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Chess Journalists of America /
Cramer Journalism Awards
Joint Announcement
Press Release
March 9, 2003
Pete Tamburro,
President of the Chess Journalists of America, and Don Schultz,
Chairman of the Cramer Awards jointly announced their annual call
for entries that appeared in either print publications or internet
sites.
There are several important
changes from last year. The impact of the use of the internet
for chess journalist activities has necessitated the changes mentioned
below. Of particular interest are the new categories: Best
State Internet Site, Best New Website, and Best
Chess News Site. This last category will be different in that
sites that are entered in this category will be monitored for
one year, and the award given next year.
It is also important
to note that June 25, 2003, will be the deadline for most
entries. Several entries have earlier deadlines. Take care
to note them.
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The Cramer awards
are, as last year,
- Chess Journalist
of the Year
- Best Book (published
in 2002)
- Best Newspaper Chess
Column
- Best State Magazine
(any size).
For the first mentioned
Cramer award, people are asked to send nominations to the Chief
Judge for the CJA, Pete Tamburro, with an explanation as to why
this person should receive the award. This may be a person who
has greatly contributed to chess journalism this past year or
who has a lifetime record of achievement in chess journalism.
The nominations for Chess Journalist of the Year are due by
June 1, 2003. Only CJA members may nominate. Entrants
with a book selection should send four copies to the Chief Judge
to insure consideration. The remaining Cramer Award categories
are entered under the CJA categories listed below.
The procedure
for entries is as follows:
The CJA awards require
an entry fee that includes membership in the CJA. Internet
entries must be from legal U.S. residents or U.S. citizens
abroad. Print entries may be from any publication published
in the United States or its territories. There are different procedures
for print and internet entrants, as noted below.
Print entrants
should submit one original and four photocopies or five originals
for each entry. If you are submitting one article in two categories,
for example, then you would submit ten items and two separate
cover sheets.
Internet submitters
should send five printouts of the production to the Chief Judge
and also email the entered item to the CJA webmaster at Contact
Webmaster.Your
entry must give us permission to display your entry on the CJA
site or it will not be considered an entry. The webmaster may
choose, as an alternative, to link to your site. The entry fee
with required information is sent to the Chief Judge.
Both internet and print
entrants must send an entry fee of $15 for the first entry
(that includes membership or extension of membership in the CJA)
and $8 for each additional entry after that.
Each entry shall have
an 8.5 x 11 cover sheet(typed!) indicating the category, name
of the publication (magazine, newspaper, website, etc.) the entry
appears in, the name and address of the person to whom the award
should be sent, and the name and address of the person receiving
the CJA membership.
All entries in categories
2 through 29 must have been produced between June 1, 2002 and
June 1, 2003.
Send entries to the Chief Judge:
Pete Tamburro
22 Budd Street
Morristown, NJ 07960
Questions or problems: Email:
ptamburro@aol.com or phone:
973-984-3832.
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Magazine Editor Award Categories
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Category 1
Chess Journalist of the Year
Cramer Award Category
Instructions are above. Note June 1, 2003 nomination deadline.
Category 2
Best State Magazine, Open Division
Cramer Award Category
Limited to the official publication of a state chess association.
Supply four sets of one year's worth of issues. States that have
two publications (e.g., adult and junior) must submit them separately.
Category 3
Best State Magazine,
under 1000 circulation
Limited to the official publication of a state chess association.
Supply four sets of one year's worth of issues. States that have
two publications (e.g., adult and junior) must submit them separately.
Also, a statement of circulation must be submitted with the entry.
This may be provided by the circulation statement in the magazine
or by a separate letter from the submitter.
Category 4
Best Club Bulletin
Limited to the official publication of local chess clubs. Enter
your three BEST issues in the previous year.
Category 5 [INTERNET ELIGIBLE]
Best Postal Magazine
Limited to magazines or websites dealing with postal chess. Enter
your three BEST issues in the previous year. Internet sites MUST
show dated evidence (sending hard copies) of regular or periodic
issuing of postal chess subjects. Judges will be instructed to evaluate
all productions in terms of new material presented in each as well
as the repeated content (e.g. ratings).
Category 6
Best New Magazine
This may be any regular print publication and may include being
the second publication of a state organization (e.g, a state youth
magazine or newsletter). The sole requirement other than print is
that it did not exist before July 1, 2002.
Category 7
Most Improved Magazine
Enter any two current year issues and any one previous year issue.
Each editor must provide one typed sheet explaining where the improvements
are. Open to all print magazines.
Category 8
Best Cover
Open to all print magazines. Enter a cover that demonstrates how
the publication combines the masthead with other graphic elements
to put its best face forward. An editor or publisher may enter more
than one cover in this category, with each different cover consisting
as a submission. A group production will receive one certificate
with the name of the magazine; however, all contributors will be
listed in the awards announcement.
