It’s Time to Enter NINA’s 2023 News Contest

It’s time to collect your best work and enter it into Northern Illinois News Association’s annual competition. Work published between May 1, 2022, and April 30, 2023, is eligible. The association code, as in years past, is NINA.

Continued this year: There is no limit to the number of entries per nameplate for most categories (see individual category rules). This change was made to facilitate freelancer participation. Please continue to enter only highest-caliber work so as not to overburden judges.

Recent changes: We are continuing the ability to pay via PayPal and the presentation of overall general excellence awards in daily and nondaily divisions. Please remember that publications must enter the General Excellence category to be considered for the award.

The contest fee for NINA members is $6 per entry. Nonmembers may enter for $9 per entry. We encourage you to join today and save on your entries by becoming a NINA member.

The deadline to enter the contest is 11:59 p.m. Monday, Aug. 14.

Complete rules and instructions be found on our website, ninaonline.org.

Feel free to contact me if you have questions about dues. As a reminder, now parent companies can pay one fee and all of their nameplates and their employees are NINA members eligible to enter the contest.

The Northern Illinois News Association was founded in 1962 to promote the newspapers of Northern Illinois, develop programs to enhance the profession and promote fellowship among members. More than 60 years later, NINA continues to serve journalists in the region with educational programs and an annual competition.

The Northern Illinois News Association draws its leadership from various sides of the media business. Its board includes a mix of owners and managers, editors, freelancers and journalism educators. Members come from throughout Northern Illinois. Members include individuals and publications ranging from those that are exclusively online to weeklies with circulations under 2,000 to large chains with circulations over 200,000.

Thank you,

Shelley Hendricks
Northern Illinois News Association Communications Coordinator
Campus Life Building, Suite 130 | DeKalb, Illinois 60115
815-753-4239 | shendricks@niu.edu
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