APCUG is pleased to announce its 2020 Contest categories: eBulletin, Digital Photography, Newsletter, and Website.
The winners will be announced at the Annual Meeting following the November 7 Virtual Technology Conference.
To nominate someone in your group as the 2020 APCUG Volunteer of the Year, please go to the bottom of this page.
2020 Digital Photo Contest
**Contests are only open to APCUG-member groups**
APCUG is pleased to announce its 2020 Photo Contest. It will again showcase the talents of its member group photographers!
Somewhere inside of all of us is a creative genius just waiting for the chance to grab the spotlight and APCUG wants to give your members that opportunity. Professional judges will select the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners in each category. So, grab those cameras and start shooting!
Contest Rules
- Photographers who won in 2019 are not eligible to enter the 2020 contest
- The contest begins on September 7 and ends September 30. Entries not received via email on or before September 30 will be disqualified.
- One photo may be entered in each of four categories
- Entries are to be submitted via email in .jpg format, not to exceed 4MB each
- Each entry will receive an acknowledgment e-mail
- Photos are to be without borders
- Cropped photos are eligible in all categories. Only digitally or otherwise enhanced or altered photos may be entered in the Altered Images category. Minor adjustments, including sharpening, contrast, toning, and slight color adjustment are acceptable for all categories. The addition and subtraction of objects is not permitted except in the Altered Images category. If the judges determine that a photographer has altered his or her photo, they reserve the right to move the photo to Altered Images or to disqualify it.
- Entrants will be judged for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place under the below criteria
Categories
- Altered Images: Photographs are manipulated for artistic purposes by applying digital and/or traditional special effects.
- Indoor Spaces: Household objects, flowers, animals, people…..
- Outdoor Spaces: Landscapes, nature images, sunsets, urban landscapes, seascapes, and cityscapes.
- Your Town Locked Down: Empty streets, parks, etc.
Judging Criteria
- Composition
- Technical Skill
- Visual Impact
Email your .jpg entries to digitalphotocontest AT apcug.org. Please send one e-mail per photo.
Subject: Indoor Spaces – Your name
**The following information MUST be in the body of each e-mail (one photo per email):
- Category and name of the photo
- Your name and e-mail address
- Name of group
- Name of president and e-mail address
**Please save your photos using the following format:
category_lastnamefirstname_ picture name
For example:
indoorspaces_smithbob_utensils.jpg
**Entries received without the complete information as noted above will be returned.
You retain ownership and all rights to your photograph; however, by entering the contest, entrants grant APCUG permission, royalty-free, to publish submitted photos on the organization’s website and/or Reports newsletter. Any photograph reproduced will include a photographer credit as feasible.
eBULLETIN
2020 eBulletin Contest Guidelines
**Contests are only open to APCUG-member groups**
Do you communicate with your members via a weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly eBulletin using software services such as MailChimp, Constant Contact, email, etc.? With these services, groups are creating informational messages to keep their members up to date with what is happening with their group such as:
- General meeting announcements
- SIG meeting information
- Member information
- What’s new in technology….
Bulletins will be judged on relevancy, format, and appearance.
CONTEST RULES
- The contest begins September 7 and ends September 30. Entries not received via email on or before September 30 will be disqualified. Each entry will receive an acknowledgment email.
- Please save a February and April eBulletin as follows:
- Name of group (not acronym) eBulletin – February or April 2020
- Submit the eBulletins to ebulletincontest AT apcug.org
- Email Subject: eBulletin Contest – Name of Group
- The email MUST Include the following information:
- Name of Group
- Editor’s name & his/her email address
- President’s name and email address
- Name of eBulletin
- 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will receive the appropriate certificate and 2020 eBulletin contest logo for use in the group’s eBulletin.
2020 Newsletter Contest
**Contests are only open to APCUG-member groups**
If you have a great newsletter, let’s show the world.
The contest is for newsletters published in 2020 only.
