2019 MID-ATLANTIC CALL FOR ENTRIES
PLEASE NOTE: By entering the Mid-Atlantic Emmy® Awards, you agree to serve as a judge for entries from other regional Emmy® chapters. You may volunteer when a “call for judges” is issued – or you may be asked to judge a specific category geared to your expertise. Those who do not complete judging assignments at least once a calendar year may not be eligible for member discounted entry fees – and will pay a significantly higher entry fee each time their name is listed on a Mid-Atlantic Emmy© entry. We will also continue our policy of offering discounts to those who judge MORE than once in a calendar year.
The FINAL deadline to submit an entry for the 2019 Mid-Atlantic Emmy® Awards competition is 8:00pm on Friday, April 26, 2019. The list of categories is at the bottom of the page and available at: https://natasmid-atlantic.org/awards/
PURPOSE: To recognize outstanding achievements in television and allied media by conferring annual awards of merit in the Chapter’s designated award region. The presentation of these awards is intended to be an incentive for the continued pursuit of excellence for those working in the television and media industry and to focus public attention on outstanding cultural, educational, technological, entertainment, news, informational programming and craft achievements in television and on-line.
SUBMISSION ELIGIBILITY: To be eligible, original entries must have been transmitted to the general public by a television station, a cable company, satellite, the Internet or other digital delivery medium. Digital is defined as multimedia projects that combine various forms of traditional media with social media and interactivity, as well as linear programming delivered online (over the Internet, via various mobile platforms). Eligibility is limited to digital and telecast/cablecast programming that was originally made available to a regional or local audience during the Chapter’s eligibility year.
Materials provided by a news service, cooperative news association or similar source must be treated as previously produced material, unless it was originally intended for first release in the regional awards eligibility area to which it was submitted with on-site supervision by the entrant.
Re-purposed material is not eligible unless it is determined to have been given a new and unique treatment.
Broadcast entries must have been intended to be of “primary interest to a regional or local audience, with the Chapter’s designated awards area and must have had their first transmission in that awards area during the eligibility period. Entries must not have been available for viewing by more than 50% of the U.S. television homes during the eligibility year. Entries that are available to more than 50% of the U.S. television homes should be submitted to NATAS’ national awards (see exceptions).
Broadband entries must have been intended for consumption and be ‘of primary interest’ to a regional or local audience, within the Chapter’s designated awards area. It is advised that broadband content intended for a wider audience (a national audience) be submitted for consideration in The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ national awards.
Cablecast entries are deemed available for an entire market if the cable channel on which they appear is generally available to that market, regardless of the actual number of subscribers the cable channel may have in the market.
However, entries which are specifically designed exclusively for their regional or local market may be accepted for regional judging, even if the retransmitting of the station’s signal by cable systems make it available to more than 50% of the American television households. This may include regional newscasts or programs dealing with issues specifically related to the local community.
For entries/programs that have been syndicated and aired in regional markets, the entrant(s) must provide a “carriage/distribution summary.” The summary must indicate all markets that carried the show, how many runs it had the percentage of coverage.
EXCEPTIONS TO THE 50% RULE:
- Local station news coverage that may receive national exposure should be submitted to regional Emmy® Award competitions.
- Entries are eligible for regional competition if the treatment was of a local community issue, with the content primarily intended for distribution in the Chapter’s designated awards area. Works accepted for regional judging under this exception may not be submitted for national consideration.
- A documentary film that has a limited theatrical release at film festivals (showing on 600 or fewer screens in the U.S. over a one year period) before telecast or being made available online is eligible provided the program content is of primary interest to the regional or local audience.
- A local program that later receives national distribution may compete in both regional and national awards competitions, but not in the same eligibility year.
- Local segments that are eligible to participate as entries in national Emmy® Award competitions (i.e. News & Doc) may compete in both regional and national awards competitions under prevailing rules.
CONTENT ELIGIBILITY: The interpretation of the Awards Committee is final and absolute. Entries must be submitted as originally shown. There may not be any post-broadcast changes except as noted in the category descriptions.
The following programming is not eligible:
- Pornographic, violent, defamatory or offensive material.
- Previously aired programs, series or related crafts which aired and met eligibility requirements during a previous award year or another Emmy® competition.
- Program length commercials (infomercials).
- Closed circuit programs (from hotels, hospitals, movie theatres, arenas, stadiums and other venue specific locations) with special, targeted audiences.
- Content from telethons, pledge breaks and/or programs with a unique call to action aired for the purposes of raising money for political parties, charities or other related causes.
