(Revised 1/11/11)

We are getting ready to launch the annual Region 10 SPJ Northwest Excellence in Journalism contest. Here is the timetable for this year’s contest, honoring work produced during 2010:

12/31/10 – Contest categories solidified (to include any new categories, changes, etc.)

01/14/11 – Online contest entry information posted

01/14/11 – Press release issued, announcing the contest:  official “call for entries”

02/22/11 – Entry deadline for all categories

02/25/11 – Payment deadline for all entries to advance to judging (pay online or via check)

02/28/11 – Contest entries submitted to out-of-state judges

03/31/11 – Judges’ decisions to be returned to regional director

04/30/11 – Notification of winners (names only, no place or category info. will be given)

05/21/11 – Awards banquets to be held in Seattle and Portland for those chapters; other chapters will receive trophies and certificates via mail around the same time. For information about your chapter’s awards, please contact your chapter president.

Questions? Please contact regional director Dana Howard Neuts or contest coordinator Ruth Pettis.

Tags: Contest, excellence in journalism, portland, seattle

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