Contest Rules
- The Newsletter contest is open to all APCUG member groups
- If your newsletter won an award in 2019, you may enter again in the 2021 contest
- The contest begins September 7 and ends September 30. Entries not received via email or postmarked by September 30 will be disqualified. Each entry will receive an acknowledgment email.
- Contest entries may include those mailed to members, .pdf newsletters, and ePublications that are sent to members via an eMarketing program (MailChimp, Constant Contact, etc.).
- Submit a .pdf copy of your February and April newsletters to
newslettercontest AT apcug.org
- Please save your newsletters as follows:
- Group Name (not acronym)-Name of Newsletter-Month 2020
- E-mail Subject: Newsletter Contest – Name of Group
- Include the following information in the body of your e-mail:
- Name of group
- Name of newsletter
- Editor’s name & his/her email address
- President’s name and email address
- If your newsletters are on the web, send the URL for each issue. If they are password-protected, please provide a password for access.
- If your newsletter is sent as an ePublication, forward the newsletters to the email address above with the same required information in the subject line and body of the message.
- 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will receive the appropriate certificate and 2020 newsletter contest logo for use in the group’s newsletter.
If your club only mails its newsletters, mail your entries to:
2020 APCUG Newsletter Contest
% Bill James
9209 Forest Cove Circle
Midwest City, OK 73130
NEWSLETTER JUDGING CRITERIA
- User Group Information
- Editorial Content
- Layout & Presentation
Don’t miss this great opportunity to get some recognition for your group.
2020 Website Contest
If you have a great website, let’s show the world!
Contest Rules
- The Website contest is open to all APCUG member groups
- If your website won an award in 2019, you may enter again in 2021
- The contest begins September 7 and ends September 30. Entries not received via email on or before that date will be disqualified.
- Each entry will receive an acknowledgment email.
- Submit your website URL to websitecontest AT apcug.org
- Email Subject: Website – Name of Group
- Include the following information in the body of the email:
- Name of group
- Website URL
- Webmaster’s name and his/her mail address
- President’s name and email address
- If there are password-protected areas on your website, please include password information
- 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will receive the appropriate certificate as well as the 2020 website contest logo for use on the group’s website.
Judging Criteria
- Accessibility
- Communication
- Creativity / Original Ideas / Content
- Organization / Navigation
- Visual Presentation / Design
Recognize a volunteer in your group as the
Don Singleton 2020 Volunteer of the Year
**Only open to APCUG-member groups**
Do you have a volunteer who is using his/her skills and experience to make a significant difference in your group? APCUG is seeking nominations for the Don Singleton Volunteer of the Year award which recognizes the importance of volunteers to APCUG’s member groups.
Volunteers are the backbone of APCUG and its member groups; they are what keep their group viable. Volunteers come in all shapes, sizes, and personalities plus they all have a different reason for volunteering. They are idea people and do-it people. All user group volunteers have this in common: their advocacy for technology and their dedication and commitment to their group.
APCUG established the award to honor Don Singleton, a long-time volunteer who was a Director for many years as well as the webmaster and Reports editor.
This year’s nominations will begin on September 7 and end on September 30. The recipient will be announced at the 2020 annual meeting, following the November 7 VTC. A plaque will be sent to the group to present to their VOTY.
Three judges will objectively evaluate candidates against the below selection criteria.
- Brief explanation of why you feel your group’s nominee should receive the Don Singleton Volunteer of the Year award.
- Describe how your volunteer has made a difference to your group. For example: Show specific examples of your volunteer’s roles and responsibilities.
- Explain how your volunteer has shown initiative and leadership in his or her efforts.
Note: When filling in the Google form, please be sure to fully complete each of the sections; thank you for not using the same information for each section.
If your group has had a VOTY awardee, thanks for not submitting another entry.
Receipt of your submission will be acknowledged via email.
If you have any questions, please email jtaylour (at) apcug.org
Click here to complete the VOTY nomination form