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2010 State
Press Contests entries must be postmarked by Feb. 8, 2010
2010
State Press Contests entry packet
Changes
will be implemented in the University of Tennessee-Tennessee Press Association
State Press Contests for 2010. The TPA Board of Directors acted on the
proposed changes recommended by the Contests Committee during their Dec.
16 teleconference. Some of the changes are the result of improvements
suggested by contest entrants. 2010
Entry Packet
New this year is a contest for Best Web Site. Another significant change
is to allow online content to be submitted along with print in the category
of Best Spot News Coverage, which was previously named Best Spot News
Story. After this year’s test period, the board will consider allowing
online content in other categories.
Additional changes include an increase of the number of stories in the
Investigative Reporting entry from three to five, and the contest for
Headline Writing now will allow the entry to include headlines written
by more than one person.
The divisions for the contests will continue to be calculated on a newspaper’s
total weekly paid circulation. Figures used in the 2010 Tennessee Newspaper
Directory will be used to determine a newspaper’s division.
The divisions are:
Division One: Paid combined weekly circulation of 5,000 or less
Division Two: Paid combined weekly circulation of 5,001 to 15,000
Division Three: Paid combined weekly circulation of 15,001 to 50,000
Division Four: Paid combined weekly circulation of 50,001 to 200,000
Division Five: Paid combined weekly circulation of 200,001 and above.
Entry fees remain
$9 per entry. The entry packet will be mailed to every member newspaper’s
publisher or editor next week and posted to www.tnpress.com.
The deadline for entries is Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Entries must be postmarked
by the deadline, not arrive at TPA by the date.
UT has partnered with TPA to co-sponsor the contests since 1940. UT will
provide the winner’s plaques and certificates and coordinate the
awards presentation.
TPA will need judges on Feb. 25 and 26 to meet obligations to Illinois
Press Association, its 2010 reciprocal judging partner. Details about
the judging will be mailed, e-mailed and publicized on tnpress.com.
If you feel like TPA just judged a contest, you are correct. TPA members
judged the Kentucky Press Association’s contest in mid-November.
However, that was for TPA’s 2009 judging obligation. TPA asks all
members who enter the contest to supply a judge for Illinois in February.
2009 UT-TPA State Press Contests Awards Presented June 19
Winners
of the 2009 UT-TPA State Press Contests Awards were announced at a luncheon
on Friday, June 19 at the Sheraton Read House Hotel in Chattanooga.
The Commercial Appeal
(Memphis), The Daily Herald (Columbia), the Southern Standard (McMinnville),
The Standard Banner (Jefferson City) and The Erwin Record won the top
general excellence awards
General excellence
honors are based on total points accumulated for all award categories.
This marks the seventh consecutive year the Erwin Record has won the top
award for its category. The Southern Standard has received eight General
Excellence awards out of the 11 since the points-based award was established
in 1999.
Contest awards are given in five categories based on average weekly circulation,
including small and large daily and non-daily papers. The Kentucky Press
Association judged a total of 1,477 contest entries from 84 association
papers.
UT has co-sponsored the annual contest since 1940.
Winners
List 2009 Press
Release 2009
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Excellence 1999-2009 and winners lists 2000-09
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University
of Tennessee - Tennessee Press Association
Tennessee State Press Contests
General
Excellence / Sweepstakes Award winners 1999-2009
2009
Winners
List
Press Release
2008
Winners
List
Press
Release
2007
Winners
List
2007
Awards with winning entry captions
Press
Release
2006
Winners
List
2006 Awards
with winning entry captions
(high resolution PDF file 8.5 megabytes)
2006
Awards with winning entry captions
(low resolution PDF file 2.2 megabytes)
Press
Release
2005
Winners
List
Press
Release
2004
Winners
List
Press
Release
2003
Winners
List
2002
Winners
List
2001
Winners
List
2000
Winners
List
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