WPCI Communications Contest
Why compete?
Elizabeth Granger, left, and Jackie Davis at the 2007 awards luncheon.
Elizabeth Granger, left, and Jackie Davis at the 2007 awards luncheon.
Entering contests provides you with feedback from journalist-judges from around the nation as well as gives you a chance to compete in the National Federation of Press Women contest.
WPCI has several state-level winners each year who go on to win at the national level during the NFPW conference in the fall.
Professionals: Who is eligible?
If your work has been published, issued, printed for the Web, broadcast or telecast between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31 of the current year, and if you are an Indiana resident, or Indiana student, the WPCI communications contest is open to you.
When do I enter?
The deadline is in early January for work published or broadcast the previous calendar year1.
How much?
Entries are $20 each for members and $25 for non-members, payable by check to WPCI. Members who win a first place in the WPCI Communications Contest are eligible for entry into the national NFPW Contest.
Non-members are eligible to enter the contest and win on the state level, but are not eligible for the NFPW contest.
These are sample documents from the 2011 contest phase. Rules and entry forms for the 2012 contest will be posted in January 2012.
- NFPW contest rules in PDF format or in Word format.
- View the 2011 WPCI entry form. (MS Word format)
- Visit the NFPW Web site and click on "Contests."
Questions?
- Contact contest chair Jackie Davis, davisja63@hotmail.com.
Collegiate: Who is eligible?
The collegiate contest is open to Indiana residents who are students working on an undergraduate degree in either a two- or four-year program. You do not have to be a member and you don't have to be female.
When do I enter?
The deadline usually is early January for work published or broadcast the previous calendar year.
How much?
Entries are $20 each for members and $25 for non-members, payable by check to WPCI. Members who win a first place in the WPCI Communications Contest are eligible for entry into the national NFPW Contest.
Non-members are eligible to enter the contest and win on the state level, but are not eligible for the NFPW contest.
Use these documents to read about the 2011 procedures:
- See the NFPW contest rules in PDF format or in Word format.
- See the WPCI entry form. (MS Word format)
- Visit the NFPW Web site and click on "Contests."
Questions?
- Contact contest chair Jackie Davis, davisja63@hotmail.com.
High School Contest
The contest is open to any high school student (boys and girls) in Indiana. Deadline is March 7, 2012 for work published from Feb. 15, 2011, to Feb. 28, 2012.
Entries must be the work of students enrolled in grades nine through 12 during this school year or of seniors who graduated last spring.
Here are the 2012 contest materials:
More than 50 students won awards in the 2011 contest, and of those, the first place winners competed at the national level.
Questions?
- Contact high school contest director Tara Puckey.
Prison Writing Contest
WPCI sponsors a prison writing contest each year. Inmates entered the contest to vie for awards in short story, non-fiction and poetry categories. Winners receive cash awards. WPCI member Margaret Nelson oversees this program.
More info:
- Download the contest rules for 2010 to see the categories.
- Contact Info@WPCIndiana.org with questions.
The fine print:
