2024 RULES & INFO

DEADLINES

Entry Deadline: (Uploaded by) Wednesday, March 6, by midnight PST

Please read all the information regarding this competition.

JUDGING 

All entries are judged by qualified media and advertising professionals. No member of the CMBAM board or any CMBAM member school will assist in judging.

DISQUALIFICATIONS

Entries improperly or incompletely prepared or uploaded will be reviewed for errors. The Member Recognition and Awards Director will attempt to correct minor errors, but rules will be strictly enforced, without exception. Failure to comply with the contest entry rules will result in disqualification from the category for which submitted.

Please refer to the individual category descriptions and rules for detailed explanations of requirements.

QUESTIONS

Categories, rules, judging criteria, and entry instructions for each category are outlined in this document. If you still have questions about the contest or your entries after reading the entry instructions, please contact CMBAM Member Recognition and Awards Director Rob Steedly by email at awards@cmbam.org.

ELIGIBILITY

For Individual awards, nominees must have been full-time students during the time represented in their entries. Accomplishments cited in the nomination materials must emphasize the impact of the person’s work at the CMBAM member college media company on or between Jan. 1, 2023, and Dec. 31, 2023. Nominees must have worked at the media company for at least three months during that time.

NUMBER OF ENTRIES:

There is no limit on the number of entries per category for each member.

file submission guidelines:

• Use this naming convention for files: category number_org name_college/university. DO NOT use spaces, commas, or special characters.
• Here is a sample file name: P1_MinnesotaDaily_UniversityOfMinnesota
• If you are submitting multiple entries, please add an underscore and number of the entry to the name: P1_MinnesotaDaily_UniversityOfMinnesota_1
• All PDF submissions should be submitted as a reduced-file-size PDF.
• Individual files should not exceed 100MB.

Contest Site:

CMBAM.org will host the contest platform. Please direct all questions regarding the contest website to Rob Steedley, Member Recognition and Awards Director, at awards@cmbam.org.

Awards distribution:

Awards are planned to be presented at a virtual awards ceremony during the spring. CMBAM will ship awards.

Must be logged in with a current CMBAM membership to access entry forms