The Board of Governors of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter is pleased to release the Call For Entries for 2023. What’s new for 2023? Here are the highlights of changes and important information for this year’s competition:
Videos MUST be UPLOADED and APPROVED by the deadline to be eligible.
— News/Program categories (101 - 603) are $75/member ($250/non-member)
— Craft categories (701 - 716 ) are $45 per person ($150/non-member)
— News/Program categories (101 - 603) are $100/member ($275/non-member)
— Craft Categories (701 - 716 ) are $50/member ($175/non-member)
— News/Program categories (101 - 603) are $150/member ($325/non-member)
— Craft Categories (701 - 716 ) are $60/member ($200/non-member)
101 · Overall Excellence
102 · News Excellence
103 · Sports Excellence
104 · Community Service
105 · Interactive Video
201 · Evening Newscast — Markets (1-38)
202 · Evening Newscast — Markets (39 and Smaller)
203 · Morning Newscast — Markets (1-38)
204 · Morning Newscast — Markets (39 and Smaller)
205 · News Special
206 · Arts/Entertainment — News (Single Report)
207 · Breaking News (Single or Multiple Reports)
208 · Business/Consumer — News (Single Report)
209 · Crime — News (Single Report)
210 · Continuing Coverage
211 · Daily News Report — (Single Report, Single Shift)
212 · Diversity/Equity/Inclusion — News (Single Report)
213 · Education/Schools — News (Single Report)
214 · Environment/Science — News (Single Report)
215 · Hard News Report (Single Report)
216 · Health/Medical — News (Single Report)
217 · Historical/Cultural — News (Single Report)
218 · Human Interest — News (Single Report)
219 · Investigative (Single Report)
220 · News Feature, Light (Single Report)
221 · News Feature, Serious (Single Report)
222 · News Feature, Multiple Reports
223 · Politics/Government — News (Single Report)
224 · Societal Concerns — News (Single Report)
225 · Team Coverage
NON-NEWS
301 · Arts/Entertainment — Short Form Content (Single Report)
302 · Diversity/Equity/Inclusion — Short Form Content (Single Report)
303 · Education/Schools — Short Form Content (Single Report)
304 · Health/Environment/Science — Short Form Content (Single Report)
305 · Historical/Cultural — Short Form Content (Single Report)
306 · Human Interest — Short Form Content (Single Report)
307 · Lifestyle — Short Form Content (Single Report)
308 · Societal Concerns — Short Form Content (Single Report)
BOTH NEWS AND NON-NEWS
401 · Arts — Long Form Content (Single Report or Program)
402 · Diversity/Equity/Inclusion — Long Form Content (Single Report or Program)
403 · Documentary (Single Program)
404 · Education/Schools — Long Form Content (Single Report or Program)
405 · Entertainment — Long Form Content (Single Report or Program)
406 · Health/Environment/Science — Long Form Content (Single Report or Program)
407 · Historical/Cultural — Long Form Content (Single Report or Program)
408 · Human Interest — Long Form Content (Single Report or Program)
409 · Interview/Discussion (Single Program)
410 · Lifestyle — Long Form Content (Single Report or Program)
411 · Magazine Program (Single Program)
412 · Politics/Government — Long Form Content (Single Report or Program)
413 · Public Affairs Program (Single Program)
414 · Societal Concerns — Long Form Content (Single Report or Program)
415 · Branded Content
501 · Sports Story — News (Single Report)
502 · Sports Story — News Feature (Single Report)
503 · Sports Story — Short Form Content (Single Report)
504 · Sportscast (Single Report)
505 · Sports Program — Live (Single Program)
506 · Sports Program — Post-Produced or Edited (Single Program)
507 · Sports — One-Time Special
508 · Live Sporting Event/Game
601 · Commercial — Single Spot
602 · News/Program Promotion/PSA — Single Spot
603 · News/Program Promotion/PSA — Campaign
701 · Editor — Content
702 · Editor — News/Sports
703 · Editor — Spot Announcements
704 · Graphic Arts/Motion Graphics
705 · Photographer — Content
706 · Photographer — News/Sports
707 · Video Essay
708 · Video Journalist
709 · Writer
710 · Talent - Anchor — News
711 · Talent - Anchor — Weather
712 · Talent - Program Host/Moderator
713 · Talent - Reporter — Daily News
714 · Talent - Reporter — Features/Human Interest
715 · Talent - Reporter — Specialty Assignment
716 · Talent - Sports
A statuette is awarded only to the eligible recipient(s) in each category. Others who may have contributed to the content and execution of the material presented in the entry may purchase plaques to commemorate their participation.
