ACMA Contest Categories ’13

*EDITED: This post, originally suggesting contest categories, was updated to reflect costs. You can find the judging information — originally at the bottom of this post — as its own tab above.


The 2013 Media Contest categories can be seen below. For detailed instructions on the contest, please hit the Annual Media Contest tab above.


Before packing your entries into the envelopes, print this page. Then category by category, enter the number of entries into each competition, e.g. if your outlet will only participate in magazines and General Excellence, only fill out those sections. Multiply the category price by the number of entries on each line, then subtotal.


At the bottom of this page, you will find a place to add the subtotals to the banquet total, i.e. how many people do you plan to have attend from your outlet multiplied by $10 to cover the banquet costs.

NEWSPAPERS || YEARBOOKS || MAGAZINES || TELEVISION || ONLINE || FEE TOTAL

GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS

1GE Newspaper of the Year                                                                          $25 X ____ entries = _______
2GE Yearbook of the Year (2012)                                                               $25 X ____ entries = _______
3GE Magazine of the Year                                                                            $25 X ____ entries = _______
4GE Television Outlet of the Year                                                               $25 X ____ entries = _______
5GE Website of the Year                                                                                $25 X ____ entries = _______
6GE Newspaper Editor of the Year                                                             $20 X ____ entries = _______
7GE Yearbook Editor of the Year                                                                $20 X ____ entries = _______
8GE Magazine Editor of the Year                                                               $20 X ____ entries = _______
9GE Website Editor of the Year                                                                   $20 X ____ entries = _______
10GE Television Producer/Director of the Year                                     $20 X ____ entries = _______
11GE Television Anchor of the Year                                                          $20 X ____ entries = _______
12GE Reporter of the Year                                                                            $20 X ____ entries = _______
13GE Photographer of the Year                                                                 $20 X ____ entries = _______
14GE Designer of the Year                                                                           $20 X ____ entries = _______
15GE Advertising Designer of the Year                                                    $20 X ____ entries = _______  ___________________________________________________________________

GENERAL EXCELLENCE SUBTOTAL ___  entries = _______
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NEWSPAPERS
1N Newswriting                                                                                              $5 X ____ entries = _______
2N Feature Writing                                                                                        $5 X ____ entries = _______
3N Meeting/speech coverage writing                                                       $5 X ____ entries = _______
4N Personality profile                                                                                   $5 X ____ entries = _______
5N In-Depth News                                                                                         $5 X ____ entries = _______
6N Editorial writing                                                                                      $5 X ____ entries = _______
7N General Column writing                                                                        $5 X ____ entries = _______
8N Review writing                                                                                         $5 X ____ entries = _______
9N Election/Political writing                                                                     $5 X ____ entries = _______
10N Headlines                                                                                                $5 X ____ entries = _______
11N News Photo                                                                                             $5 X ____ entries = _______
12N Spot News Photo                                                                                   $5 X ____ entries = _______
13N Feature Photo                                                                                         $5 X ____ entries = _______
14N Art/Illustration                                                                                      $5 X ____ entries = _______
15N Newspaper Sports Photo                                                                     $5 X ____ entries = _______
16N Sports Story Writing                                                                             $5 X ____ entries = _______
17N Sports Column Writing                                                                        $5 X ____ entries = _______
18N Sports Feature Writing                                                                        $5 X ____ entries = _______
19N Advertising                                                                                             $5 X ____ entries = _______
20N Editorial Cartoon                                                                                 $5 X ____ entries = _______
21N Cartoon Strip or Single Panel Entertainment Cartoon              $5 X ____ entries = _______
22N Front Page Layout                                                                                $5 X ____ entries = _______
23N Feature Page Layout                                                                            $5 X ____ entries = _______
24N Sports Page Layout                                                                              $5 X ____ entries = _______
25N Editorial Page Layout                                                                         $5 X ____ entries = _______  ___________________________________________________________________

NEWSPAPER SUBTOTAL  (#) ___  entries = _______
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  YEARBOOK (2012)
1Y Cover                                                                                                           $5 X ____ entries = _______
2Y Introduction Theme Page/Opening                                                  $5 X ____ entries = _______
3Y Divider                                                                                                       $5 X ____ entries = _______
4Y Closing                                                                                                      $5 X ____ entries = _______
5Y Endsheets                                                                                                 $5 X ____ entries = _______
6Y Feature Layout                                                                                         $5 X ____ entries = _______
7Y Academic Layout                                                                                    $5 X ____ entries = _______
8Y Organization/Greek Layout                                                                $5 X ____ entries = _______
9Y Portrait Layout                                                                                        $5 X ____ entries = _______
10Y Student Life Layout                                                                              $5 X ____ entries = _______
11Y Yearbook Sports Layout                                                                      $5 X ____ entries = _______
12Y Yearbook Sports Writing                                                                    $5 X ____ entries = _______
13Y Academics Writing                                                                              $5 X ____ entries = _______
14Y Organizations Writing                                                                       $5 X ____ entries = _______
15Y Student Life Writing                                                                            $5 X ____ entries = _______
16Y Special Features Writing                                                                   $5 X ____ entries = _______
17Y Typographic Presentation                                                                 $5 X ____ entries = _______
18Y Feature Photo                                                                                       $5 X ____ entries = _______
19Y Sports Photo                                                                                          $5 X ____ entries = _______
2oY Art/Illustration                                                                                    $5 X ____ entries = _______
21Y Academics Photo                                                                                 $5 X ____ entries = _______  ___________________________________________________________________

