NPW Communications Contest Rules

2009 Communication Contest Rules

DEADLINE: Postmarked by Jan. 8, 2010. STRICTLY ENFORCED

Entry fees: $7 for the first entry, $4 each additional entry.Send to contest director with entries. Download the entry form and the contest categories here.

SEND TO: Barb Micek, Nance County Journal, PO Box 10, Fullerton, NE 68638.

AWARDS: NPW spring convention, Lincoln May 1; NFPW - Aug. 28, 2010, Chicago.
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____ PAY 2010 DUES BY DEC. 31, 2009.
NFPW/NPW dues: $93.00 for professionals, $30 for students, mail to NFPW Membership Dept., PO Box 34798, Alexandria, VA 22334-0798. NPW-only: professionals $25, students $12.50 mail to Sherry Thompson, 5415 S. 174th Ave., Omaha, Ne 68135. Don’t send dues to the contest director.
 
____ GET CATEGORIES LIST AND ENTRY FORM at www.nfpw.org.

NOTE: Entries must be work done in 2009.

____ CAREFULLY READ CATEGORY REQUIREMENTS AND THIS CHECKLIST.

NOTE: Some require one story or one-day package; some (e.g., special articles, columns) require two stories; and some (series) have a maximum. Some (e.g., PR) require attached project explanation letters.

If there is no byline, photo credit, design-editing credit or publication date on your tearsheet or other materials, attach a supervisor’s note  confirming your work and the date.

____ ONE ENTRY PER PERSON, PER CATEGORY OR SUBCATEGORY.

____  EACH STORY, PHOTO or PAGE DESIGN CAN BE ENTERED ONLY ONCE.

For example, a photo entered as a single feature can’t be part of a photo page entry. However, a story, photo and design from a single page can be entered in writing, photo and design-editing categories.

____ SUBMIT FULL TEARSHEETS OR COPIES OF FULL TEARSHEETS.

Outline stories using a ruler and highlighter in a color other than black. Remember to mark jumps.

____ COMPLETE A FORM FOR EACH ENTRY.

Include all dates and headlines for multiple parts. Attach forms to tearsheets with paper clips.

____ PHOTO ENTRIES REQUIRE A TEARSHEET AND PRINT/COLOR COPY up to 8x10.

____ CREATE A MASTER SHEET (see example sheet) that includes:

Your name, address, phone numbers daytime and evening and e-mail address

Membership type with proof of dues payment (ie. cancelled check, copy of form sent). NPW/NFPW members must specify that they want first-place entries to advance to the NFPW contest. That commits you to reimburse NPW $15 of the $20 NFPW entry fee, payable at spring convention.

A chronological list of all entries:  
1.B. New reporting-daily newspaper, “The headline....,” date
5. Special series (4 parts), “Headlines and label/logo...,” dates
13.A. Single page editing, “page heading...,” dates
   
Entry fees: $7 for the first entry, $4 each additional entry. Send to contest director with entries.

____ PUT ALL ENTRIES, MASTER SHEET AND FEES INTO ONE LARGE ENVELOPE.

Don’t put the individual entries into separate envelopes.

____ BEFORE MAILING, REVIEW CHECKLIST

Questions: e-mail Bette Pore or Barb Micek through our Contact Us page.