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  1. All entries (or the majority of the articles in a series) must have been published or broadcast for the first time during the 2012 calendar year or the 2011-2012 school year. 
  2. Each entry must include a cover letter explaining the entry's development and impact, as well as a URL for the entry. 
  3. Entries must be paid in full in order to be judged. Fees for members are $50 for a single entry and $40 for each additional entry. For nonmembers, fees are $100 for each entry. Pay online when submitting or send a check made payable to the Education Writers Association. 
  4. All entries must be uploaded by 4:59 p.m. on Feb. 1, 2013. Winners will be notified by March 2013. 
  5. Entries cannot be returned. Any entry submitted in one category may NOT be submitted in a second category except as part of a beat reporting entry. 
  6. For general news categories, the number of full-time newsroom staff (in addition to reporters, the calculation should include, among others, all editors, designers, online producers and multimedia content producers, such as photographers, data analysts and videographers) must be included on each entry form. 
  7. Television entries must be in the form of a mov, avi, or mp4 and radio entries must be in the form of a mp3 or wav. All broadcast entries must state run times in the cover letter and must include scripts. 
  8. For television and radio, submit the versions originally broadcast. Submissions must focus on education news. Entries that merely inform the public on a particular subject will not be considered. 
  9. The judges may disqualify any entry that does not adhere to the rules or that is submitted in a form that is difficult to read, listen to, or view (broken and terminated links, etc.). 
  10. The judges may switch an entry from one category to another if they determine it is wrongly classified. 
  11. The judges have the right not to award prizes in categories for which they determine there are no suitable winners. 
  12. Officers and members of the Board of Directors of the Education Writers Association are not eligible to win cash awards in the competition.

Ready to apply? This year you must enter online. Questions? Check out FAQs or call (202) 452-9830.