- Motion picture premiered programs that appeared in general release to the public in theatres.
- Compilation reels, “clip shows” or “best of…” programs that were edited from original content.
- Any acquired foreign productions not originated in the United States.
ENTRY PLACEMENT: When a program’s content may allow for a choice of category placement, the producer has the discretion to enter the program and its individual craft achievements in the most appropriate category where it is eligible. However, certain rules must also be considered and followed.
No entry may be submitted to more than one Chapter’s awards. The “first airing” of the entry is the primary determination of eligibility.
Different episodes from the same program or series can only be entered in one Chapter’s awards.
Entrants are not allowed to separate program content from individual craft achievement and submit in multiple Chapters.
Attempts to adjust show titles, airdates and/or descriptions of programs in order to submit to multiple Chapters, regardless of the circumstances, is prohibited.
Ineligible entries may be disqualified during any phase of the competition.
ORIGINAL MATERIAL: At least two-thirds of an entry must consist of original material, unless previously produced material has been given some unique and creative treatment that, in the opinion of the Chapter Awards Committee, results in a new, original program. Entrants must identify all non-original or sponsored material, including its location in the program. Re-purposed material is not eligible.
ENTRY QUOTA: In order to sustain a high level of award excellence, Chapters must continue to self-regulate their entries, making sure only the appropriate individuals are recognized. To maintain this consistency, there is a maximum quota of 10 eligible names allowed on each entry. Any name(s) added beyond this number will require written authorization from the primary responsible entrant detailing the additional job title and responsibility. Chapters would then have the option of accepting these additional entrants or not.
STUDENT PRODUCTIONS: Students are not considered peer professionals and as such, their regional student productions are not eligible for Emmy® award recognition. If material is produced as part of a class, for which school credit is received, they are considered a student. If they are paid or working on a project with other “professionals,” and want to enter the Chapter’s award competition, they cannot enter as a student, but instead must pay the appropriate entries fees as an active NATAS member (or non-member). The student is then prohibited from entering subsequent student production categories with other classmates. Student award recipients from any NATAS Chapters’ high school or college competitions may not use the Emmy® name or replica of the Emmy® figure in any form of commercial advertising or promotion for their recognition.
COMPOSITE / FIVE LIFT RULE: Except where noted, a composite is defined as a sampling of a minimum of two and no more than five (5) representative segments or elements that convey to a judging panel the scope, breadth, or range of an individual’s talents or of coverage of a special event. The elements within a composite, unless otherwise noted, are to be “as aired” with no internal edits or post production work, such as music or special effects. Demo reels or montages are not allowed. One to two seconds of black between cuts, with no audio or slates must be added to separate segments within the composite. Unless otherwise noted, a straight lift from a long work may be included as an element of a composite, but there must be no editing of the lift. For program entries, composite may only contain content from one episode of the series, not multiple installments.
DOUBLE-DIPPING: No single entry may be submitted in its entirety in more than one programming category. Exceptions are given for content that was part of a full newscast, or included as an excerpt in the “Overall Excellence,” “News Excellence,” and “Community Service,” categories. To be eligible for this exception in the newscast categories, the same entrant cannot be listed on the newscast entry and then use the same material and enter in another programming category. If you enter a full program or episode from a series in a programming category, you cannot also enter a segment from the same show in another program category. Content produced as both a multi-part series and a full-length program may be entered only once, regardless of the amount of new material added.
A single or multi episode full-length program, or a multi-part news series, all on the same subject, may only be entered in only one programming category. If the subject matter varies, different episodes from the same overall program series can be entered in other program categories as appropriate based on content. This exception rule does not apply to individual stories from news series.
An individual can only be recognized once for the same job function, utilizing the same program content. Craft persons, like writers, photographers, editors, etc., are allowed to enter in programming categories if they directly contributed to the content of the program or segment, and have the permission of the primary producer. If a craft person does enter as a producer in a program category, they may enter the same content again in their respective craft category.
LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH: Spanish-language entries may be entered and will be judged by a panel of Spanish-speaking, peer judges in a separate contest from English language. The scores produced by these two panels are not combined; instead the scores are interpreted separately for final “cut-off” evaluation.
Programs in languages other than English or Spanish may also be entered; however, judging of these entries in their native language is subject to the availability of qualified, peer judges who speak the language of the entry. Therefore, NATAS requires that these entrants submit their entries with English subtitles or with English on a second audio channel.