YEARBOOK SUBTOTAL   (#) ___  entries = _______
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MAGAZINE
1M Cover Design                                                                                          $5 X ____ entries = _______
2M Contents Page Design                                                                         $5 X ____ entries = _______
3M Feature Layout                                                                                       $5 X ____ entries = _______
4M News Layout                                                                                           $5 X ____ entries = _______
5M Poetry Layout                                                                                         $5 X ____ entries = _______
6M Typographic Presentation                                                                  $5 X ____ entries = _______
7M Poetry                                                                                                       $5 X ____ entries = _______
8M Special Features Writing                                                                   $5 X ____ entries = _______
9M Nonfiction Writing                                                                              $5 X ____ entries = _______
10M Election/Political writing                                                                $5 X ____ entries = _______
11M Fiction Writing                                                                                    $5 X ____ entries = _______
12M Illustrative Narrative                                                                         $5 X ____ entries = _______
13M News Photo                                                                                          $5 X ____ entries = _______
14M Feature Photo                                                                                      $5 X ____ entries = _______
15M Sports Photo                                                                                         $5 X ____ entries = _______
16M Art/Illustration                                                                                   $5 X ____ entries = _______
17M Music                                                                                                     $5 X ____ entries = _______  ___________________________________________________________________

MAGAZINE SUBTOTAL  (#) ___  entries = _______
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TELEVISION
1TV News Reporting                                                                                  $5 X ____ entries = _______
2TV Spot News                                                                                            $5 X ____ entries = _______
3TV Feature                                                                                                  $5 X ____ entries = _______
4TV Weather                                                                                                $5 X ____ entries = _______
5TV Interpretive/Investigative                                                                $5 X ____ entries = _______
6TV Continuing Coverage                                                                        $5 X ____ entries = _______
7TV Sports Reporting                                                                                $5 X ____ entries = _______
8TV Sports Feature                                                                                    $5 X ____ entries = _______
9TV Political Coverage                                                                              $5 X ____ entries = _______
10TV Computer Graphics                                                                         $5 X ____ entries = _______
11TV News Script                                                                                        $5 X ____ entries = _______
12TV Regularly Occurring Newscast                                                    $5 X ____ entries = _______  ___________________________________________________________________

TELEVISION SUBTOTAL  (#) ___  entries = _______
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ONLINE
1W Newswriting                                                                                         $5 X ____ entries = _______
2W Breaking News (w/in 24 hours of event)                                     $5 X ____ entries = _______
3W Feature writing                                                                                    $5 X ____ entries = _______
4W Meeting/speech coverage                                                                 $5 X ____ entries = _______
5W Election/Political articles                                                                $5 X ____ entries = _______
6W Personality profile                                                                             $5 X ____ entries = _______
7W In-Depth reporting and/or multimedia package                       $5 X ____ entries = _______
8W Online Topical Reporting/Blogs                                                   $5 X ____ entries = _______
9W Editorials/Commentary/Blogs                                                      $5 X ____ entries = _______
10W Arts & Entertainment articles                                                      $5 X ____ entries = _______
11W Arts & Entertainment reviews                                                      $5 X ____ entries = _______
12W Headlines                                                                                          $5 X ____ entries = _______
13W News Photo                                                                                       $5 X ____ entries = _______
14W Spot News Photo                                                                              $5 X ____ entries = _______
15W Feature Photo                                                                                    $5 X ____ entries = _______
16W Art/Illustration                                                                                 $5 X ____ entries = _______
17W Sports Photo                                                                                      $5 X ____ entries = _______
18W Sports writing                                                                                   $5 X ____ entries = _______
19W Niche/Specialty Site                                                                        $5 X ____ entries = _______
20W Online Advertising                                                                         $5 X ____ entries = _______
21W Video Podcasts                                                                                 $5 X ____ entries = _______

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ONLINE SUBTOTAL  (#) ___  entries = _______
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SUBTOTALS

_______= GENERAL EXCELLENCE (GE)

_______= NEWSPAPER (N)

_______= YEARBOOK (Y)

_______= MAGAZINE (M)

_______= TELEVISION (TV)

_______= ONLINE (W)

_______= $10 X  ___ (#) attendees = Delegate Fee (includes Awards Luncheon)

_______= $15 X  ___ (#) media outlet(s) = Annual Membership Fee

_______= TOTAL

Make checks payable to Arkansas College Media Association.

Email pdfs and urls to sitton@uamont.edu.

Submit entries, forms and fees to arrive by Friday, March 15 at:

ACMA Competition
University of Central Arkansas
201 Donaghey. Room 216 Stanley Russ Hall
Conway, Ark. 72035

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