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<p>Texas Press Association sponsors the annual Better Newspaper Contest for member newspapers to show off their best work.&nbsp;The contest covers the previous calendar year.</p>
<p>Member newspapers compete in 12 contest categories and 10 circulation divisions statewide and 4 special categories. Each year the contest is judged by members from a different state press association. View previous years' contest results in the <a href="index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;id=27:contest-archives&amp;Itemid=60">Contest Archives</a>.</p>
<p>TPA also co-sponsors the Lone Star Journalism Writing Contest with the ILPC and the Monson FOI Award with the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas. Other contests include the annual Newspaper Directory Photo Contest.</p>
<p>For more information on these contests <a href="mailto:contests@texaspress.com">contact us</a> at 512-477-6755.</p>
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<h3><a href="index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1390">2011 TPA Better Newspaper Contest</a></h3>
<p>The 2011 Better Newspaper Contest deadline is March 23, 2012.</p>
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Frank W. Mayborn Award for Community Leadership

The Frank W. Mayborn Award for Community Leadership is awarded annually to a publisher or newspaper executive who contributed most significantly to society during the past year.

Lone Star Journalism Writing Contest

The Lone Star Journalism Writing Contest

Co-sponsored by the Texas Press Association and the Interscholastic League Press Conference.

The contest involves a student writing a general interest feature and then publishing the article in the local paper. Cash prizes will be awarded to the winners of the contest. Since UIL Academics does not have an amateur rule, students may participate in this contest as well as participate in UIL journalism (or any academic contest). Students are encouraged to write and submit several general interest features to a local paper. For the contest, each student should send his/her entry to the ILPC office for judging. Entries will be broken down into small school (A-3A) and large school (4A-5A) categories.

First place in each category will receive a $125 cash prize, second place will receive a $100 cash prize and third place will receive a $75 cash prize. Winners will be notified after the Texas Press Association Convention & Trade Show in June.

RULES:

  1. Article must be published in the local paper. The paper’s editor has the right to edit the story or return it to the student for re-write before publishing it.
  2. Students may enter only one entry.
  3. The story can be any length, but must be considered a general interest feature. It does not have to focus on the school. The feature can be about anything dealing with the community or something that has had some effect on the community. Good feature writing skills are encouraged and expected.
  4. A first, second and third place winner in the small school category and a first, second and third place winner in large school category will receive cash prizes as listed above. 

Click here to visit the ILPC contest site

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