NHSPA Critique Entry Information Forms
22-23 BROADCAST MEDIA INFO
22-23 NEWSPAPER INFO
22-23 ONLINE MEDIA INFO
22-23 YEARBOOK INFO
WHY SHOULD YOU DO CRITIQUES?
If you are a new adviser or your school is new to the NHSPA, critiques are a wonderful opportunity we provide to membership that allows them to have their school publications critiqued by certified judges nationwide. The publications are also eligible for awards that are presented at our fall convention in October. If you are not interested in the award portion, the critique itself is worth it. Our judges do an excellent job of providing extensive feedback on ways to improve your publications.
A COUPLE OF THINGS TO NOTE:
- The postmark date for ALL entry forms and payment is Monday, June 10, 2024. If your forms are submitted and paid for after this date, they can still be critiqued, but they will not be eligible for an award.
- Broadcast, online, newspaper, and spring yearbooks are also due with entry forms and payment.
- Pricing
- Digital/PDF critiques are $50
- Physical critiques (yearbook and newspaper) are $75
- Please use some type of tracking to ensure that your publications/forms/payments make it to their destination. There have been a handful of publications in the last few years that have gotten lost. Tracking can ensure your packages arrive and give you peace of mind.
- The packets the judges will be using to critique the forms are the same as the ones they used last year.
- This one is more of a personal note. On each entry form, there is a “TO THE JUDGE” portion for you to tell the judge about your school, special circumstances, etc. If you feel there is more that you would like to tell the judge than space provides, please feel free to attach a letter to your entry form. If there is any additional info you would like that might help the judge, please let them know.
CATEGORY-SPECIFIC ITEMS:
Yearbook Critiques:
- Spring Books – Your book and payment BOTH need to be postmarked by Monday, June 10, 2024.
- Fall Books – Your payment is due Monday, June 10, 2024. Your book is due Monday, Aug. 26, 2024.
Broadcast Critiques:
- If you are submitting your broadcast for critiques, PLEASE EMAIL ME YOUR ENTRY FORM AND LINKS TO SHOWS/PACKAGES. The PDF is fillable. Copy/paste the links you would like the judges to critique and email them my way. This will save you the time of writing them all out (thank you so much for those of you who did this last year) and our judges the time of typing them into their computers!
WHERE TO SEND ENTRIES/PAYMENTS:
Brandi Benson
c/o NHSPA
4720 Starling Drive
Lincoln, NE 68516
CHECK ON YOUR CRITIQUES:
If you would like to check on the status of your shipments/payments, please use the following link. This worked pretty well last year and helped to alleviate the stress that comes with wondering if your entries/payments have arrived. I will start adding publications and payments as soon as they trickle in! 🙂 LINK TO RECEIVED ITEMS