California College Media Competition

POSTMARK DEADLINE: DECEMBER 6, 2013

ENTRY FEE:
School name Adviser name (or editor name if there is no adviser at your school) Address City Phone Newsroom e-mail Adviser e-mail State Zip (only members may enter): Annual membership fees are due with the contest entry, regardless of how recently youve joined CCMA. To renew your membership, or if you are new, go to www.calcollegemedia.org and fill out the online membership form. Submit your payment using one of the options listed below and enclose it with your entries. If your payment has not been received by the postmark deadline, your entries will be disqualified.

2013

PAYMENT: $125

Make checks payable to CCMA Check (#_______) Credit Card To pay by credit card via PayPal, please fill out the information below, then go to www.calcollegemedia.org and use the PayPal payment feature. Cardholder Name

ENTRY INFORMATION
Division Category name Name of newspaper, Web site or individual entrant If print, date published Category #

Cardholder E-mail address

If online, URL Mail payment, membership form and entries to:

California College Media Competition c/o Barbara Kingsley CSULB Dept. of Journalism 1250 Bellflower Blvd. SSPA 024 Long Beach, Calif. 90840-4601

REMEMBER! Carefully compile your entries. Go to http://bit.ly/tedsxH for a video guide. Entries that are not compiled correctly or fail to meet the postmark deadline will be automatically disqualified.

DIVISIONS & CATEGORIES

NEWSPAPER Divisions: A: Dailies (published three or more times per week) B: Weeklies (published fewer than three times per week) C: Non-weeklies (published less than once per week) Categories: Please submit three different days complete editions for categories 1 and 2. For all other categories, limit the number of entries to one per student and NO MORE THAN TWO per newspaper per category. The same story may not be submitted in more than one newspaper category. Submit original tearsheet(s) or, in the case of work that published online only, printout(s) from your website. On tearsheets or printed pdfs, highlight item to be judged (i.e., story, headline, photo, etc.). 1. General Newspaper Excellence submit 3 different days complete editions 2. Best Overall Design submit 3 different days complete editions 3. Best News Series submit up to 4 articles in a series; online-only stories OK 4. Best Breaking News Story online-only stories OK 5. Best News Story (non-breaking) online-only stories OK 6. Best Feature Story for any subject (i.e., news, sports), online-only stories OK 7. Best Editorial online-only stories OK 8. Best Personal Opinion Column online-only stories OK 9. Best Arts & Entertainment Story online-only stories OK 10. Best Arts & Entertainment Column/Criticism online-only stories OK 11. Best Sports Story online-only stories OK 12. Best Sports Column online-only stories OK 13. Best News Photograph* online-only photos OK 14. Best Sports Photograph* online-only photos OK 15. Best Features Photograph* online-only photos OK 16. Best Photo Illustration* online-only photo illos OK 17. Best Photo Series* min. 3 photos on same subject matter, online-only OK 18. Best News-Page Design* 19. Best Sports-Page Design* 20. Best Features-Page Design* 21. Best Headline Portfolio 3 headlines by the same person; include story with headline, online-only headlines OK 22. Best Infographic* online-only OK 23. Best Cartoon* online-only OK 24. Best Back to School or Orientation Issue 25. Best Special Section judged on editorial content only; do not include back to school or orientation issues

ONLINE (Gen. Excellence, Best Blog to be judged some time during Jan. 2014) Division D: Newspaper Web sites Categories: 1. General Web Site Excellence submit Web site url 2. Best Blog submit url of blog 3. Best Multimedia Presentation submit url with link to specific presentation; this must be a standalone story or series that makes use of multiple media (e.g. audio slideshows, video, Flash presentations, photo galleries, etc.). 4. Best Use of Social Media submit a summary paragraph (250 words max) explaining the subject, process and result of how social media was used; provide links (examples) that demonstrate how social media was effectively used 5. Best podcast submit url of podcast 6. Best audio slideshow submit url of slideshow 7. Best video submit url of video, can be standalone story or part of a package MAGAZINE (Web site to be judged in Jan. 2014) Division E: Magazines, either affiliated or not affiliated with a campus newspaper Categories: Please submit original tearsheet(s) or , in the case of work published onlineonly, printout(s) from your website. Highlight item to be judged (i.e., story, photo, etc.). 1. General Magazine Excellence* submit entire magazine 2. Best Magazine Story 3. Best Magazine Personal Opinion Column 4. Best Magazine Photo* 5. Best Magazine Review 6. Best Magazine Web site submit url for your magazine ADVERTISING Division F: All newspapers Categories: 1. Best B&W Advertisement* 2. Best Color Advertisement* 3. Best Group Promotion* a group of ads making up one large ad, such as a business directory or shopping center ad 4. Best Sales Promotion Materials* e.g., media kits, rate cards, promotions 5. Best Online Ad* submit url where ad can be viewed online or submit a color screenshot of how the ad looked on the page when it ran 6. Best Online Promotion submit url of promotion or color screenshot of what the promotion looked like on the page, give a summary paragraph if necessary

