2020 Headline Contest - Individual Entries

2020 Headline Contest - Individual Entries

Please read all contest instructions and category details before submitting your entry. Headlines published from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2020, are eligible for the contest.
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Explanation of categories:
- (Category A) National media organization: Seeks a national audience, not limited to a single metropolitan area or region. Is consumer-oriented and not intended for a single trade or member group. Examples: Wall Street Journal, New York Times, NPR, Sports Illustrated, Washington Post.
- (Category B) Regional/local media organization: Focuses primarily on a single metropolitan area or region. Any national audience, while possibly welcome, is incidental. Is consumer-oriented and not limited to a single trade or member group. Examples: Miami Herald, Des Moines Register, The Texas Tribune, Silicon Valley Business Journal.
- (Category C) Industry/Marketing/PR/Other: Most other professional content, including trade publications, member publications, marketing materials and other client-oriented content. Examples: Advertising Age, AARP Magazine, corporate/nonprofit/academic blogs and newsletters.
- (Category S) Student: Must be student work published in student-managed media outlets. Headlines produced on a professional internship are ineligible. (Other categories can include student interns' work.
More detail and guidance is available here.

If in doubt, email abbibooth@aceseditors.org for help.
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Entrant Name *

First Name Last Name
ACES Member? *

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ACES Member Number *
Entrant Phone Number *
Entrant Email *
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Organization Name *
Contact Name *

First Name Last Name
Contact E-mail Address *
Contact Phone Number *

Area Code Phone Number
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Street Address

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Please select your category: *

Category A (National media organization/staff size of 100 or more) Category B (Regional/local media organizations/staff size up to 99) Category C (Industry/PR/Marketing/Other) Category S (Student Media Organizations)
Click here for a complete list of rules.
- You may enter five to seven headlines that were published in 2020.
- Please submit your files only as originally generated PDFs (i.e., not scans and not JPGs). You may submit the full page on which the headline appears rather than cropping it.
- You need not include the complete text of a story — such as the jump, if any — unless you consider it necessary to the judges' appreciation of your work, or because you specifically wish to include a jump head as part of the entry. Please include any related pages in the same PDF file as the headline.
- A main headline and all headlines that accompany it — deck heads, jump heads, picture overlines, etc. — as part of a single package are considered one headline in your entry.
- In the Headline Text field, include enough of the main headline text so that we can identify the headline in the file that you wish judged.
- Please include the number of the headline in the headline file (ex: headline1.pdf; headline2.pdf, etc.)
If you have questions, please email: abbibooth@aceseditors.org.

FIVE TO SEVEN HEADLINES ARE REQUIRED.
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Individual Entry - ACES Member Additional Entry $ 25.00

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2020 Headline Contest - Individual Entries

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