Receive a valuable quality evaluation of your print newspaper
For just $95, enter your newspaper into SNPA's 2016 Print Quality Contest and Evaluation. Additional newspapers printed in the same plant on the same press can be entered for just $50 each.
A group of three judges will independently and objectively score your newspaper for black ink density and uniformity, color ink density and uniformity, color register, page alignment, litho defects and other defects. Judges will not consider print defects such as nip marks on the edges of pages.
The front page of each section (not including classified), plus additional pages selected by the Print Quality Contest chairman (up to 20 total pages) will be scored. From these scores, a composite “Product Quality Rating” will be calculated and the top three newspapers in each circulation breakout will be recognized at the News Industry Summit in Sarasota, Fla., Sept. 14-16. Kevin Conner, quality assurance manager of The Washington Post, is chairman of the Print Quality Contest.
Awards:
First-, second- and third-place awards will be given for overall excellence in five circulation categories: under 25,000, 25,001-50,000, 50,001-100,000, 100,001-250,000 and over 250,000. The newspaper's circulation category is determined by the average circulation of all weekday editions. Daily and non-daily newspapers will be judged together.
Marked newspapers and judges’ evaluation forms will be mailed to all participating newspapers by Sept. 30. The newspapers and forms will be mailed to the person listed on the contest entry form.
| Important Contest Dates for Daily Papers: | |
| June 13 |
Official entry form must be received in the SNPA office |
| June 14 |
Save 4 copies of main run |
| June 15 |
Save 4 copies of main run |
| June 16 |
Save 4 copies of main run |
| June 17 |
Save 4 copies of main run |
| June 20 |
SNPA will notify your newspaper of the date chosen for contest evaluation |
| June 24 |
Four copies of the newspaper from the selected date must be received in the SNPA office. |
| Contest winners will be announced at the News Industry Summit in Sarasota, Fla., Sept. 14-16. | |
| Important Contest Dates for Non-Daily Papers: |
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| May 27 |
Official entry form must be received in the SNPA office |
| Week of May 30 |
Save 4 copies of main run |
| Week of June 6 |
Save 4 copies of main run |
| Week of June 13 |
Save 4 copies of main run |
| June 20 |
SNPA will notify your newspaper of the date chosen for contest evaluation |
| June 24 |
Four copies of the newspaper from the selected date must be received in the SNPA office. |
| Contest winners will be announced at the News Industry Summit in Sarasota, Fla., Sept. 14-16. | |
Enter the contest and pay contest fees at this link
To nominate someone from your newspaper for consideration as a contest judge, email Cindy Durham in the SNPA office: cindy@snpa.org. Judges will be assigned to a category other than the circulation bracket that their newspaper falls within.
For more information, contact Cindy Durham in the SNPA office: (404) 256-0444 or cindy@snpa.org.
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