*For our slideshow, please provide one disk, along with all of your physical entries, that contains a pdf or jpg of these categories; for magazine include the cover only. File names must include category number, publication date, and individual entrants name or staff if there was no individual entrant (e.g. Cat13-1018-Smith.pdf).

RULES OF ENTRY
In the Best Overall Design and General Excellence categories a school may only submit one entry per category. In all other categories there is a limit of one entry per student and NO MORE THAN TWO entries per news organization per category. If someone submits one entry as a double byline, they can also submit a single byline as the second entry. Special editions, such as Orientation Issues, are not eligible for the General Excellence Category. The same story may not be submitted in more than one newspaper category. For newspaper and print advertising categories, submit original, full-page tearsheets with item highlighted (i.e., trace around story, headline, photo, etc.) OR in the case of work published online only, submit a printout from your website, with item highlighted. All entries must have been published between Dec. 11, 2012 and Dec. 6, 2013. Entries must be postmarked by Dec. 6, 2013. Do not mount or staple print entries. Submit each entry in a large envelope (separate from the mailing envelope or box), with an entry form taped to the front of each envelope. Use a separate entry envelope for each entry. For entries that require more than one edition or section, place all required materials into the same entry envelope. THEN, PLACE ALL ENTRY ENVELOPES INTO ONE LARGER ENVELOPE OR BOX FOR MAILING. Entries must be in numerical order based on category. To accompany your entries, please include a CD or DVD with PDFs or JPEGs of all visual entries categories with an asterisk (*). File names must include category number, publication date, and individual entrants name or staff if there was no individual entrant (e.g. Cat13-1018Smith.pdf). Also fill out the entry spreadsheet. Keep one copy for your records and mail another copy with your entries. Entry forms must be completely filled out and packaged properly. An incomplete entry form or improperly packaged entry will result in disqualification. Remember that a students name should be listed for all but the general excellence or best section/ edition categories. Multiple entries by the same individual in the same category will be disqualified unless one is a double byline. If the same story is entered in more than one newspaper category, it will be disqualified from all categories. Entries may be accompanied by support materials, including any impact on the school/community as a result of publication of the items contained in the entries submitted. Any written statements must be limited to 250 words. A school may make more than one magazine entry, but each magazine may not enter more than once. Magazine content is only eligible for magazine categories. All entries should reflect the work of enrolled students at the time of publication at the college or university, unless otherwise credited. There must not be mandatory review by an adviser of content before publication. No hand deliveries, e-mails or faxes will be accepted. Only one adviser signature page is required for your entire set of entries. The judges reserve the right to modify the awards program at any time. If, at the discretion of the judges, there are insufficient quantity or quality of entries in a category, prizes or prize levels may not be awarded in that category, or newspaper divisions may be combined. The decisions of the judges are final. Entries will not be returned. QUESTIONS Barbara Kingsley Barbara.Kingsley-Wilson@csulb.edu 562-985-5779

School: ____________________________ Adviser: ____________________ Editor: _____________________ Number of entries: _______ (DUPLICATE AT NEEDED) DIV/CAT Entrant/Student Name Date of Pub. Description/Headline Phone: ______________ Phone: ______________ E-mail: ______________ E-mail: ______________

ADVISER SIGNATURE PAGE

One copy of this form must be submitted with each schools entries _________________________________________________________________________________________ As adviser at the school these entries represent, I attest that these entries are the work only of students enrolled at the time of publication at the represented college or uiversity, and that there is not prior review of any aspect of the newspapers content by an adviser before publication. Signed ____________________________________________ Print name: ________________________________________