2009 DWAA Writing Competition

Regular Categories

Newspapers
Magazines
Canine or All-Animal Newspapers or Newsletter
Internet/Websites/Blogs
Graphics
Humor/Poetry/Fiction
Other Media
Club Publications: National
Club Publications:Regional or Local
Books

1. Newspapers(Newspapers of any circulation except canine or animal newspapers or newsletters)
   1. Newspaper: feature or news story
   2. Newspaper: column (submit 3 copies each of 3 different columns)
   3. Newspaper: editorial/opinion/essay
2. Magazines(Professionally published magazine of any circulation)
   1. Magazine: all breed (submit 3 copies of 2 different issues)
   2. Magazine: single breed (submit 3 copies of 2 different issues)
   3. Magazine: special interest dog or all animal magazine (enter 3 copies of 2 different issues)
   4. Magazine: yearbook/annual/special edition
   5. Magazine: feature in all-breed magazine
   6. Magazine: feature in single breed magazine
   7. Magazine: feature in special interest magazine
   8. Magazine: feature in all animal or general interest magazine
   9. Magazine: feature in yearbook, annual or special edition
   10. Magazine: article breed profile in any magazine
   11. Magazine: article on training and/or behavior in any magazine
   12. Magazine: column (submit 3 copies of 3 different columns)
   13. Magazine: subject related series (submit entire series in triplicate)
   14. Magazine: opinion/essay/editorial
   Back to Top
3. Canine or All-Animal Newspapers or Newsletters(Professionally published of any circulation)
   1. Canine newspaper or newsletter (submit 3 copies of 2 different issues)
   2. Canine newspaper or newsletter: feature article on health and/or care
   3. Canine newspaper or newsletter: feature on all other topics
   Back to Top
4. Internet/Websites/Blogs
   1. Website: entire website (submitted for designer and/or manager; supply hard copy in triplicate plus website address)
   2. Website: feature article (hard copy in triplicate plus website article address)
   3. Website: regular column (submit 3 different columns in triplicate in hard copy plus website address)
   4. Online magazine, newsletter or publication (submit 2 issues in triplicate hard copy plus internet address)
   5. Blog: single blog (submit in triplicate hard copy plus blog address)
   6. Blogs: regular blogs (submit 3 different posts in triplicate hard copy plus blog address)
   Back to Top
5. Graphics
   1. Photography: color (Send entries in triplicate as tearsheets, as published or in the work that the photo is intended to illustrate)
   2. Photography: black and white (Send entries in triplicate as tearsheets, as published or in the work that the photo is intended to illustrate)
   3. Photography: series (Send entries in triplicate as tearsheets, as published or in the work that the photo is intended to illustrate)
   4. Illustration or Painting (Send entries in triplicate as tearsheets, as published or in the work that the artwork is intended to illustrate)
   5. Illustration: series (Send entries in triplicate as tearsheets, as published or in the work that the artwork is intended to illustrate)
   6. Poster, Calendar or Special Publication
   7. Brochure, Pamphlet, Short Special Publication
   Back to Top
6. Humor/Poetry/Fiction
   1. Humorous art (cartoon, comic strip, or other humorous art)
   2. Humorous writing (published in any media/any form)
   3. Poetry (published in any media/any form)
   4. Fiction; short
   Back to Top
7. Other Media
   1. Videotape/CD/DVD (if part of a series, enter one episode in triplicate)
   2. Broadcast Journalism (if part of a series or regularly broadcast program, enter one episode in triplicate via tape or DVD)
   3. Podcast (enter one podcast in triplicate via tape or DVD plus podcast internet address)
   Back to Top
8. Club Publications: National
   1. Club: magazine format (submit 3 copies of 2 issues)
   2. Club: newsletter format (submit 3 copies of 2 issues)
   3. Club: feature article
   4. Club: editorial/opinion/essay
   5. Club: regular column (3 samples in triplicate)
   6. Club: subject related series (full series in triplicate)
   Back to Top
9. Club Publications: Regional or Local
   1. Club: magazine format (submit 3 copies of 2 issues)
   2. Club: newsletter format (submit 3 copies of 2 issues)
   3. Club: feature article
   4. Club: editorial/opinion/essay
   5. Club: regular column (3 samples in triplicate)
   6. Club: subject related series (full series in triplicate)
   Back to Top
10. Books
    1. Book: single breed
    2. Book: general interest
    3. Book: general reference
    4. Book: care and health
    5. Book: training and behavior
    6. Book: fiction (adult, young adult, teen)
    7. Book: humor (text, art, cartoons or other)
    8. Book: children (picture book or easy-to-read)
    9. Book: self published or print on demand (any subject/any reader category)
    Back to Top