It’s time to start putting your entries together for the Best of NAMA awards program. Best of NAMA honors the best work in agricultural communications. Actually, the Best of the Best, since companies and agencies must first qualify through a regional competition in order to advance to the national level. Regional awards ceremonies will be held in January. The national awards ceremony will take place April 16, at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center in Kansas City.

Best of NAMA entries are sent directly to the national NAMA office and judged by industry professionals at a regional level for possible advancement to the national competition. A minimum point standard will be used at the regional level. 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, 2008, regarding entries eligible for advancement. An entry fee at the regional and national level is required.

Support Your Local Chapter
Your local chapter receives $25 per regional entry. So, enter your work in Best of NAMA and support your local chapter at the same time.

If you’re a NAMA member, you’re eligible to submit your company’s communications materials produced for first use in 2007.

The deadline for submitting your entries is Friday, October 12.

Special thanks to High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal for sponsoring the Best of NAMA Call for Entries.

Special thanks also to McCormick Company for the design of the Call for Entries.
For categories and information on how to submit your entry visit, http://www.nama.org/amc/bon/index.htm.

To download the entry form in an Adobe .PDF format visit, http://www.nama.org/amc/bon/entryform.pdf.

To download the entry form in a Microsoft Word document visit, http://www.nama.org/amc/bon/entryform.doc.