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ASMEBESTCOVERCONTEST2019
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ENTRY DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 30
The ASME Best Cover Contest honors magazine covers published
between January 1, 2018, and December 31, 2018. ASME members
choose the five best covers in 10 categories. The ASME Board of
Directors chooses the Cover of the Year from the 10 best covers
overall. Every cover entered in the ASME Best Cover Contest is also
posted on Facebook, where readers pick the winners of the ASME
Readers’ Choice Awards by liking their favorite covers.
The ASME Best Cover Contest winners will be honored at the American
Magazine Media Conference on Tuesday, February 5, 2019, at the Henry
R. Luce Auditorium at Meredith Corporation in New York City. Finalists
receive certificates of recognition. Winners receive ASME Best Cover
Contest Awards or Readers’ Choice Awards.
2O18 WINNERS
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READERS’ CHOICE AWARD
June 23, 2017“Let’s Hear It for the Red, White and Ru”
COVER OF THE YEAR
August 28, 2017“Blow Hard”
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WHO CAN ENTER THE ASMEBEST COVER CONTESTThe contest is open to all consumer and business magazines edited and published in the United States. Magazine special- interest and newsstand-only publications may also be entered in the contest. ASME reserves the right to determine if a publication qualifies for entry.
ASME BEST COVER CONTEST CATEGORIESFive finalists, including a winner, are honored in each of 10 categories in the ASME Best Cover Contest. ASME Readers’ Choice Award winners are chosen in the same 10 categories. The categories are: • Best News and Politics • Best Entertainment and Celebrity • Best Business and Technology • Best Service and Lifestyle • Best Sports and Fitness • Best Fashion and Beauty • Best Travel and Adventure • Most Delicious • Brainiest • Most Controversial
Category names are intended to describe cover subjects, not magazine genres. Magazines may enter covers in any category, subject to the approval of the administrators of the awards.
UNCERTAIN ABOUT WHICH CATEGORYTO ENTER?Email [email protected] or call 212.872.3737 for more information about the categories.
CONTEST RULES • Magazine covers must be dated between January 1, 2018, and December 31, 2018 (covers dated December 2018/January 2019 are eligible; covers dated December 2017/ January 2018 are not) • Editors can enter as many covers in as many categories as they want but cannot enter the same cover in more than one category • An entry consists of one cover published in print or on a tablet • Each entry must include a statement explaining why the cover merits recognition and identifying the designer and illustrator or photographer (statements are strictly limited to 100 words) • Entry fee: $95 per entry for ASME members and $195 for nonmembers (for split-covers fee, email [email protected])
ASME members pay lower fees to participate in the Best Cover Contest and other ASME-sponsored programs, including the Ellie Awards. Editors who join ASME before November 30, 2018, are entitled to pay ASME-member entry fees forthe 2019 ASME Best Cover Contest. To download an application form, go to magazine.org/asme membership. For more information aboutASME programs and member benefits, email [email protected].
The deadline for entry is November 30, 2018Email [email protected] to arrange submission of covers published after November 30, 2018.
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HOW TO ENTER■ All entries, including cover images, must be submitted online at asmebestcovercontest.org■ Covers must be formatted as high-resolution JPEGs ■ Please remove barcodes How the Winners of the ASME Best Cover Contest Are ChosenASME judging groups composed of leading editors, art directors and photo editors choose five finalists, including a winner, in each of 10 categories. The ASME Board of Directors chooses the ASME Cover of the Year from the 10 category winners.
How the Winners of the ASME Readers' Choice Award Are ChosenAll ASME Best Cover Contest entries are posted on Facebook for four weeks, from Wednesday, January 2, to Thursday, January 31. The cover receiving the most likes in each of the ten categories receives a certificate of recognition as the Readers’ Choice category winner. The five most liked covers overall also receive certificates of recognition. The cover receiving the most likes overall receives the ASME Readers’ Choice Award.
ASME BEST COVER CONTEST 2019 TIMELINE NOV. 30 Deadline for Entry JAN. 2 Readers’ Choice Award Voting Begins on Facebook JAN. 31 Readers’ Choice Award Voting Ends on Facebook FEB. 5 ASME Best Cover Contest Results Announced
Questions or Concerns?Email [email protected] or call 212.872.3737
DISCLAIMER All entries are property of the American Society of Magazine Editors and MPA— The Association of Magazine Media, which reserve the right to use the material for presentation and promotion purposes. The entrant grants permission to ASME and MPA to show or duplicate entries and information provided as ASME and MPA deem appropriate. ASME and MPA shall not be held liable for the loss of any entry for any reason whatsoever. Any entry which does not contain all the information requested will be disqualified.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CHRISTOPHER KEYES | Outside | PRESIDENT
JANICE MIN | Eldridge Industries | VICE PRESIDENT
CHRISTENE BARBERICH | Refinery29
JONATHAN DORN | Active Interest Media
EDWARD FELSENTHAL | TIME
CLARA JEFFERY | Mother Jones
LUCY KAYLIN | O, The Oprah Magazine
AMY KELLER LAIRD
ANTHONY LICATA | Bonnier Lifestyle Media
JIM NELSON | GQ
STEPHEN ORR | Better Homes and Gardens
JAMES OSELAND | World Food
BROOKE SIEGEL | Hearst Magazines Digital Media
JOSHUA TOPOLSKY | The Outline
JULIA TURNER | Slate
DANA POINTS | Child Mind Institute | EX OFFICIO
SID HOLT | Chief Executive
NINA FORTUNA | Director
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