WHO CAN ENTER: Membership in The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is not required to enter the Emmy® Awards. Management, producers, designated award directors or individual craft entrants, whether they are a NATAS member or not, may submit entries on behalf of their program, talent or craft. If submitting on behalf of another individual (s), you must fully confirm that the parties contained in the submission have complete knowledge of all eligibility rules, and have viewed and given consent to the content submitted on their behalf.
JUDGING PROCEDURE: Entries made to this Chapter will be judged by panels assembled by other NATAS Chapters. These panels should be comprised of no fewer than 7 judges who shall be certified as peers. No more than 3 judges on a panel may be employed by the same station or company. Judges may not have a conflict of interest, which is described as having a direct involvement in the production of an entry, or having a personal relationship with a member of the production staff of an entry. Group ownership, by itself, does not necessarily create a conflict of interest.
NON-COMPETITIVE JUDGING: Entries are judged against a standard of excellence on their own merit and do not compete against each other. Program submissions are scored using a 1-10 scale each for Content, Creativity and Execution. Talent and Crafts are evaluated using a 1-10 scale each for Creativity and Execution. There may be one award, more than one award or no award given in each category. Any exceptions will be noted in the category description.
JUDGING REQUIREMENT: The success of the Emmy® Awards process depends on the willingness of qualified professionals to serve as judges. Peers in other NATAS Chapters are serving this Chapter’s entrants. This Chapter will judge other Chapter’s entries. By entering, you agree to serve as a judge when asked.
All entries sent to judges for screening are deemed to be eligible by the Chapter whose work is being judged. For that reason, judges are required to score each entry regardless if they feel it has been placed in the wrong category or might have technical problems. Forms are available online should judges wish to challenge any entry. On challenge entries, judges are asked to score without bias, even if they believe an entry is not in an appropriate category.
DISCLOSURE OF JUDGING RESULTS: In order to maintain fair, consistent peer judging without influence, judges must not disclose to others or in writing, including any social media references, as to how they have voted during an on-going, active judging session. If they ignore or abuse this privilege, their ballot will be disqualified and/or their judging status eliminated.
INTENTIONAL FALSIFICATION: The entrant warrants that he/she/they are the party(ies) most responsible for the award-worthiness of the entry. The intentional falsification of production credits or entry credits may be the basis for disqualification.
ENTRY ERRORS AND OMISSIONS: The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences assumes no responsibility for the acts or omissions of those individuals or entities submitting entries pursuant to this notice. All submitting entities and/or individuals are advised to review submissions with respect to correct name credits and other information. NATAS shall accept all submissions that are not in conflict with any of its rules and regulations.
COPYRIGHT: Each entrant agrees that any form of analog and/or digital recording, whether it be film, tape recording, screenshot or supplemental printed material that is furnished to NATAS in connection with an entry may be retained by the National Academy for file, reference and archival purposes and may be viewed partially or in its entirety for judging purposes. All of, or portions of, said content may be used on or in connection with the awards ceremony, any broadcast/telecast and other exhibition, including internet; as well as with promotional announcements or activities for any of the foregoing. If required, the entrant is further responsible for approval and clearances to the appropriate parties for any use of this copyright content.
WHO RECEIVES THE AWARD? Producers, craft persons and other eligible entrants as listed on the entry form receive the Emmy® statuette, except where noted. To be eligible, each entrant must have significant, creative involvement in the actual production. Pre and post production involvement, including proposal/grant writing, research, fundraising, producing partnerships, etc., though necessary and of major importance is not substantial enough to be considered. They must verify in writing their “hands on” involvement in order to be listed on the entry.
Once a Chapter’s award nominations are announced, there is a 10 calendar day only grace period in which names, under extreme, special circumstances, can be added to a nominated entry. These requests must be authorized in writing to the Chapter from one of the original entry nominees requesting this addition and detailing why this request should be granted. The Chapter’s Awards Committee will make the final decision and ruling.
Further, once the Emmy® awards ceremony has concluded, NO individual names can be added to an awarded entry as an additional recipient, under any circumstances.
Others who work on a nominated or recognized entry may order production certificates or plaques. Individuals who did not receive a statuette, but were eligible for production certificates and/or plaques are not considered Emmy® recipients.
CRAFTS ACHIEVEMENT: In the Crafts Achievement Awards, those who actually perform a specific discipline receive the Emmy® statuette. Supervising or directing the work of others does not qualify for Crafts Achievement Awards, except for achievements in directing categories.
