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2022 Texas Association of Managing Editors contest rules

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Texas Association of Managing Editors/Headliners Excellence in Journalism Contest

It’s contest time again. Here are the deadlines, rules and categories for the 2022 Texas Association of Managing Editors/Headliners Excellence in Journalism Contest. Please take a close look because categories and descriptions have changed from 2021.

CONTEST PERIOD: Entries published between Jan. 1, 2021, and Dec. 31, 2021, are eligible. Continuous series or projects that began in 2019 and conclude by the 11:59 p.m. Jan. 21, 2022 entry deadline are allowed.

DEADLINE: Entries must be uploaded electronically no later than 11:59 p.m., Jan. 21, 2022.

HOW TO ENTER: We require electronic filing for contest entries except for printed newspapers that are part of the Newsroom of the Year category. Except as specified in the category descriptions, entries may consist of the digital and/or print version of a story; both or either versions may be submitted. List staff members’ names as they should appear on awards.

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Make plans now to attend the 2014 Texas APME convention

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Make plans now to attend the 2014 Texas APME convention April 4-6 at the Pearl hotel on the beach in South Padre Island.

The APME board has put together another useful program that addresses some of the most critical issues facing our business. Here are some of the topics we’ll explore:

  • Covering the border: what your newspapers need to know about newsgathering along the U.S./Mexico border, whether you dispatch journalists there or use the work of those who do.
  • Video: Does it pay? Can we make it pay? We provide some advice on the wisest way to use your resources.
  • Beyond newsprint: Magazines, websites, book publishing; what niche publications and projects are working and why?
  • Plus, getting beyond the horse race in covering state elections and what you need to know about the latest on the state’s Freedom of Information laws, and more.

We also will honor outstanding journalism as we present the Texas APME-Headliner awards, the most prestigious journalism honors in the state.

Those of you who are convention regulars know we’ll also have a lot of fun. This year we’ll take advantage of our beautiful meeting location, with convention rooms that overlook the ocean and time to dip our toes in the sand.

We’ll make new friends and catch up with old ones in the hospitality suite. And we’ll raise money for another group of deserving scholarship recipients at the Saturday night Jack Douglas dinner and Buster Haas auction at Sea4ever Rooftop Bar and Grill, with the best view of the gulf South Padre Island has to offer. It’s a venue you won’t want to miss. In your free time, you’ll be able enjoy the hotel pool, seaside bar and beautiful beaches just downstairs from your room, visit Schlitterbahn resort right next door or the Sea Turtle Rescue Center just a short bus ride away.

We’ll see you there!

2014 contest rules now available

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It is time to begin assembling your entries for the premier competition in Texas journalism, the Texas APME Headliners Excellence in Journalism Awards. Besides the awards in each circulation division, we will once again pit the four circulation division winners against one another in a second competition, culminating in the Charles E. Green awards bestowed by the Headliners Foundation.

Those Charles E. Green awards are:

  • Star Reporter of the Year
  • Star Photojournalist of the Year
  • Star Designer of the Year
  • Star Investigative Report of the Year
  • Star Breaking News Report of the Year
  • Star Online Report of the Year

Also, don’t forget to send in your best entries for the Newspaper of the Year Award.

The deadline for entries will be midnight, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014 for electronic entries and 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31, 2014 for mailed Newspaper of the Year entries. The contest period covers work done from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2013, with exceptions as noted in the rules.

Entries can be submitted online at www.tapmecontest.org/entries/.

A complete copy of the rules is now available for download, as well as classifications by newspaper.

If you have questions about the rules, contact this year’s contest coordinators:

  • (Class 1A and 3A) Debbie Hiott, Editor, Austin American-Statesman, 305 S. Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78704; dhiott@statesman.com or 1-512-912-2937.
  • (Class 2A and 4A) Brian Pearson, 410 W. Erwin St., Tyler, Texas 75702, 903-596-6280 or bpearson@tylerpaper.com.

Board president Yvonne Mintz, Managing Editor, The Facts, 720 S. Main, Clute, TX 77531; yvonne.mintz@thefacts.com or 979-237-0144, also is available for technical help.

ALL checks should be made payable to Texas APME, envelope addressed to Chief of Bureau, The Associated Press, 4851 LBJ Freeway, Suite 300, Dallas, TX 75244.

The winners will be announced at the 2014 convention planned for April 4-6 at The Pearl in South Padre Island, Texas. Awards for first, second and third places and honorable mention all will be available for pickup at the convention this year. See you there!

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A COPY OF THE 2014 CONTEST RULES AND NEWSPAPER CLASSIFICATIONS

Submit convention and contest payments here.