List of Contests

Updated November 2008

Here is a list of JACC state convention contests. See individual guidelines pages for rules for each contest.

MAIL-IN CONTESTS

Publication (3)

General Excellence, Magazine General Excellence*, Online Journalism General Excellence.

Writing/Editing (12)

News Story, Enterprise News Story/Series, Feature Story, Profile Feature Story, Editorial, Critical Review, Opinion Story, Column Writing, Sports Game Story, Magazine Feature (non-profile)*, Magazine Opinion*, and Magazine Profile Feature*

Photography (9)

News Photo, Sports Action Photo, Feature Photo, Sports Feature Photo, Photo Story/Essay, Photo Illustration, Online Photo, Magazine Photo*, Magazine Photo Essay*

Art/Design (10)

Editorial Cartoon, Inside Page Layout, Newspaper Front Page Layout (Broadsheet or Tabloid), Informational Graphic, Line Illustration, Photo Illustration, Student Designed Advertisement, Magazine Design/Layout*, Magazine Cover Design*, and Magazine Illustration*

Multimedia (3)

Broadcast News Journalism, Video Journalism, and Online Photo Story-Essay.

ON-THE-SPOT CONTESTS

Writing/Editing  (7)

Copy Editing, News Story, Critical Review, Opinion Writing, Feature Story, Sports Story, Team Feature (writing)

Art/Design (2)

Editorial Cartoon, News Judgment/Layout (Broadsheet or Tabloid)

Photo (4)

Feature Photo, News Photo, Sports Photo, Team Feature (photo)

Multimedia (1)

Broadcast News Writing

BRING-IN CONTESTS

Writing/Editing (1)

Dr. Tom Pasqua Memorial Bring-In Essay

Art/Design (2)

Bring-In Ad, Bring-In Infographic

Photo (2)

Bring-In Photo

Multimedia (1)

Online Photo Essay

PACESETTER CONTEST

Publication  (1)

Pacesetter

* Awards won in these categories do not apply to the Pacesetter award given at the state convention.

ONLINE ARTICLES

Articles published in electronic editions (online, pdf-only, etc.) of official student publications may be entered in all mail-in writing competitions. Photo competitions will remain print-edition-only competitions.

Entry formation will be a clipping from a print edition or a print out of the article from the electronic edition. The publication adviser must attest to the eligibility of the entry.

(Magazine general excellence is a CD with a pdf file of the whole issue.)

Entry formation will be a print out of the article from the publication's Web site and must contain the publication's flag/logo. The publication adviser must attest to the eligibility of the entry.

MERITORIOUS AWARDS

Only "Meritorious" awards will be awarded in contests that generate 10 percent or less capacity (i.e., if 50 schools participate capacity is 100 -- 50 x 2. If 10 or fewer entries are received, no first-through-fourth award or honorable mention awards will be made, only meritorious awards at the discretion of the judges. Magazine capacity will be based on the number of schools with magazines.