the Year. .
2010 SBA 
Small Business Awards
Enter by: November 13, 2009
The SBA is now accepting entries at the state level for Small Business awards in multiple categories, including:
- Small Business Person of the Year
- Small Business Exporter of the Year
- SBA Young Entrepreneur of the Year
- Jeffrey Butland Family-Owned Business of the Year
- Financial Services Champion of the Year
- Home-Based Business Champion of the Year
- Minority Small Business Champion of the Year
- Veteran Small Business Champion of the Year
- Women in Business Champion of the Year
- Phoenix Award for Small Business Disaster Recovery
- Phoenix Award for Outstanding Contributions to Disaster Recovery
- Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year
- Small Business Subcontractor of the Year
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Award for Excellence
- Gold Star
- Frances Perkins Vanguard
Winners will be chosen at the district level (in multi-district states), the State level (from each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam) and then the National winner for each award is selected from the State winners.
You can find the and locate your .
November 13, 2009 National Small Business Week 2010 nominations must be received by SBA district offices.
December 11, 2009 SBA district winners will be selected from multi-district states; state winners will be selected from single-district states.
January 22, 2010 A panel of judges will select state winners in multi-district states.
March 8, 2010 State Small Business Persons of the Year will be announced.
Elance Contest: What Does “The New Way To Work” Mean To You?
Enter by: December 7, 2009
This contest from Elance is a chance for contract professionals to show the world their best stuff and win a grand prize of $10,000. If you’re a writer, write a story that tells how you are a part of the “new way to work”. If you’re a graphic designer, design something. Developer? Create an app. Finalists will be chosen by December 7, 2009. Rules and entry instructions are on the .
NYC BigApps Competition
Enter by: 5:00pm EST December 8, 2009
The NYC BigApps Competition will reward the developers of the most useful, inventive, appealing, effective, and commercially viable applications for delivering information from the City of New York’s NYC.gov Data Mine to interested users. Winners will be chosen for best overall application — including a grand prize — as well as an investor’s choice winner, a data visualization winner and city talent winner. In addition, the public will be able to choose their own “popular choice” winners through . All the winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in January and will receive a total of $20,000 in cash prizes plus dinner with Mayor Bloomberg. The competition is open to individuals, start-up companies and nonprofits with fewer than 50 employees.
Intuit’s Love a Local Business Contest
Enter by March 3, 2010
In a nationwide effort to help support the growth of small businesses, Intuit is hosting the “Love a Local Business” sweepstakes. Fans of local small businesses can nominate their favorite hometown haunt, which will make them eligible for a drawing to win a $1,000 Intuit Growth Grant, which includes a $500 Visa gift card and $500 in Intuit business services, such as Intuit Websites and Web Listings. One of those five winning local businesses will receive a grand prize of $5,000!
In addition, each business that is nominated will appear on a custom Google Map displaying favorite businesses from across the country. The more nominations a business has, the more chances they have to win a grant. Intuit has already awarded $55,000 in small business grants, now it’s time to show support for your favorite neighborhood shop! Go to for more information.
If you are putting on a small business contest, award or competition, and want to get the word out to the community, please email the details to: contests.smb@gmail.com.
To find other small business awards, contests, competitions and grants, visit our . Please note: ALWAYS read contest rules carefully.
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