AWARD RECIPIENTS: Emmy® Awards are presented to individuals, not to their employers. It is the individual entrant’s achievement that is being judged and recognized, even if an employer pays entry fees.
COMMEMORATIVE STATUETTES: As a courtesy, stations, studios and production companies may order a commemorative statuette for public display at their place of business (up to a maximum of three per awarded entry). The statuette is engraved the same as the actual Emmy® Award, with the word “commemorative” added. Neither the organization’s name nor any other special wording may be engraved in place of where the individual’s name and position would usually appear. Commemorative Emmy® statuettes cannot be ordered for individuals.
PROMOTION: All publicity, advertising or any written reference undertaken by nominees and award recipients to the Emmy® Awards, must clearly state that the awarded achievement is for a Regional Emmy® Award. The word “Regional” must appear in these instances. The recipient of a nomination or an Emmy® Award may refer in advertising and publicity to the fact that they have been honored only for one year after the recognition was bestowed. They may use a replica of the Emmy® statuette in such advertising. Individuals who significantly contributed to the production or craft but were not honored with a statuette cannot specifically advertise they are an Emmy® award recipient. They can only state they worked on the recognized program.
RULES FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE EMMY® STATUETTE:
The Emmy® statue is the property of and all rights are reserved by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (Television Academy). The Emmy® statuette may not be reproduced or used in any commercial manner unless otherwise permitted by the National Academy, it being understood that possession of the same is solely for the benefit of the recipient and the recipient’s heirs or successors in interest. If a recipient or the recipient’s heir or successor in interest proposes to sell, loan, donate or otherwise dispose of the Emmy® statuette, such persons shall be obligated to return the statuette to The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences which will retain the same in storage in memory of the recipient.
A ® registration mark and the appropriate copyright notice: © NATAS/Television Academy must accompany any portrayal of the Emmy® statuette or moniker.
DMA Jurisdiction
The Mid-Atlantic Chapter encompasses all markets in Pennsylvania (except Erie, PA), New Jersey (Trenton and south), Delaware (Dover and north) and Wheeling, WV/Steubenville, OH.
Entries
Program and/or craft achievements by individuals may be entered for awards consideration by producers of programs, station representatives acting on behalf of those producers, (presumably, the General Manager, Program Director, and the News Director), or by individuals who may or may not be members of The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Spanish-Language Entries
By vote of the Board of Trustees (October, 2002), every Spanish-language entry that is submitted for Emmy® consideration must be judged by a qualified panel of Spanish-speaking, peer judges. It will be necessary for each Chapter to conduct two, distinct award competitions; one competition for English-language entries and another for Spanish-language entries.
English-language entries from a given area will be judged by a panel of English-speaking judges while Spanish-language entries from the same area will be judged by a panel of Spanish-speaking judges. The scores produced by these two panels must not be combined; instead the scores must be interpreted separately by your CPA firm for final “cut-off” evaluation.
During the Awards Ceremony, it is permissible for the statuettes for the English-language and the Spanish-language recipients of the same category to be presented at the same time.
Each Chapter will arrange with another Chapter separate and distinct judging. It is recommended that judging panels be assembled by those Chapters that are most able to assemble judging panels, based on the existence of Spanish-held communication companies and the identification of bi-lingual professionals who work in the general television market. Judges must be peers from the ranks of qualified television professionals, including allied fields such as production, post-production and academia.
In order for a Chapter’s entries to be properly routed for separate judging, the entry form must include a method for designating the entry to be “English” or “Spanish.”
Double-Dipping Defined
To avoid any confusion, the basic formula for “double-dipping” is the following: An individual entrant can only been recognized once for the same job function, utilizing the same program content. Craft persons, like writers, photographers, editors, etc., are allowed to enter in programming categories if they directly contributed to the content of the program or segment, and have the permission of the primary producer. If a craft person does enter as a producer in a program category, they may enter the same content again in their respective craft category.
Examples:
- If a craft person is a writer/photographer, they could enter the program category as only the writer and then the photographer craft category.
- If they are not an entrant on the program entry, they could enter either the writer or photographer category, using the same material since they performed different job functions.
- If they list themselves as both writer and photographer on the program entry, they are ineligible to enter either the writer or photographer craft categories.
- They cannot enter either craft category using the dual job title since one category is only for writer and the other only for photographer.
- No single entry may be submitted in its entirety in more than one programming category. Exceptions are given for content that was part of a full newscast, or included as an excerpt in the “Station Excellence,” “News Excellence,” “Community Service,” and “Journalistic Enterprise” categories.