Category 9
Best Layout
Open to all print magazines. Enter any one issue that demonstrates
how the publication uses headlines, paragraphing, graphics, and
printing processes to organize and highlight its material. This
category judges layout for a single issue AS A WHOLE. Individual
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Magazine Author Award Categories
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Category 10 [INTERNET ELIGIBLE]
Best Regular Magazine Column
Limited to writers of regular magazine columns. Enter your three
best columns. Be sure to include the dates of publication.
Category 11 [INTERNET ELIGIBLE]
Best Magazine Tournament Report
Limited to writers of magazine articles telling the story of a single
tournament that occurred in the past year. Internet sites that provide
continuous coverage should enter under category 30. A group effort
will receive one certificate with the name of the magazine. Contributors
will be listed in the awards announcements.
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Newspaper Author Award Categories
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Category 12
Cramer Award Category
Best Regular Newspaper Column
Limited to writers of local, metropolitan or syndicated newspapers
columns. Enter your three best columns.
Category 13
Best Regular Newspaper Column of Local Interest
Limited to writers of local or metropolitan newspaper columns that
demonstrate quality coverage of local chess and chess players. Enter
four columns.
Category 14
Best Newspaper Tournament Report
Limited to newspaper articles reporting on one tournament.
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General Author/Artist Award Categories
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Category 15 [INTERNET ELIGIBLE]
Best Chess Promotion
Enter one article or column aimed at bringing new people into chess,
or increasing the participation of those only mildly interested.
Category 16 [INTERNET ELIGIBLE]
Best Press Release
Enter one article or column aimed at bringing new people into chess,
or increasing the participation of those only mildly interested.
Category 17 [INTERNET ELIGIBLE]
Best Human Interest Story
Enter a story, article, column or anecdote in which the center of
interest is not chess itself, but the lives, emotions and character
of the people who play chess.
Category 18 [INTERNET ELIGIBLE]
Best Historical Article
Enter an article that describes some aspect of chess history.
Category 19 [INTERNET ELIGIBLE]
Best Interview
Enter an interview whose relating to chess that demonstrates the
skill of the interviewer in eliciting instructive and revealing
responses. Internet entrants must provide tape or transcript if
it is an audio interview.
Category 20 [INTERNET ELIGIBLE]
Best Editorial
Enter an editorial that takes a clear stand on a chess related theme.
Editors who have a counterpoint editorial (pro vs. con.) must enter
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Category 21 [INTERNET
ELIGIBLE]
Best Humorous Contribution
Enter any cartoons, jokes, satire, irony, parody, or exaggeration,
etc., with a chess theme that makes the reader smile, chuckle or
laugh out loud. The Chief Judge in advisement with the judges will
decide if it is appropriately tasteful. The underlying criterion
is that the humor would not be out of place if it were published
in a state magazine that kids read.
Category 22 [INTERNET ELIGIBLE]
Best Review
Enter a review of a single book, play, move, computer program, etc.,
that has a chess related theme.
Category 23(a) [INTERNET
ELIGIBLE]
Best Analysis, Openings
The article(s) must cover one opening and may be in a serial format
over several issues or presentations on the net. Internet entrants
must provide a print copy or transcript of the presentation.
Category 23(b) [INTERNET
ELIGIBLE]
Best Analysis, Endings
Same standards as 23a, except in covers the endgame.
Category 23(c) [INTERNET
ELIGIBLE]
Best Analysis, Other
An analysis of some aspect of a game or several games that has a
theme that is looked at deeply.
Category 24 [INTERNET ELIGIBLE]
Best Instruction
Enter an item that teaches something about chess to average players.
This must be something more than a typical annotated game. Internet
entrants must provide a hard copy of the presentation.
Category 25 [INTERNET ELIGIBLE]
Best Cartoon
Enter a single cartoon or a cartoon strip with a chess related theme.
Category 26 [INTERNET ELIGIBLE]
Best Chess Art
Enter a single work of art with a chess related theme that has been
created by just ONE person. It may be part of a larger production
(e.g., on the cover of a magazine), but it will be judged as an
entity in and of itself.
Category 27 [INTERNET ELIGIBLE]
Best Chess Photograph
Enter a single chess photograph that portrays without words that
chess is involved. Again, the criteria for taste are mentioned above.
Category 28 [INTERNET ELIGIBLE]
Best State Web Site
You need only provide the entry fee and the site address. Limited
to official state organization websites. This deadline for entry
is June 1, 2003.
Category 29 [INTERNET ELIGIBLE]
Best New Web Site
You need only provide the entry fee, the site address and the date
the site was initiated (within the past year).
Category 30 [INTERNET ELIGIBLE]
Best Internet Chess News Site
Your site must enter now by the June 25 entry deadline. The
award will be announced next year. The appointed judges will monitor
the site for one year. The winner will have shown a regular, accurate
and objective reporting of chess news in the U.S. or the world. |
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