An entry submitted in a Special Achievement category may not be duplicated in its entirety in any other Special Achievement category.
News content categories are intended for journalistic material produced by news departments within television stations, newspapers or online news reporting entities.
Producers should be the primary entrants for these categories. Qualified others may be eligible if their contributions are significant to the entry’s award-worthiness. Submitters who created work as part of media pool coverage can only enter their material once and must clearly identify their contributions on the entry.
For single News story entries, the original video and submission length must not exceed 10 minutes.
NOTE: One (1) second of black must be inserted between elements of a series entry or between excerpts if the original video has been edited to fit the entry time limit for the category.
CHAPTER NOTE: NEWS categories are intended for content that had its origin in a newscast or news feed, and from online journalism organizations such as newspapers that also produce video content. Entries submitted in NEWS categories from non-news organizations, production companies, programming organizations, etc. will be subject to disqualification.
CHAPTER NOTE: Short Form Content categories in this Programming section are intended for NON-NEWS organizations, production companies, programming organizations, etc. News content entered in these categories is subject to disqualification.
Producers should be the primary entrants for Programming categories. Qualified others may be eligible if their contributions are significant to the entry’s award-worthiness. Submitters who created work as part of media pool coverage can only enter their material once and must clearly identify their contributions on the entry.
Short Form content must be submitted in its entirety as originally distributed. The original video and submission length must not exceed 10 minutes. News content is only eligible in the appropriate News categories.
NOTE: One (1) second of black must be inserted between elements of a series entry or between excerpts if the original video has been edited to fit the entry time limit for the category.
CHAPTER NOTE: Unless otherwise indicated, all News and Program entries should be single reports, single stories, or single programs. Series or multiple report entries are only eligible where noted.
CHAPTER NOTE: This programming section is open to both NON-NEWS and NEWS organizations. For example, news organizations that produce programs, documentaries, or long form content on arts, entertainment, health, lifestyle, history, societal concerns, and other topics ARE eligible here- provided it was not part of a newscast. Unless otherwise noted, the original content must have exceeded ten minutes in length. Unless otherwise noted, only single stories/reports and single programs are eligible.
Producers should be the primary entrants for Programming categories. Qualified others may be eligible if their contributions are significant to the entry’s award-worthiness. Submitters who created work as part of media pool coverage can only enter their material once and must clearly identify their contributions on the entry.
Unless otherwise noted, the time limit for any program or long form category is 30 minutes. A maximum of three (3) segments/excerpts is permitted to bring longer programs to the required entry time limit.
NOTE: One (1) second of black must be inserted between elements of a series entry or between excerpts if the original video has been edited to fit the entry time limit for the category.
Producers should be the primary entrants for Sports Content categories. Qualified others may be eligible if their contributions are significant to the entry’s award-worthiness.
Sports News content is only eligible in the appropriate News subcategories.
For Short Form Content and Sportscast entries, the original video must not exceed 10 minutes.
For Long Form Content and Program entries, the original video must be longer than 10 minutes and submission length may not exceed 30 minutes. More than three (3) excerpts may be included to bring longer content to the 30-minute entry time limit (exceptions: Sports - One-Time Special and Sporting Event/Game Live Broadcast.) Excerpts must be presented in original, chronological order.
NOTE: One (1) second of black must be inserted between excerpts if the original video has been edited to fit the entry time limit for the category.
For excellence in promotional, commercial or public service announcements. Entries must be regionally conceived, produced and distributed. Spots that contain more than 50% of network or syndicator-provided material do not qualify. Music, graphics and pre-edited video constitute such material. Spots may be 5 seconds to 2 minutes in length. If a campaign is entered, a maximum of five (5) spots may be included which are edited together for a single video upload. If a campaign is entered, no spots from that same campaign may be submitted in a single-spot category.
NOTE: One (1) second of black must be inserted between elements of a campaign.
For excellence in a specific craft discipline demonstrating the skills of one or more individuals. Each entry may contain a single example of the craft or a composite of material as originally distributed. While craft entrants may submit more than one entry per craft discipline, only one of those entries may be a composite. Elements of the composite may not be separately entered as individual craft entries in the same craft category. Craft awards are intended for hands-on craft persons, not those who supervise craft persons.
