JACC - Contests/Awards

CONTESTS AND AWARDS

On this page you will find information about the various contests and awards offered by JACC. The links below lead to downloads of mail-in, on-the-spot and bring-in guidelines.

To the right see summaries of other awards offered by or through JACC. Clicking on the story headline not only defines more about the awards, but in many cases includes lists of past winners.

Winners of mail-in, on-the-spot and bring-in contests, including archives from previous years are listed on respective conference pages. (Many archives not available at web site launch, but will be added later.)

Two-Year Rule

Students may compete in JACC contests as many times as they want while they are students at JACC member schools. If you won a first-through-fourth place or meritorious/unranked mail-in or on-the-spot/bring-in award during or before the 2006 Regional Conference you CANNOT compete in mail-in or on-the-spot/bring-in as part of the 2009 Regional or later conference in the same class of contests.

CURRENT NEWS / INFO

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First Amendment Award

Nominate an outstanding administrator for JACC's First Amendment Award. Details on this downloadable flyer.

Fall 2009 Editor Recognition Awards

Here is a list of community college publication editors honored at the Fall 2009 SoCal and NorCal conferences.

CONTEST INFORMATION

List of Contests

This is a list of JACC's contests, listed by type and class. See the individual guidelines pages for rules for each contest.

Mail-In Contest Criteria

Here are the contest criteria for all of JACC's mail-in contests. Entries should be sent to Cindy McGrath, Los Medanos College, 2700 E. Leland Road, Pittsburg, CA 94565. Entries must be received by Jan. 7, 2010. Also look at these guidelines for how to prepare your entries.

Preparation guidelines

Download this file for guidelines on how to prepare your mail-in entries for submission.

Contest Proposal Process/Form

JACC mail-in and on-the-spot/bring-in contests are designed to honor outstanding work by student journalists, as well as to help develop well-rounded student publications. Here is the process for adding or deleting contests.

SPECIAL AWARDS

JACC Scholarships

JACC honors promising students each year in its scholarship program.

Volunteer of Year Award

JACC depends on volunteers to conduct many of the activities of the organization. An outstanding volunteer of the year is honored.

Distinguished Service Award

Each year JACC presents a Distinguished Service to Journalism Education Award to someone outside of the organization who has contributed significantly to community college journalism education and the organization. Annual scholarships are awarded in the name of the honoree.

First Amendment Awards

Friendly administrators who understand and support First Amendment efforts by student publications are rare and highly appreciated. In 2006, JACC decided to start recognizing those administrators who stand out.

Pacesetter Awards

The Pacesetter Award is a sweepstakes award to honor the top four schools in mail-in and on-the-spot competition at the annual convention.

Editor Recognition Awards

JACC salutes the efforts of the lead editors for the student publications around the state each semester with a special Editors Recognition/Honor Roll award.

Outstanding Teachers Awards

Each year the California Journalism Education Coalition, which represents JACC and other organizations interested and involved in California journalism education, honors outstanding high school, community college and university journalism instructors.