Keep those AOE contest entries coming

Entries are arriving, and we know there are more to come in the 2024 Kansas Press Association Awards of Excellence contest, which covers content from Jan. 1, 2023 through Dec. 31, 2023.   

The annual competition recognizes outstanding work by Kansas newspapers with contest categories focusing on writing, photography, design, special sections, advertising, newspaper web sites and more.   This year’s deadline for entries is set for 11 p.m. Monday, Feb. 19, 2024.

Entry fees are $25 per newspaper plus $5 per entry, and payment must accompany your entries.   To download the AOE Call for Entries, click here for rules, categories and important reminders.    The contest platform is optimized for Google Chrome, so please have a recent version installed for the best contest experience.    All entries must be uploaded/submitted as full-page e-tearsheets that show the date of publication or a screenshot noting the day of online publication.    All entries must have been conceived, written, designed and sold by full-time or part-time employees of the publication.  Note: This can include collaborative efforts that are directed by the publication that involved freelancers. If your publication has a creative design/ad design team at your disposal, and it is part of your company, you may enter the ad or design entry in the KPA Awards of Excellence contest (with the exception of Graphic Designer of the Year). This does not include advertising agencies independent of your publication.   

The Call for Entries includes specific directions for preparing and submitting entries.   KPA will again also award separate news and advertising Sweepstakes awards in each circulation category. Publications with the highest cumulative points in their division will receive Sweepstakes honors.   

The awards will be presented at the Kansas Press Convention June 6-7, 2024, at The Oread Hotel in Lawrence.