Competition Rules
Note: This information is for the 2009 competition.
Entries must meet all of the following criteria:
- Contain sufficient technical, scientific, medical, or similar content to qualify as technical communication.
- Must meet the definitions for:
- Produced or substantially revised after September 1, 2007.
- Have been originally prepared for and accepted for publication by a client, employer, or publisher.
- Accompanied by a correctly completed entry form, submission package, and the appropriate entry fee.
- Received by the Entries Manager by September 30, 2009.
Terms and Conditions
General Terms and Conditions
The competition organizers reserve the right to reject any entry for any reason and refund the entry fee.
Entries must be suitable for public display. Entries that contain classified or proprietary information or that violate copyright laws are not acceptable. It is the responsibility of the submitter, and not of STC, to determine that entries do not contain classified or proprietary information and that the holder of all copyrights has granted permission for submission of the entry. Neither nor anyone associated with the competitions can be held responsible for loss of or damage to an entry.
Materials prepared for STC purposes are not eligible for entry in the competition. Examples of these materials include STC Publications books; articles for Intercom, Tieline, and Technical Communication; and chapter and Special Interest Group (SIG) Web sites, brochures, and newsletters. Enter Chapter and SIG publicity materials in the STC Public Relations Competition. Enter Chapter and SIG newsletters in the STC Newsletter Competition.
Multilingual entries are accepted, but one of the languages must be English. All entries in the international level are judged in English.
An entry must not have been entered in a previous STC competition and may be entered in only one suite of local or regional competitions.
NOTE: Duplicate entries are disqualified.
Entries can be made only within a single local or regional competition. For example, if an entry is made to the Boston/Northern New England regional competitions, it cannot be entered in the SoCal competition. However, within a local or regional competition an entry can be entered in multiple areas. If this is done, the entrant must submit an entry fee, three copies of the entry, and forms for each category entered. Note that a single entry may be entered in only one category within a competition.
NOTE: Duplicate entries are disqualified.
Within a single category, only one entry from the same contributors and from the same parent organization may be submitted, except when the entries are on significantly different topics. Entries that substantially duplicate other entries are not eligible. This rule does not necessarily eliminate online communication entries about the same product or topic on different hardware platforms.
The submitter (often a manager in the contributors' organization) must certify that the entry represents the actual work of the contributors named on the entry form and that the entry has been cleared for submission. The submitter must also certify that the copyright holder permits the submission of the entry.
Competition Specific Terms and Conditions
Please read additional specific conditions for each competition:
Banquet Date is Saturday, March 6, 2010
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