You’ve done a lot of hard work and now it’s time for it to pay off. Submit your best work in the Best of NAMA competition. The Best of NAMA Call for Entries is available on-line now.

The deadline for submitting your entries is Friday, October 16.

The Best of NAMA awards program honors the best work in agricultural communications. Actually, the best of the best, since companies/agencies must first qualify through regional competition in order to advance to the national level. The national awards ceremony will take place April 21, at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center, Kansas City.

Best of NAMA operates on a regional judging format. Entries are sent directly to the national NAMA office and judged by industry professionals at a regional level for possible advancement to national competition. A minimum point standard will be used and enforced at the regional level. Work that is not above a certain point standard will not be eligible to advance. The regional Best of NAMA judging will take place November 9-10, prior to the fall Trends In Agriculture meeting, November 10-11.

If you place first or merit at the regional competition and score above the minimum point standard, you are eligible to advance to the national competition. The NAMA office will notify you by February 1, 2010 regarding entries eligible for advancement.

The regional and chapter Best of NAMA Ceremonies will take place in January and we will have information on those events as they draw near. In the meantime, get busy getting your entries ready for submission.

To view the Best of NAMA Call for Entries online visit http://www.nama.org/amc/bon/index.htm.

If you want a sneak preview of the entries that are eligible for advancement to the national judging, join us for the Welcome Reception/ABEF Fundraiser at Trends In Agriculture on November 10. Visit http://www.nama.org/trends/index.htm to register today!