If you plan to enter the 2017 California Journalism Awards (formerly known as the CNPA Better Newspapers Contest), please remember that you must also provide judges for the contest.
Daily newspapers must provide two judges. Weekly newspapers and newspapers at four-year universities must provide one judge. The university requirement is new this year.
The sign-up form for judges is online here.
Meanwhile, the new BetterBNC contest system is open for entries. Deadline for entries is Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, at 11:59 p.m. — but don’t wait until the last minute to start uploading your best work from 2017.
Entry instructions are available .
Category descriptions and rules are available here:
Category descriptions are also available within the contest entry system.
All entries for the first round of judging must be uploaded to the contest site.
Questions? Call or email Simon Birch, (916) 288-6010.