NOTE: One (1) second of black must be inserted between elements of a composite.
CHAPTER NOTE: Craft entries are generally intended to recognize the work of a single craftsperson per entry. In rare cases, two, or perhaps a small team of technical (non-talent) craftspeople may have collaborated on a single piece of content in such a way that their contributions cannot be separated and credited to one individual. Such cases of team craft entries may be submitted to the chapter for consideration, in advance of submitting the entry. “Team” talent entries are not eligible.
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 peers, 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.
The success of the Emmy® awards process depends on the willingness of qualified professionals to serve as judges. As stipulated by the Standard Rules, those persons entering the competition have agreed to serve as a judge, when asked.
Each Chapter has the option, if they choose, to impose mandatory judging requirements.
The Chapter Awards Committee, in consultation with its requisite awards accounting firm, shall determine the level of excellence for each of the categories 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 against each other; they compete against levels of excellence. Therefore, in each category, there may be one award, more than one award, or no award.
As an aid to your Awards Committee during Chapter cutoff meetings to determine Emmy® nominees and recipients, it is the strong recommendation of the National Awards Committee that you take the following guidelines (based on the Emmy® Express scale) into consideration.
Depending on the scores, every effort should be made to maintain a strong ratio between nominees and recipients. Remember you are awarding excellence. A nomination is an award.
10 – Definitely Award Worthy
9 – Award Worthy
8 – Possibly Award Worthy
7 – Nomination Worthy
6 – Possibly Nomination Worthy
5, 4, 3, 2, 1 – Definitely Not Award or Nomination Worthy
27-30 (90-100%) Emmy® Award
24-26 (80-89%) Nomination with Emmy® Award consideration
21-23 (70-79%) Nomination consideration
18-20 (90-100%) Emmy® Award
16-17 (80-89%) Nomination with Emmy® Award consideration
14-15 (70-79%) Nomination consideration
In order to maintain integrity, it is the policy of NATAS and the strong recommendation of the National Awards Committee that there is no prior disclosure of award recipients before the envelope is opened to reveal the category results. This includes press releases. A template of the final press release can be given to the CPA firm processing the ballots ahead of time so they can enter the appropriate results and bring copies of the completed release to the awards ceremony. In no case should the final results be given to the press, social media or other media sources prior to the opening of the envelopes. All announcements and releases should remain in the possession of the representative from your CPA firm until the ceremonies have concluded.
Other than your CPA firm, any additional Chapter and/or vendor personnel will be accountable to annual, strict non-disclosure agreements.
Signed non-disclosure agreements should be kept on file at your Chapter office and copies should be forwarded to the Chapter Representatives on the National Awards Committee.
First, join NATAS or create an account to access Emmy® Express. From your dashboard, you can submit an entry, request judging, make payments, etc. Be sure to upload and approve the video so it can be viewed by the judges.
It's part of the Emmy process. All entries are judged by trading entries with other chapters. We need judges for our entries so we have to judge entries from other chapters. We need qualified entrants and past nominees/recipients to keep the integrity of the awards process. In the past, many have entered but only few actually judge. If you don’t fulfill the judging requirement each year then you pay more for your entries. Most judging takes 60-90 minutes. Be part of the process - we need you!
No. You should include all entrants at the time of submission. Each entrant must pay an entry fee to be eligible for a statuette if the entry would win. Only entrants named on the submission will be eligible for a statuette.
Entries will be judged through July and Nominees will be announced in August. Look for more information on the four locations of our Nomination Announcement Parties. The 2022 Mid-Atlantic Emmy® Award Recipients will be announced in September.
The eligibility year runs April 1-March 31.
No. Membership is not required to submit an entry. However, members receive discounts on every entry they submit. It pays to be a member!!
No. Emmy® Statuettes are awarded to individuals, not groups. We permit up to twelve (12) significant contributors to be listed on the entry. Each entrant pays an entry fee to cover the cost of processing the entry and part of the cost of the statuette. While only 12 entrants can be listed on the entry and are eligible to receive a statuette for a winning entry, additional contributors may purchase plaques and certificates to note their accomplishments. The company/station may also purchase up to three commemorative statuettes for display at their place of business.
No. I'm sorry we cannot accept a URL and must have the video uploaded through the Emmy® Express system for judging. We do accept the URL for the Interactive Media category in addition to the video.
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