To be eligible for this exception in the newscast categories, the same entrant cannot be listed on the newscast entry and then use the same material and enter in another programming category.
Example: An investigative reporter is listed on a newscast entry. Under this “double-dipping” rule, a portion of the newscast content could be entered in “Investigative Report,” but the same reporter cannot be listed since their name already appeared on the newscast entry.
You cannot enter the same material in both news and program categories.
A single or multi episode full-length program all on the same subject may only be entered in only one programming category. If the subject matter varies, different episodes from the same overall program series can be entered in other program categories as appropriate based on its content. This exception rule does not apply to individual stories from news series (see below).
Examples:
- Your entry is a four-part series, Saving the Bay. Part one of the series is entered in the “Informational/Instructional” category. Part three cannot be entered in the “Environment” category.
- Your program is called Community Weekly, an on-going weekly series. Though it is basically a “Public Affairs” series, episode 204 may be about music, episode 216 about sports, while other episodes are more generic. Under our rules, episode 204 could be entered in an “Entertainment” category, while episode 216 could be in “Sports.” Episode 222 could stay in “Public Affairs.”
Content produced as both a multi-part news series and a full-length program may be entered only once, regardless of the amount of new material added.
Example:
- An investigative team does a three-part series within a newscast on gun control. Once the three parts have aired, and the same material re-purposed as a news or program special, the team would need to decide if they should enter the original series or the special, not both.
If you enter a full program or episode from a series in a programming category, you cannot also enter a segment from the same show in another program category.
Peer Judging Defined
A peer judge is defined as any person with a minimum of two years of professional experience in the field of television program production, programming, or allied media who is directly engaged in or supervises the discipline they’re being asked to judge. Potential judges may also include professionals in allied fields, who by the specific nature of their work are uniquely qualified to make judgmental decisions concerning particular areas of television or media production. Examples of peer judges include: television and multi-media writers, producers, directors; programming, production and news executives; craft persons; advertising agency executives and creative directors involved in programming decisions; print journalists (who have hands-on television production experience); sports professionals; college university educators who represent journalism/film/television/media; former broadcast journalists and media retirees.
To judge, teachers must either teach the specific crafts being judged, or have had professional experience performing the craft being judged.
Writing newspaper or magazine columns, blogs, and/or articles about television or media does not qualify a person as a peer in any category. Television critics are not peer, unless they also have previous professional experience.
Whenever a current job title does not obviously qualify a judge as a peer, the judge should list, on the judge’s certification section of the ballot, his/her previous experience, which qualifies him/her as a peer for the programs or crafts being judged.
(Note: The success of the Emmy® awards process depends on the willingness of qualified professionals to serve as judges. As stipulated by the “Standard Clauses,” those persons entering the competition have agreed to serve as a judge, when asked).
Entry Screening
- Judges are chosen by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences because of their standing in the industry and professional expertise. They are expected to judge with the same care and respect required from others. The success of the Awards, the integrity of the Emmy® award itself, all depends on that care and respect.
- NATAS has arrived at national standard procedures that bring uniform clarity and fairness to Emmy®
- Judges are not eligible to vote for any achievement in which they may have a personal or vested interest. In such cases, they are obliged to write “conflict of interest” in the place where they would normally mark their scores. A conflict of interest is described as having a direct involvement in the production of an entry, or having a personal relationship with a member of the production staff of an entry. Group ownership, by itself, does not necessarily create a conflict of interest.
- If a category has too many entries to view in a normal judging session, the panel may be split into two or more subpanels. However, an additional panel, a Blue Ribbon panel, must be assembled to screen those entries receiving the top four scores from each of the split panels. The Blue Ribbon panel must view each entry in its entirety. Members of this final panel may also have been members of the split panels.
- The National Awards Committee does permit the combining of preliminary and Blue Ribbon judging panels if the recommendations described above are followed.
- A standardized judging rating system for all Chapters has been provided by the National Awards Committee, to bring uniform clarity and fairness to Emmy® Program or segment entries are judged on a scale of 1 to 10 on each of three criteria: Content, Creativity and Execution. The final total for each entry judged has a potential of 30 points. Individual crafts achievement entries are rated on a scale of 1 to 10 on two criteria: Creativity and Execution, for a total of 20 points.
- Each entry must be given a score. No fractions or zeros may be used on the ballot.
- All entries sent to judges for screening are deemed to be eligible by the Chapter whose work is being judged. For that reason, judges are required to score each entry regardless if they feel it has been placed in the wrong category or might have technical problems. Forms are available should judges wish to challenge any entry.
- On challenge entries, judges are asked to score without bias, even if they believe an entry is not in an appropriate category.
- Included on the on-line judging ballot is a certification section. Each panel member will verify their professional credits to be a peer judge and state they have viewed the programs and/or crafts achievements as defined by the Chapter rules.
- Votes are confidential and are verified by the Chapter’s accounting firm for tabulation.
- Judges must not disclose to others or in writing, including social media, how they have voted. If they ignore or abuse this privilege, their ballot will be disqualified and/or their judging status eliminated.
Entry Fees and Information
NO ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED INTO THE COMPETITION WITHOUT PAYMENT. All entries must be accompanied with the proper payment for entry fees and membership dues, if applicable. Please submit a check payable to “NATAS Mid-Atlantic” or your credit card receipt as proof of payment. No entry fees will be refunded.
All entries must be entered online through Emmy® Express. All video must be uploaded through Emmy® Express to be part of the competition. Please visit www.natasmid-atlantic.org and click “Emmy® Awards” for the Emmy® Express system and additional information to assist you in submitting entries.
NOTE: Include all contributors as entrants at the time of submission. Most categories permit up to ten entrants. Adding names after the announcement of Nominees is NOT permitted. When exceptions are granted, the cost will be twice the entry fee plus a $50 processing fee. Absolutely No names can be added after the recipients are announced.
Early submissions at Discounted Fees: To receive the discounted entry fee, the entry must be SUBMITTED AND VIDEO MUST BE UPLOADED by 8pm FRIDAY, April 5, 2019:
Members:
$65 for each entrant listed in news & programming
Categories #1-55 (maximum of TEN entrants)
Categories # 56-58 (see entry requirements)
$45 for all Craft Achievement (categories #59-80)
Non-Members:
$175 for each entrant listed in news & programming
Categories #1-55 (maximum of TEN entrants)
Categories # 56-58 (see entry requirements)
$45 for all Craft Achievement (categories #59-80)
Standard Fees for Entries SUBMITTED AND UPLOADED after April 5, but before the standard deadline, 8pm on Friday, April 12, 2019:
Members:
$80 for each entrant listed in news & programming
Categories #1-55 (maximum of TEN entrants)
Categories # 56-58 (see entry requirements)
$50 for all Craft Achievement (categories #59-80)
Non-Members:
$200 for each entrant listed in news & programming
Categories #1-55 (maximum of TEN entrants)
Categories # 56-58 (see entry requirements)
$150 for all Craft Achievement (categories #59-80)
Late Fees for Entries SUBMITTED AND UPLOADED after April 12, but before the FINAL deadline, 8pm on Friday, April 26, 2019 (NO ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER 8PM ON APRIL 26):
Members:
$110 for each entrant listed in news & programming
Categories #1-55 (maximum of TEN entrants)
Categories # 56-58 (see entry requirements)
$60 for all Craft Achievement (categories #59-80)
Non-Members:
$300 for each entrant listed in news & programming
Categories #1-55 (maximum of TEN entrants)
Categories # 56-58 (see entry requirements)
$175 for all Craft Achievement (categories #59-80)
IMPORTANT: NOTE TO ALL ENTRANTS AND SUBMITTERS
- NO ENTRIES will be accepted after the late deadline on APRIL 26.
- ALL entrants should be included at the time of submission. Entrants not permitted to be added after Nominations are announced.
- ANY changes, including payments, made more than 7 days after submission may be subject to a $10 processing fee.
- ALL ENTRANTS listed on the entry at time of submission must be paid in full by June 1 or they will be removed from the entry and will not be eligible for a statuette if the entry wins.
Areas of Excellence: The Chapter Awards Committee, in consultation with its requisite awards accounting firm, shall determine the level of excellence for each of the disciplines judged. The first designation determines the score required to receive a nomination. The second designates the score required to receive an award. All entries that receive a score above the nomination level shall receive nominations. Of this group (the nominees), those that receive a score above the designated awards level, shall receive an award. It must always be emphasized that entries do not compete with each other; they compete against levels of excellence. Therefore, in each Area of Excellence, there may be one award, more than one award, or no award in a given category.
Program entries may be entered in only one programming category. In programming categories, an entry is defined as a single program or segment or, in the case of news, one story or a series of stories directly related to each other.