TCCJA Contest Rules

2010 TCCJA CONTEST CATEGORIES AND RULES

Below are contest categories and rules for this year’s TCCJA contests. Please review carefully, and mail(first class or priority) your contest entries to me on or before JUNE 15. If you will include a postcard, I will mail it back to you, or, even better, send them by certified mail.
Submit entries as TEAR SHEETS. Mark each entry with a red check mark and be sure to include jumps. Identify each entry (school ID, name of student, name of entry) with a label on the FRONT of the entry. Please also include a master list of all contest entries you are sending, along with a letter from the adviser stating the entries are student work.. You may submit up to TWO entries in each newspaper and magazine category, unless otherwise specified. There is no need to send more than 1 set of entries.
Contests must have at least FIVE entries to be considered viable. One can never predict judges; so, enter as many contests as you can.—you may win first place!

NOTE: SEND ALL CONTEST ENTRIES VIA CERTIFIED MAIL…

NAMES: Be sure names are spelled correctly and are TYPED.

Send entries to:

TCCJA Executive Director
Texas State University-San Marcos
601 University Drive, Trinity Building 107
San Marcos, Texas 78666


NEWSPAPER CATEGORIES (BOTH DIVISION I AND DIVISION II)

1. News writing
2. In-Depth or Investigative (may be a series)
3. Feature Writing
4. Sports (news)
5. Sports (feature)
6. Column (any subject)
7. Editorial
8. News Photo
9. Feature Photo
10. Sports Photo
11. Sports Action Photo (new category)
12. Picture Page or Panel
13. Layout and Design
14. Headline writing (submit entire issue)
15. Cartoon
16. Advertising (Single Ad)
17. General Excellence (submit three issues)


MAGAZINE CATEGORIES (NO DIVISIONS)
1. Cover Design
2. Photography
3. Layout and Design
4. Non-photographic Illustration
5. Journalism Story
6. Non-Journalism Story
7. Overall Excellence