2011 EMPA WRITERS CONTEST RULES

 

ATTENTION: Deadline Will Not Be Extended!
Entrants are responsible to enter their articles in accordance with the contest rules. Incorrect entries will not be judged and the judge’s decisions are final.

 

PROCEDURES AND SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

1.         You must be a 2012 EMPA member in good standing by December 1, 2011, to enter.

2.         All submissions must have been published in print from December 1, 2010, through   
November 15, 2011.

3.         Joint bylines are not permitted.

4.         A total of (5) five entries will be allowed. No article may be entered in more than one category.

5.            Deadline for entries will be November 30, 2011.  NO EXCEPTIONS.

 

CATEGORIES

• Column: This is the writer’s opinion about a specific racing-related issue or topic. Judging based on style, writing quality, originality and appeal.

 

• Feature: A single story that deals with some aspect of motorsports. Judging will be on human interest, reader interest, and quality of writing and thoroughness of reporting. No series, no sidebars and no submissions of person or persons in motorsports.

• News: A story of immediate news development that occurred yesterday or the next closest date of print.

 

• Personality Profile: A single story or series on a person or persons in motorsports.

• Race Report:This should catch the action, the drama, the excitement, the importance of the competition. Is there insight into why something happened? (You must have been present at the race for it to be an eyewitness account).

 

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HOW TO ENTER

• Because writing entries are judged on content and quality, entries must be void of photographs, advertising and/or copy writing by others. This includes headshots of author. Headlines and author’s byline must be present.

 

• Entries must be glued or taped onto a sheet of unlined 8½-by-11-inch paper. Entries larger than 8½-by-11-inch should be cut and mounted on two or more sheets of this size and type of paper.

• Entries that are photocopied on 8½-by-11-inch unlined paper do not have to be remounted.

 

• Identify on each entry on the back of its last sheet as follows

 

Category:                    Column
Publication:                   Going in Circles
Date of Publication:            August 6, 2011
Title:                             When Dirt Turns To Mud
Author:             Pirmin Zurbriggen

 

Questions about the contest should be directed to either Dino Oberto, 570-401-8168, dlmo@ptd.net

Send all entries to:

Dino Oberto
211 Columbus Avenue
Hazleton Township, Pa. 18202