Any current or former college student who was involved in the production of a video that meets the video criteria is eligible.

What videos can be entered?
Any video produced entirely by college students with only advisory support from faculty can be entered. The video must be submitted as it was originally broadcast. There may not be any post-broadcast changes, except edits for time, as noted on the category descriptions that follow. There is no limit to the number of videos that may be submitted in each category and a video may be entered in more than one category.

The video must be sponsored by the student's college, after school program, community-based program, or public access facility where the work was produced. The program must reside within the NATAS Northwest region: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska.

• 1st Year
• 2nd Year
• 3rd Year
• 4th Year
• Graduate

• US Citizen
• Permanent Resident
• International or Other Visa Status
• Undocumented

The NATAS Northwest College Awards are intended to honor excellence in broadcast arts & sciences by college students. These awards are open to any college, university, trade school, or high school student in the Northwest Chapter area. Award recipients in the high school categories are automatically entered into the National Student Production Award competition.

Who receives the Award?
The NATAS Northwest College Award for Excellence, an engraved pillar, will be presented to the sponsoring college, after-school program, or producing organization. The students named on the entry will receive personalized certificates.
The awards and certificates will be presented at the Northwest Regional Emmy Awards. Following the Emmy Awards, duplicate awards with individual student names will be available. Call for prices.

What is the judging criteria?
Criteria will be similar to that applied to the judging of the Northwest Regional Emmy Awards. Entries will be judged on the basis of concept, content and execution which demonstrate awareness of broadcast journalism standards, including accuracy and fairness. Judges will particularly look for well-organized material, paying close attention to production values, selection of supporting visuals, clearly written on-camera and voice-over narration and appropriate use of interview content and sound.

How do I enter my work?
Entries will be accepted only on DVD. The readability of the DVD is the responsibility of the entrant. DVDs that cannot be played will not be judged, and entry fees will not be refunded. It is highly recommended that DVDs be compatibility-tested on a different DVD player than the one used to burn the entry. Brand-name disks are recommended.
It cannot be stressed enough that your entry cannot be judged if it cannot be viewed. DVDs that cannot be viewed may be disqualified.

What does it cost to enter?
Each entry requires an accompanying processing fee of $35.00, payable by check, VISA or MasterCard. Checks should be made out to ?NATAS Northwest?. This fee is NON-REFUNDABLE.

See the program website for full entry details and requirements.

If you have any questions please contact the NATAS office:

Phone: 206-575-3444 ? Fax: 206-575-9255 ? Email: studentawards@natasnw.org