Newsletter Contest
Submit the best issue of your newsletter, by May 5, 2007, with a cover letter to:District 39 Newsletter Contest
Committee Chairman, La Wanna Parker
6208 Rebel Circle
Citrus Heights, CA 95621
E-mail the coordinator or call 916-447-2854 ext. 1042
Committee Chairman, La Wanna Parker
6208 Rebel Circle
Citrus Heights, CA 95621
E-mail the coordinator or call 916-447-2854 ext. 1042
- The cover letter must include:
- The name, mailing address and e-mail address of the editor, who must be an active Toastmaster. (Information about a second editor may be included; however, no more than two editors will be credited.)
- The club, that the newsletter represents.
- The issue must be published between July 1, 2006 and May 5, 2007 and dated as such; volume numbers alone are not acceptable.
- The issue of the newsletter making up the single entry must clearly indicate which club, area, or division it represents.
- Entries without this information will be disqualified. Entries without all of the above information will be disqualified.
- Entries must be received by May 5.
- Newsletters must be sent to the Chairman (address above) in hard-copy format.
- Newsletters should be composed primarily of original material of educational value. When articles or other items are reprinted from other sources, a credit line should be included. The judges reserve the right to disqualify any entry not resembling a newsletter. For example, one page meeting schedules or lists of speakers will be considered fliers and do not qualify for this contest.
All newsletters will be judged based the following criteria:
- Content is focused on achieving the mission of the club, area, or division that it represents.
- The newsletter must educational articles, recognition of member and club/district achievement, and encouragement to participate in Toastmasters’ activities.
- The newsletter should promote understanding of Toastmasters’ programs, promotions and policies.
- The newsletter should be informative and entertaining.
- The newsletter should prominently feature the editor’s and publisher’s name, address and telephone number in each issue? (The publisher is the club president for a club newsletter)
- The newsletter should clearly indicate the club, area, or division number and location.
- The writing meets acceptable standards of sentence structure, spelling, punctuation and grammar. It should be written in an interesting and clear manner.
- The newsletter’s layout and presentation should stimulate reader interest.
- The layout should incorporate careful attention to white space, page balance, effective use of graphics, and the importance and organization of the articles.