FWAA Calls for Entries for Best Writing Contest

FWAA members can submit entries in the 2020 Best Writing Contest until July 1.

CATEGORIES

• Game Story (Immediate Deadline)
• Feature Story/Profile
• Enterprise/Investigative
• Column/Analysis/Commentary

In addition, we have created the Beat Writer of the Year Award for the top beat writer as judged by a special FWAA committee headed by FWAA board member Mark Blaudschun of The Media Guides. See separate nomination/entry procedure below.

BEST WRITING CONTEST RULES

You must be an FWAA member in good standing to enter.

Deadline: July 1, 2021. Entries sent after the deadline WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Limit: One (1) article per category, although a series of articles may be submitted in the enterprise category.

Entries must have appeared in print or online between Feb. 1, 2020, and Jan. 31, 2021.

Entries must be submitted electronically to contest@fwaa.com. Entries not sent to this e-mail address will not be accepted.

Send MS Word or text files only. DO NOT SEND HTML files, Word Perfect files, stories in other word processing software, or links to stories on the Internet or electronic libraries.

Make your entry easy to read by taking out unnecessary carriage returns (They can give your entry an odd look when opened by a judge’s word processing program).

Delete any embedded advertising, photos, and cutlines from the files (The file should contain only your story and your identifying information).

At the top of each entry, the following information should be included:

• Writer(s)
• Publication or online service
• Category
• Date of publication
• E-mail address and telephone number for the writer(s) of the entry.

The entries will be sorted and stripped of identifying information and forwarded to the judge(s).

Files containing your entries should follow this naming convention: yourname-category.doc

The category must be one of these four words: Game, Feature, Enterprise, or Column

Example: KenStephens-game.doc.

Questions on the Best Writing Contest? E-mail Ken Stephens at ken.stephens@sbcglobal.net.

FWAA BEAT WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD

If you have a nomination of a beat writer who covers major college football (either a team or a conference) or you want to nominate yourself, please send an e-mail/letter explaining the qualifications of the person (no more than 250 words) to:

Mark Blaudschun
TMG Sports
497 Country Way
Scituate. MA 02066
blauds@aol.com
Cell: 617-758-9011

Mark and his committee will then make inquiries into the FWAA members nominated. In order to qualify for this award, the person nominated must have been an FWAA member during the 2020 football season.

Ed. Note: Like the NSMA, the FWAA is a worthwhile organization for media members who cover college football. To join FWAA, go here.