Communication Awards

Annual/Biennial Report
This award honors outstanding efforts in presenting material for an annual/biennial report. Entries should display organization, attractiveness, and relevance to the intended audience and purpose. Submit a PDF of the annual/biennial report as one file or provide a link to the document online and include a username and password, if necessary. No mailed copies will be accepted.

Entries will be judged on:
Organization
Attractiveness
Quality and Consistency of Writing
Relevance to Intended Audience

Educational Resources
This award honors outstanding educational materials. These might include online resources, printed materials such as manuals or handbooks, history books, educational brochures, etc. Entries should demonstrate how informative copy and engaging design work together to educate the reader. Submit a PDF of the educational piece as one file or provide a link to the document online and include a username and password, if necessary. No mailed copies will be accepted.

Entries will be judged on:
Organization
Attractiveness
Quality and Consistency of Writing
Relevance to Intended Audience

Promotional Resources
This award honors an outstanding promotional piece, either print or digital. This might include a brochure, poster, social graphic, email, or another communication project that publicizes the organization, an event, a program, or a product. Entries should demonstrate how persuasive copy and engaging design work together to promote an idea. Submit a PDF of the promotional piece as one file or provide a link to the document online and include a username and password, if necessary. No mailed copies will be accepted.

Entries will be judged on:
Persuasiveness
Attractiveness
Relevance to Intended Audience

Publication Improvement - Printed Materials
This award honors outstanding efforts to improve an existing printed material other than a magazine. The piece must have undergone significant change during the calendar year of 2023 and may not be a magazine. Submit a PDF of the most recent previous and current updated resource and include a username and password, if necessary. No mailed copies will be accepted.

Entries will be judged on:
Improvement of Copy and Design
Overall Attractiveness of new version
Relevance to Intended Audience

Alumni/Alumnae Engagement Effort 
The submission can be a printed or digital resource or channel specifically aimed to inform, educate, solicit, or engage alumni/alumnae members. Submit a PDF of the piece as one file or provide a link to the document online and include a username and password, if necessary. Outline the purpose of the piece, provide any metrics/analytics, and list any positive outcomes resulting from the effort. No mailed copies will be accepted. 

Entries will be judged on:
Organization & Attractiveness
Usefulness and Relevance to Alumni/Alumnae
Success(es) of the effort

William C. Levere Award for Total Communication
This award honors the best communications program by an organization directed to members and/or an outside audience for a single purpose, such as a membership campaign, convention, or other. The submission should include several types of printed and/or digital materials and must include at least one piece produced during the calendar year of 2023. The communications program may or may not include social or digital components. Materials from previous years may be submitted as supporting material but must be labeled as to which part was produced in which year. Entries should display the program’s creativity in writing and design and its ability to effectively communicate the message to the intended audience. Submit one PDF of all materials that make up the communications program as one file or provide a link to the document online and include a username and password, if necessary. No mailed copies will be accepted.

PLEASE NOTE: An organization can only win this award once in a three-year period. The following organizations are
not eligible this year:
Alpha Gamma Delta, 2023
Beta Theta Pi, 2022
Kappa Kappa Gamma, 2021

Entries will be judged on:
Consistency of the Message across various mediums and platforms
Creativity in Writing and Design
Organization & Attractiveness
Acceptance & Relevance to Intended Audience
Success(es) of the created material/s.

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