Rocky Mountain Chapter Online & Publications Competitions

COMPETITION

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Mailing Entries

Eligibility

2000-2001 Publications Competition Categories

If you have any questions, please contact one of the Publications Competition managers.
PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS. Publications that market a technical product, service, or organization. Includes advertisements, flyers, catalogs, and other pre-sale literature.
INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS. Publications that provide information to the general public or a particular audience about a technical or scientific subject, product, service, or organization.
QUICK REFERENCE GUIDES. Guides that provide ready reference to essential features during the use of hardware or software. Includes graphical devices and other job aides.
SOFTWARE USER GUIDES. Guides that provide instructions for using a software product.
SOFTWARE REFERENCE GUIDES. Guides that provide accessible reference information on the features and functions of a software product.
SOFTWARE COMBINATION USER/REFERENCE GUIDES. Guides that include both reference information and instructions for using a software product; there may be one or more volumes.
HARDWARE/SOFTWARE COMBINATION GUIDES. Guides that provide instructions for using a hardware product and modifying or programming its firmware or software; these include manuals for printers, facsimile machines, modems, watches, cameras, calculators, etc.
HARDWARE USER GUIDES. Guides that provide instructions for using a hardware product. Hardware means any electronic or mechanical device, including computers, tractors, stereo equipment, medical equipment, etc.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION, REFERENCE AND REPAIR GUIDES. Guides that provide accessible reference information on the features and functions of a hardware product. Includes guides that explain how to install, modify, maintain, or repair a piece of hardware.
ORGANIZATIONAL MANUALS. Publications that provide guidance to employees or customers of an organization. Includes policies and procedures manuals, style and identity guides, and benefits guides.
TRAINING MATERIALS. Publications developed for use in a training or classroom environment by either the trainer or student participant; may include manuals, tutorials, workbooks, instructor guides, etc.
ANNUAL REPORTS. Publications that summarize the activities or financial position of a corporation, governmental agency, or nonprofit community organization. Includes reports that comply with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requirements, as well as those for nonregulated, nonprofit organizations.
MAGAZINES. Regularly scheduled publications in a magazine format with a feature treatment, including use of photographs and art, as well as news, feature, and interpretive writing. Publication contains news and information about an organization, technology, industry, or scientific field. May be intended for an internal or external audience, a special-interest audience, or the general public. (Submit three consecutive issues as a single entry. In other words, submit four copies of three consecutive issues.)
NEWSLETTERS. Regularly scheduled publications with brief writings and a flexible format; generally lower budget and fewer pages than the magazine and presented in a simple, type-oriented format that may or may not have photographs and illustrations. May be intended for an internal or external audience. (Submit three consecutive issues as a single entry. In other words, submit three copies of three consecutive issues.)
TECHNICAL REPORTS. Reports on scientific or technical efforts, usually aimed at the professional community or a contracting agency.
TRADE/NEWS ARTICLES. Single articles appearing in trade journals or general interest periodicals, not as an original contribution to knowledge. (Submit tear sheets or reprints, not photocopies, indicating the publication title, volume and issue number, and date of publication.)
SCHOLARLY/PROFESSIONAL ARTICLES. Single articles appearing in academic or professional journals or scholarly books as an original contribution to knowledge. (Submit tear sheets or reprints, not photocopies, indicating the publication title, volume and issue number, and date of publication.)
SCHOLARLY/PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS. Regularly scheduled publications in magazine format whose primary content consists of by-lined, peer-reviewed articles reporting scholarly, scientific, or technical work, performed by the authors, to a specialized external audience. Articles are original contributions to knowledge; review or tutorial articles may appear as occasional exceptions but do not dominate the publication. (Submit three consecutive issues as a single entry.)
BOOKS. Lengthy documents on one subject, usually intended for sale to the public.
Note: At the discretion of the judges, any entry may be transferred to a category considered more suitable than the one in which it was submitted.