2019  CONTEST RULES AND INSTRUCTIONS

(PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE STARTING)

1. Deadline — Entries must be submitted online no later than Feb. 6, 2019.
2. Forms — There are two forms to complete.
   • On the left is the School Registration Form. Fill that out once. Make sure you know how many entries you will have before you complete it. You may also use it to register for the 2019 News Media Evaluation. Read about the NME at this link.
   • On the right is the Student Entry Form. This is for each individual entry. There is no limit on the number of entries per school, but the form takes only 20 entries per session. If you have between 21 and 40 entries, you will complete the form twice. If you have between 41 and 60 entries, three times, and so on. Once you have completed the final entry or the 20th entry per session — whichever comes first — be sure to hit “NO” and then wait for a “SUBMIT” button to appear. If you do not hit “SUBMIT” for each session, your entries will not populate our database.
3. Entry fee — There is a $5 fee per entry. Entries not accompanied by the school entry form and entry fee will be disqualified.
4. Publication — Each entry must have been published in a high school or professional newspaper, news magazine or online between Feb. 1, 2018 and Feb. 1, 2019 and must be the work of a high school student enrolled at the time of publication. Each writing entry must be the work of one student only, except in the Editorial Writing and In-Depth Reporting/Team categories.
5. Number of entries — There is no limit on entries to a category per school. However, a single student can enter up to four entries into each category.
6. Uploading entries — All entries must be submitted electronically via a shareable link. Make sure that you choose the proper category for your entry. Judges are instructed to disqualify entries that don’t fit into the category they are judging.
   • In order to submit online stories or photos (or stories that ran both in print and online), simply paste the link to the online story into the proper line on the 2019 Entry Form. OR
   • To submit stories or photos from print publications, you must upload all files to a storage system (Box.com, dropbox.com, Google Drive, etc.) that will generate a shareable URL that you can enter into the 2019 Entry Form on the Quill and Scroll website (quillandscroll.com). Here’s an example of a shareable link from Google Drive: (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M6oFtFzJL1G1177kklWESP_uevigdfvMjsWJaqRa_5yPFnQGgED8ft53f19VXpICdTu6wB6g76AVeZV1/view) Simply click the link icon next to “Get shareable link.” Copy the link and paste it into the entry form. Make sure the link is public so that our judges can view it.
   • Entries improperly identified will be disqualified.
7. Submission, Writing Categories — If the story ran in print only, submit the shareable link to the complete page on which the entry appears. Clearly identify the entry to be judged by typing the headline into the proper line on the 2019 Entry Form. If the story ran online, paste the link to the online story into the 2019 Entry Form.
8. Submission, Photo Categories — If the photo ran in a print publication only, submit a shareable link of the complete page it ran on and identify the photo by giving it a title that corresponds to keywords in the cutline/caption. You may also provide a shareable link to a complete version of the photo itself to make easier the judge’s job of identifying the proper photo on a page and to eliminate any problems in the printing process that may have nothing to do with the quality of the photo.
9. Submission, Multimedia Categories — Simply provide us a link to the online video, podcast, photo slideshow or other digital media entry.
10. Submission, Design Categories — Upload the page design to your cloud storage and copy the shareable link into the 2019 Entry Form.
11. Winners — All winning entries are automatically eligible for the 2019 Quill and Scroll Journalism Sweepstakes awards. Only winners will be notified.
12. Rights — Your entries become the property of Quill and Scroll Society. We reserve the right to use entries in QUILL & SCROLL magazine and in other media.

2018 winners are now online!

All of the winners from the 2018 Quill and Scroll Writing, Photo and Multimedia Contest are now online.

And here’s a slideshow of the 2018 winners so you can see what the judges awarded. The slideshow includes links to all the written pieces, as well as complete views of the visual winners.

GOLD KEYS and the opportunity to apply for college journalism scholarships were awarded to 321 writers, photographers and designers in the 2018 Quill and Scroll Writing, Photography and Multimedia Contest.

Of the 2,065 entries received by Quill and Scroll, judges recognized 259 across 23 categories as winners. Students were recognized as Sweepstakes Winners (first place), Second Place, Third Place and Honorable Mention.

Sweepstakes winners (except in the In-Depth Team category where each student will receive a special certificate) receive a plaque. All individual winners receive a Gold Key.

Gold Key winners are eligible as seniors to apply for one of the Edward J. Nell or George and Ophelia Gallup Memorial journalism scholarships. Read about them and apply here.

If you would like a slideshow of the winners, with links to all the writing entries as well as full visual representation of the visual entries, please email Executive Director Jeff Browne.

Previous Winners:

Click a year to view International Writing, Photo and Multimedia Contest winners.

2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

Click a year to view International Writing and Photo Contest – Blogging Competition winners.

2016 2015 2014 2013