// 2012 NEW MEDIA AWARDS /
COMPETITION GUIDELINES
Eligibility
The 2012 New Media Awards competition is open to any individual or business who has participated in the process of developing a Blog, Web Site, Digital Advertising Campaign or other form of new media communication.
Submission Process
Entries must be submitted using the New Media Awards Web site. When a completed entry form is received by the New Media Institute (NMI), along with the application fee, an automated response is sent out to the applicant as confirmation that the entry has been received. The application will be reviewed by NMI prior to the competition deadline. If any entry is found to be incomplete, an NMI staff person will contact the entrant.
Web sites currently not accessible to the public have two options for entry:
- Password Protected Site
Password protected sites can be entered into the competition. Entrants must be sure to fill in the username and password on the entry form.
- CD ROM
Web sites can be stored onto CD ROMs and submitted. When submitting a CD ROM, entrants must fill in the URL field with “CD ROM”. Four copies of the CD ROM with a printout of the entry confirmation email must be mailed to:
New Media Institute
110 Williams Street, 22 nd Floor
New York, New York 10038
Categories of Entry
The 2012 New Media Awards does not limit the number of categories available for entry. Applicants may enter their project to as many categories as they so choose. Each category may have several winners. For example, in the insurance category, there may be awards for best life insurance Web site, best auto insurance Web site, best insurance agency Web site, best insurance education Web site, etc. This is because companies in the same industry may offer different products and on a different scale. This makes the competition fair and allows for comparing "apples to apples". Typical categories are as follows:
Activism
Advocacy
Advertising
Airline
Agricultural
Arts / Culture
Association
Auction
Automotive
B2B
Banking / Bill Paying
Beauty and Cosmetics
Broadband
Brokerage
Career / Jobs
Celebrity / Fan
Charity
Children
Comedy / Humor
Community
Consumer Electronics
Corporate Communications
Cultural Institutions
Dating
E-Commerce
Education
Events
Family / Parenting
Fashion
Financial Services
Food / Beverage
Games
Government
Health / Nutrition
Human Resources
Insurance
ISP
IT Hardware / Software
Investor Relations
Legal
Lifestyle
Magazine
Manufacturing
Medical
Movie / Film
Museum
Music
News
Newspaper
Non-Profit*
Personal Web Site
Personal Finance
Pets
Pharmaceutical
Podcast
Politics
Professional Services
Public Relations
Ratings / Reviews
Radio
Real Estate
Religion / Spirituality
Restaurant
Retail
School / University
Science
Search Engine / Directory
Services
Social Networking
Sports
Student
Technology
Teens
Telecommunications
Television
Toy / Hobby
Tourism
Training
Transportation
Travel
Union
Utilities
Web Development
Web Hosting
Weird
Entry Fees
The fee for early bird entry fee for the 2012 New Media Awards is $150 per entry .
Once the entry form is filled out, entrants will be prompted with two options for payment:
- Credit Card - Visa and MasterCard are accepted
- Mail Application & Payment - Entrants may print their completed entry form and mail a check payable to the New Media Institute to the following address:
New Media Institute
110 William Street, 22 nd Floor
New York, NY 10038
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