January 29, 2020
The final deadline for entering OWAA’s annual Excellence In Craft Contest is Friday, Jan. 31.
OWAA members must submit online entries by midnight Friday (Eastern) or have mail-in entries postmarked no later than Jan. 31.
The entry fee is $15 for online submissions, $25 for mail-in entries.
EIC is open to all OWAA members and will reward first-, second- and third-place winners in 10 media categories: Blog, Book, Column, Graphic/Illustration, Magazine/E-zine, Newspaper/News Website, Photography, Photo Essay, Radio/Podcast, and TV/Video/Webcast. (The Book Contest closed Dec. 2.)
Award winners will be announced at the OWAA annual conference June 27-29, 2020, at Jay Peak Resort in Vermont.
Members are required to pay their 2020 dues before submitting entries.
OWAA is partnering with Submittable, a Montana company specializing in contest management, to collect EIC online entries.
To begin submitting entries, go to Submittable to create a FREE Submittable account, which allows you access to EIC entry forms for each contest.
Each contest – Blog, Column, Graphic/Illustration, Magazine/E-zine, Newspaper/News Website, Photography, Photo Essay, Radio/Podcast, and TV/Video/Webcast – has its own entry form.
Email support@submittable.com or info@owaa.org if you have problems setting up your account or using the entry forms.
Mail-in entries must be sent to OWAA EIC Contest, 21565 Nine Mile Road, Huson, MT, 59846.
More judges needed for EIC
A major part of the annual Excellence In Craft Contest is judging the hundreds of submitted entries. Many OWAA members and non-members graciously volunteer their time as judges, but many more are needed to spread the workload and ensure all entries are reviewed fairly.
If you can volunteer a few hours of your time to this important OWAA program, please email info@owaa.org as soon as possible. Please note what contest you would like to judge. You can judge any contest category you did not enter.