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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK JOURNALISTS REGION III Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas

NABJ Region III MA’AT Awards 2017 CALL FOR ENTRIES

Ma'at is the ancient Egyptian concept of truth, balance, order, harmony, law, morality, and justice

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK JOURNALISTS REGION III Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas

The National Association of Black Journalists is proud to announce that it is accepting entries for the 2017 MA’AT Awards, recognizing excellence in the news coverage of the African-American community, experience and its people. The competition is open to any individual, news organization or public relations firm operating within Region III of the National Association of Black Journalists (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas). Winners will be announced at the MA’AT Awards Reception in Dallas.

Eligibility The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) recognize exemplary coverage of people or issues in the African/African American Diaspora. The competition is open to all professional journalists in print, broadcast, digital or photojournalism. Only work originally published or broadcast during the judging period of January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016 is eligible for consideration. ________________________________________________ Contest Rules Materials may be submitted by the journalist, publication or a representative of the media outlet. Only work originally published or broadcast during the judging period of January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016 is eligible for consideration. A failure to adhere to the contest rules, category descriptions or time limits will result in disqualification and forfeiture of entry fees. Entries become the property of NABJ, and will not be returned. Entry forms submitted without correct fees will not be processed.

Members may not submit entries on behalf of nonmembers at the reduced entry fee. Entrants must mail 3 hard copies of each entry(s) to NABJ by the deadline. Entrants may not enter more than three separate entries in a single category.

Newspaper, Photo, Television, Radio and Digital entries must be labeled/tagged and should be submitted as either PDF, JPeg, link, MP or URL. Entry Rules The early bird contest fee is $25 for members, $10 for students and $50 for non-members per entry. Regular deadline fee is $40 for members, $20 for students and $75 for non-members after January 20, 2017. The entry fee is nonrefundable. Three copies MUST accompany each entry. Deadline is 1/31/17 Judging: A committee comprised of accomplished journalist and media professionals will select nominees based on content, creativity, execution and relevance to the black community. Procedures: More than one or no award may be given in each category. Each entry is judged on its content, creativity, execution and relevance to the black community on a scale of 1 (not worthy of an award) to 10 (highly worthy of an award).

NEWSPAPER 01-001 News 01-002 Feature 01-003 Investigative 01-004 International 01-005 Specialty Story devoted to environmental, health, business or medical issues.

01-006 Sports 01-007 Commentary 01-008 Copy Editing Headline writing. Submit three (3) to five (5) headlines along with stories.

01-009 Art & Design: Page Design 01-010 Photography: Single Image MAGAZINES 02-011 General Reporting 02-012 Investigative 02-013 International 02-014 Art & Design: Page Design

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK JOURNALISTS REGION III Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas

RADIO 03-015 News: Short Form 03-016 Best Morning Show 03-017 Investigative 03-018 Documentary 03-019 Public Affairs: Program TELEVISION 04-020 General Assignment News: 04-021 Investigative 04-022 Feature 04-023 International 04-024 Specialty 04-025 Sports 04-026 Documentary 04-027 Public Affairs: Program 04-028 Photojournalism DIGITAL MEDIA 05-029 Single Story: News 05-030 Single Story: Feature 05-031 Commentary/Weblog/Live 05-032 Sports PR/MARKETING/ADVERTISING PUBLIC/COMMUNITY SERVICE PR CAMPAIGNS These awards recognize public relations campaigns that have significantly contributed to advancing a community or public affairs initiative, demonstrates an extraordinary commitment to public service, and advances the African American community.

06-033(PR Campaigns) - PR/Marketing/Advertising Business – Services 06-034 (Marketing/Advertising Campaigns) -PR/Marketing/Advertising - Print 06-035 (Marketing/Advertising Campaigns) - PR/Marketing/Advertising - Radio 06-036 (Marketing/Advertising Campaigns) - PR/Marketing/Advertising - TV 06-037 (Marketing/Advertising Campaigns) - PR/Marketing/Advertising - Online Media STUDENT CATEGORIES NEWSPAPER 07-038 News 07-039 Feature 07-040 Investigative 07-041 International 07-042 Sports 07-043 Commentary RADIO 07-044 News: Short Form 07-045 Documentary 07-046 Best Anchor TELEVISION 07-047 General Assignment News 07-048 Investigative 07-049 Public Affairs: Program

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK JOURNALISTS REGION III Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas

NABJ Region III

MA’AT Awards 2017 MA’AT Awards 2017 Entry Form (PRINT OUT ONE COPY PER ENTRY) NAME__________________________________________ ____ COMPANY/SCHOOL____________________________________________ ADDRESS________________________________________________________ CITY/STATE/ZIP____________________________________ PHONE__________________________________ E-MAIL ___________________________________________________________________ TITLE OF ENTRY____________________________________________________________________________________________________ CATEGORY_________________________________________ CATEGORY NUMBER___________________________________ NAME TO APPEAR ON AWARD________________________________________________________________________________________ FEES: (Circle One) EARLY BIRD Deadline Jan 20, 2017 NABJ MEMBER - $20 STUDENT MEMBER - $10 NON-MEMBER - $40 REGULAR Deadline Jan 31, 2017 NABJ MEMBER - $40 NON-MEMBER - $75 Checks should be made payable to DFWABJ. Organizations or individuals submitting more than one entry may combine entry fees into one check.

SEND EACH ENTRY TO: Entry Rules The early bird contest fee is $25 for members, $10 for students and $50 for non-members per entry. Regular deadline fee is $40 for members, $20 for students and $75 for non-members after January 20, 2017. The entry fee is non-refundable. Three copies MUST accompany each entry.

Entries must be postmarked by January 31, 2017

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK JOURNALISTS REGION III Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas