Best of the West contest information
The Best of the West complements the Annual Contest by honoring the standout publications in Northern California by evaluating their overall work throughout a year. Publications submit a specified set of issues, shows or spreads, as defined by the category they enter.
Please not that although staffs submitt a representative set of publications, this is not a critique and there will be no feedback on the entries.
Because this is a separate contest, programs are not eligible to use their three free contest entries as part of Best of the West.
Each program must fill out Best of the West Entry Form and submit the appropriate files for that publication. Each entry is $25.
Submission Guidelines: All entries due by April 1, 2024
Newspaper/News magazine/Feature magazine:
- One issue published between Aug. 1 and Dec. 31
- One issue published between Jan. 1 and April 1
- Additional issue of choice between Aug. 1 and April 1
- Use this video tutorial to learn how to export a PDF of a double-page spread for news magazine or yearbook, how to crop at the trim lines and then how to include as part of a shareable folder.
Broadcast:
- One show/video produced between Aug. 1 and Dec. 31
- One show/video between Jan. 1 and April 1
- Additional show/video of choice between Aug. 1 and April 1
Website:
- Upload your website URL
Yearbook:
- Cover
- Endsheet
- Title page
- Opening
- Closing
- Dividers
- 1-2 spreads from each major section
- Should be submitted as a link to Google folder or Dropbox, preferably as PDFs, not JPEG
- Use this video tutorial to learn how to export a PDF of a double-page spread for news magazine or yearbook, how to crop at the trim lines and then how to include as part of a shareable folder.