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The Texas Media Awards promote excellence in amateur media production
and its importance in life-long learning. Since 1988, it has
been an annual, statewide event open to school-aged Texas residents.
Qualified, impartial volunteers judge entries on criteria for
each individual contest division. Students with winning entries
receive awards at the Texas Media Awards Program during the
Texas Library Association Annual Conference. The most outstanding
entry over all earns the Bob Bennett "Best of Show" Award. Texas
Media Awards Program sponsors include the Texas Media Awards
Committee and the Media and Related Technologies Round Table
of the Texas Library Association, and the Texas Association
of School Librarians.
Entry Deadline: All materials must be postmarked by
Friday, January 15, 2010.
Each entry must be submitted in its own envelope, but several envelopes
may be packaged together with a check for the entry fees. Make
checks payable to the Texas Library Association. NO entries
will be returned.
Mail entries and fees to:
Texas Media Awards
Texas Library Association
3355 Bee Cave Road, Suite #401
Austin, TX 78746-6763
Entry Fee:
for a single entry by 1-10 students, the fee is $10
for a single entry by 11-20 students, the fee is $20
for a single entry by 21-30 students, the fee is $30
for a single entry by more than 30 students, contact
the
TMA Committee
As the Texas Media Awards Program grows, we must adopt changes to accommodate
the number and diversity of entries received. The Texas Media
Awards Committee collects a nominal fee per sponsor to help
defray the costs of awards and prizes.
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As a list member, you can share information with other list
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of peers across the state.
The Texas Media Awards Committee
looks forward to your comments and questions, and we look
forward to seeing you all and your students in San Antonio next April at TLA's annual conference!
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Contest Divisions
The following contest division guidelines are in Adobe PDF format.
The Photography categories include both 35mm and Digital
Photographs.
Download the free Adobe Reader here.
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Grade Levels
Judges will rate entries in four grade levels:
Group projects with mixed grade levels will compete in the higher grade-level category.
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Contest Rules
- Every entry must have a sponsoring public library, public school library, or private school library.
- Individuals or groups may submit entries.
- A sponsoring library may submit up to ten (10) entries per grade-level subdivision in each of the nine contest divisions.
- Participants may submit either one individual project or one group project in each contest division.
- Entries must adhere strictly to all applicable copyright laws and guidelines.
The Texas Library Association reserves the right to disqualify any entry based on a reasonable belief
that the entry has infringed the copyright laws of the U.S. or any other country.
- In accordance with United States copyright laws, some projects may not be eligible to be shown publicly
during the awards ceremony.
- If an entry cannot be fully executed from the files contained on the submitted media, a standard Internet browser,
or a standard media player, the entry will not be judged.
- Entries must comply with specific contest division guidelines.
- Paperwork must be submitted and fees received by the deadline for an entry to be judged.
- Entries must have been initiated and completed between January 18, 2009 and January 15,
2010.
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Copyright
All entries must adhere to copyright law. Refer to the following sources if you are unfamiliar with copyright
as it applies to K-12:
Because copyright exemptions may not apply to public performances in the same way that they apply to classroom use,
the Texas Library Association reserves the right not to show an entry during the awards ceremony based on a reasonable
belief that showing the entry may infringe the copyright laws of the U. S. or any other country.
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Forms
NOTE THESE IMPORTANT CHANGES:
- The entry form is now online. Please print either the form (from your browser once you submit it)
or the verification email to include with the mailed entry.
- You no longer have to include Student Work Release Forms or Copyright and Sponsor Certification Forms
with the mailed entries. However, the Texas Media Awards Committee will assume that the sponsoring librarian
has on record a Work Release Form and a Copyright Certification Form signed by both the student and the parent/guardian.
TLA Student Work Release Form |
Copyright and Sponsor Certification Form
Forms are in Adobe PDF format.
Download the free Adobe Reader here.
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Judging & Awards
Qualified, impartial volunteers will serve as judges. The judges base their decisions on the
criteria listed for each contest division. Judges will not evaluate contest divisions in which
they may have assisted students with entry production. Awards may be given for first place,
second place, third place, and honorable mention. At the discretion of the judges, awards
may not be presented for every place in a contest division.
Each participant in a winning entry will receive an award ribbon. The most outstanding entry
over all earns the Bob Bennett "Best of Show" Award. All contestants will receive a certificate
of participation.
Presentation of the awards will be held at the Texas Library
Association Annual Conference on Thursday, April 15, 2010 at 6:00
P.M. in San Antonio. Winners will be announced in March 2009.
The decisions of the judges and the Texas Media Awards Committee are final.
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