Associated Press Sports Editors is looking for the best in collegiate sports journalism.
Submissions will be accepted from May 1-15.
Here are the rules:
1. The contest is open to all APSE student members and all members of any APSE student chapter at any college or university. A student must be a member of a student chapter or be a student member to be edible to enter.
Entries must come from students who have been enrolled at a college or university during the contest period, including graduate students.
2. The single contest category will be Portfolio. A student may enter only one portfolio. All work must have been done by the student alone – no co-byline material allowed. (For a video or multimedia entry, the content must be conceived, edited and produced by the student, but can involve someone else to operate a camera if the student is on camera.)
The portfolio will have five elements: (a) a feature story, (b) an enterprise story, (c) a breaking news story, (d) a multimedia or video item (not to exceed 30 minutes) and (e) a wild-card entry, which can be from the above categories or something else.
3. All work entered must have been published, but does not have to have been published in a student publication. It can be from an internship, from stringing with a local paper, writing for a website, etc. It cannot, however, be published only on the student’s own “see my work here” portfolio web page.
4. No redaction will be required and there is no anonymity for entries. All entries will be submitted via links to the published work.
5. Work must come from the period of June 1, 2017, through May 10, 2018.
6. The contest will be judged off-site by at least five judges.
7. A top 10 will be chosen out of all entries, with the top 10 then ranked in order from first place to 10th.
8. Winners will be announced before the APSE Summer Conference, which will take place in June in Nashville. A plaque will be awarded for first place. Printable certificates will be emailed to other top 10 finishers.
9. Details on how to enter will be distributed to all APSE student chapters and all APSE individual student members by April 15, and will be posted on the apsportseditors.com website and Facebook pages.
Questions about the contest should be emailed to apsecontest@gmail.com with STUDENT CONTEST in the subject line.
If you wish to start a student chapter, or have questions about student membership, contact Secretary and Treasurer Bill Eichenberger at billapse707@gmail.com.
STUDENT CHAPTER REQUIREMENTS
Student chapters must apply and be approved by a vote of the APSE executive committee. To fulfill requirements to submit an APSE student chapter application, a prospective chapter must secure:
- A faculty member who will serve as chapter adviser (chapter adviser pays the educator dues fee of $100 upon approval of chapter application by APSE executive committee)
- A roster of interested chapter members, their academic classification and email addresses.
- To apply for chapter status, the application must include a minimum of 10 students who would pay dues ($25 each) upon approval of application. Apply online here.
- A list of officers or potential officers. A proposed president for the chapter must be in place at time of application. It is recommended that each chapter also include a vice president and a secretary/treasurer.
- A resume of the student chapter president.
- A resume of the student chapter adviser.
- An essay stating why you seek to establish an APSE student chapter and what you hope to achieve through affiliation with APSE. The essay should include details about the adviser’s involvement in the student chapter and also note any professional APSE members who have indicated their willingness to participate in your chapter.
- An outline of your short- and long-term goals for the chapter, including proposed plans for the academic year (fund-raising, guest speakers, meeting frequency, etc.)
- Written proof from your university that your chapter has or will seek to be recognized by your university as an official student organization. Also include requirements regarding such recognition that APSE should know about.
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