Media Awards
The ING Media Awards program is conducted each year to recognize the best and brightest writers, broadcasters, publishers, editors, producers and photographers.
Entries must have been published or aired between October 1 and September 30 of the particular contest season. The contest is open only to ING members.
First-Place Finishers and Outstanding Achievers receive plaques. The number of outstanding achievers in each category is determined by the number of entries combined with the range of scoring.
The competition includes 13 categories in which individuals are honored: Apparel Writing, Business Writing , Book, Competition Writing, Equipment Writing, Illustration, Golf Instruction Writing, Photography, Profile Writing, Opinion/Editorial Writing, Television, Radio, and Travel Writing.
Any member of the media who is an ING member in good standing or who becomes an ING member on or before October 1 may enter.
Each member may submit up to two entries in each of the categories. The same article can not be entered in more than one category.
ING goes to great lengths to keep the contest fair and without bias. How?
A Category Chair is assigned for each category by the ING Media Awards committee. That person is responsible for selecting three judges for his/her specific category. Chairs are asked to find judges outside of ING membership if at all possible.
All entries, in applicable categories, are stripped of by-lines and other identifying marks BEFORE they are sent to the Category Chair, who then forwards entries to each judge. So even the Category Chairs do not know the identities.
Entries will be judged on a variety of criteria such as conformity with contest topic, content and originality, style, readability, mechanics, technical quality, composition and production values.
A first-place award will be given in each category in which the minimum number of entries is received.
Honorable mentions (Outstanding Achievers) may also be awarded, based upon the number of entries and the range of scoring in the category.
