2011-2012 EXCELLENCE WINNERS 

Daily Live Show
CHSTV
Carlsbad High School
Carlsbad, California

Daily Taped Show
ENN 2 News
George Jenkins High School
Lakeland, Florida

Weekly Show
Live from 205
Palos Verdes High School
Palos Verdes Estates, California

Bi-Monthly Show
Blue Jay Journal TV
Washington High School
Washington, Missouri

Monthly Show
HTV Magazine
Hillcrest High School
Springfield, Missouri

Middle School Show
VMSTV
Valley Middle School
Carlsbad, California

2012-2013 STN Excellence Awards
Rules & Regulations

This prestigious international contest honors the top 6 student-produced TV programs. Entries must be an actual broadcast from a typical day in your program.  Winners will be announced at the Closing Ceremony of the STN Convention on March 10, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Schools are not required to attend the convention to enter or win this award.

The Rules & Regulations for submission of entries are outlined in this document. Entries that do not adhere to the Rules & Regulations are subject to loss of points and/or disqualification by the judges. All decisions by the judges are final. The Board of Directors of Student Television Network reserves the right to change or amend these Rules & Regulations, at any time, and without notice.

 - High School affiliates may enter 1 category per member program. High Schools may not enter the Middle School category.

- Middle School affiliates may only enter the Middle School category, which includes one show of any frequency. Middle Schools may not enter any High School category.

- Affiliates may enter their best show that aired between August 1^st 2012 and December 12^th 2012.

 - Affiliates may not submit compilation or “Best of” shows; a program entry should not be based on segments taken from previous broadcasts and should not include any entry already submitted in any previous STN contest.

- Affiliate members should not be creating an entry specifically for this contest. Entries must represent a typical broadcast for your program.

- All shows must include a date stamp to verify that they aired within the contest dates.  The date stamp can be presented verbally by anchors or in a graphic.

- All shows should be 5-30 minutes in length.  Judges are not required to view more than 10 minutes of the show.

- Advisers may not shoot, write or edit any part of an Excellence entry. This is a hands-off contest and must be 100% student produced.

All Excellence entries must be submitted online using the STN Link to the U.S. Education TV website. The upload will be available by link from the affiliate dashboard.  Please follow the directions for entry preparation and upload.  We cannot make allowances for technical upload issues.  We suggest you clear the FTP site with your school’s IT department well in advance of the contest deadline.  The ftp site is ftp.useducationtv.com port 21.   This contest requires a test upload in advance of the deadline.  Please log in via your dashboard for instructions.

- Entries must be uploaded by 5pm PST on Dec 12, 2010.

- Contest entries are subject to United States Copyright Laws and may be disqualified or lose points for disregarding these laws. Please refer to our copyright policies at http://www.studenttelevision.com/about/copyright.html.  Also review the contest policies for all STN contests on the website.

- There is a $15 fee for Excellence submissions.

Excellence Categories
Daily Live – Broadcast live and not edited in any way.

Daily Taped – May be edited for broadcast, but submitted as aired.

Weekly – Live to tape or edited, but submitted as aired. No compilations or “best of” shows. If your show airs more than once a week, but not daily, it should be entered in the weekly category.

Bi-Monthly – Live to tape or edited, but submitted as aired. No compilations or “best of” shows.

Monthly – Live to tape or edited, but submitted as aired. No compilations or “best of” shows.

Middle School – Any Middle School show, of any frequency, may be submitted. Live to tape or edited, but submitted as aired. No compilations or “best of” shows.

Judging the Excellence Award
Entries will be judged by professional broadcasters from within the industry. Each entry will receive a written critique. Judges will look for excellent content, storytelling and appropriate coverage for the show’s target audience. Programs should submit work that has high production value, including lighting, sound, art direction, appropriate use of effects and graphics, editing, on-camera talent and original music. If the judges determine that no entries meet the standard of “excellent”, then no award will be given in that category. All decisions by the judges and STN are final. Winning entries should meet the following criteria:

 - Excellent content and storytelling.

-  Excellent production values and creativity.

-  Demonstration of journalistic integrity and courage.

-   Strong overall impact and professionalism.

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