ACP News & Notes

ACP is pleased to announce two more categories in the 2009 Individual Awards.

The Design of the Year awards are co-sponsored by Adobe Systems and were accepted through online submission for the first time this year. Newsmagazine/Special Section Cover was introduced as a brand new category; other categories included Illustration, Infographic, Newspaper Page One, Newspaper Page/Spread and Yearbook/Magazine Page/Spread. The contest yielded a total of 440 entries.

First place winners in each categories receive software complimentary of Adobe Systems. Places will be announced for the first time at the 88th Annual ACP/CMA National College Media Convention in Austin on Saturday, Oct. 31.

Judges selected finalists based on the following criteria:

• Effective use of photos, color, art, graphics and typography
• Established visual hierarchy
• News judgment for Newspaper Page One
• Contemporary appeal
• Suitability for respective audience

View the list of finalists here:
http://acp.studentpress.org/winners/design09.html

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The ACP Photo Excellence contest is co-sponsored by the National Press Photographers Association and honors student photographers in five categories: General News, Spot News, Feature, Sports, Environmental Portrait and Picture Story. This is the second year that ACP has accepted entries through online submission. Entries are judged based on technical quality, artistic value and journalistic content. There were a total of 849 entries this year, an increase of about nine percent from 2008.

View the list of finalists here:
http://acp.studentpress.org/winners/photo09.html

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Comments from all judging teams will be published on the ACP website after winners have been announced in Austin.

Please contact Kathy Huting, ACP Contest and Critique Coordinator, with questions at kathy@studentpress.org.

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