NEWSPAPERS IN EDUCATION WEEK
MARCH 2-6, 2015
Fun & Educational Contests for Students
Showcase your students’ artistic abilities.
2015 Calendar
Monday, Feb. 2 – Deadline for class registration. A maximum of 30 classes will be selected to participate. Classes will be assigned to businesses by a random drawing.
Wednesday, Feb. 11 – Ads due back from teachers. Please have students attach a 2” x 3”-size photo of themselves to their entry. Photos are published of the winners (in all categories) in the NIE Design-An-Ad section.
Friday, Feb. 13 – Advertisers choose ads to be published.
Monday, Feb. 16 – Student winners notified by phone.
Monday, March 2 Publication of the annual NIE Design-An-Ad section in the Standard-Examiner.
Thursday, April 16 Awards will be presented to the winners at the Apple for the Teacher Event.
STANDARD-EXAMINER 2015
DESIGN-AN-AD
ENTRY FOR 1/4 PaGe or 1/2 PaGe AD
Contest Rules 2015
• Registration will be accepted from teachers only, for the entire class (min. 20 students). Registration and entries cannot be accepted from individual students for this contest.
• Teachers may register their classes to participate in the contest by completing the Design-An-Ad Registration form in this brochure and returning it to the Standard-Examiner. The contest is limited to 30 classes. A class will be matched to a business by a random drawing from the completed registration forms. Deadline to register is Friday, January 23, 2015.
• Teachers whose classes are drawn will receive a packet containing entry forms, advertiser guidelines, and instructions to help students design the ads.
• Classes will be assigned to design ads for a local business that has purchased space in the NIE Design-An-Ad section. Students in the class will design an original ad for their assigned business. Teachers will then submit all of the student designed ads to the Standard-Examiner. Then the ads will be given to the business assigned to the class. They will select their favorite ad from the class entries. The ad chosen by the business will be published in the NIE Design-An-Ad section Monday, March 2, 2015.
Grand Prize $75
First Place $50
Second Place $35
Third Place $25
7 Honorable Mentions $15 each• Deadline for completed ads is Friday, February 13, 2015.
Questions?
Call Michaela Carson
801.625.4425