The U.S. Small Business Administration is accepting nominations for its 2010 SBA Small Business Awards.

Nominations will be awarded in the following categories: Small Business Person of the Year, Family Owned Small Business, Small Business Exporter, Young Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurial Success, Minority Small Business Champion, Women in Business Champion, Veteran Small Business Champion, Small Business Journalist, Financial Services Champion and Home Based Business Champion.
The deadline to submit an application is Nov. 16.
For information, call Jane Sawyer at 541-2990, ext. 205, or e-mail her at jane.sawyer@sba.gov. Nomination forms also are available through the Hawaii Small Business Development Center Network Web site at http://www.hawaii-sbdc.org/.