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The competition is designed for the convenience of the entrant. Please attach a copy of Form A to each entry. Submit only one copy of each entry. There are no special binders, or matting requirements. If an entry is too large, a photo will suffice. Since each entry is judged on its own merits, no accompanying materials are necessary. In a few designated categories where a plan is involved, there is a suggested guideline.
Audio, video and web site entries may be submitted on CD or DVD, or write a web location on the entry form below the title of entry. Most formats are acceptable. Although an entry can be sent in virtually any media, judges would prefer to see it in the form that its intended audience would see it. For example, an annual report that would normally be printed could be sent in PDF form, but the judges would prefer a printed copy that would allow them to experience the ink, paper and other influences provided by the printed piece.
An entry may be submitted in more than one category at an additional cost. However, it is not necessary to send an additional copy for each category.
Eligibility
The competition is open to all individuals, companies and organizations involved in producing any marketing and communication materials for external or internal audiences. To be eligible, an entry must have been produced after January 1, 2009 (almost a 2-year window).
Entry Fee
MarCom Awards is trying to keep entry fees at reasonable levels. Instead of charging several hundred dollars per entry, the fee is $60 per entry or $125 per campaign or plan. Rather than increase entry fees, an administration fee is being charged to help offset increasing overhead such as printing, mailing and data entry. Each entrant is charged a $25 AMCP administration fee. By charging each entrant the same administration fee, entrants entering more than one category will be paying less than if the entry fee were increased.
If a piece is entered in more than one category, please enclose an additional entry fee for each time it is entered.
Pro Bono Entries
AMCP recognizes the talents and generosity of the creative community and does not charge for entries produced pro bono for outside non-profits. Only entrants who enter a regular piece in the competition are eligible to enter pro bono work at no cost. This is a perk for those who help defray costs of overhead, mailings, judging etc.
You can only have one pro bono entry per client. Multiple pieces such as a brochure, web site, video, etc. count as one entry. You can however have an unlimited number of pro bono clients. Please fill out the pro bono form found on this page and include a brief synopsis of what you did for each pro bono client. You should not have received any compensation. It is ok for the non-profit or others to have paid for hard costs such as materials. You will be judged on creativity and the extent of your effort.
If you want to submit pro bono work only, you must pay the regular AMCP and entry fees.
Deadline
Entries should be postmarked by September 10, 2010. If you need an extension, call 817-303-2769 or Email info@marcomawards.com
Privacy Notice
Since many of the entries are internal or proprietary in nature, or are done for the government or another company, only the judges see entries. Immediately after judging, each entry is destroyed. No entrant information is sold, traded, displayed, made available to a third party or used for any other purpose. AMCP assumes that you have rights to materials and the authority to enter them, so you do not need to enclose that information with your entries.