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Visit wpa-online.org and click on 2012 MAGGIE registration

2O12 MAGGIE RULES & INFORMATION

MAGGIE/CONFERENCE SAVINGS!

Join or renew your WPA membership before December 31, 2011 and get 50% off your first entry. (Must enter more than one category to qualify.)

Register for the WPA Conference before January 18, 2012 and receive $50 off conference registration PLUS 50% off your second MAGGIE entry. (Must enter more than two categories to qualify.)

Register for WPA Conference before March 20, 2012 and receive 10% off your MAGGIE Banquet ticket.

Take advantage of all WPA discounts and SAVE up to $170!

THE MAGGIE PROCESS

MAGGIE entry and judging process for 2012 has been improved to make entering and judging easier this year!

You’ll have access to MAGGIE registration and entry forms 24/7 in a secure, online environment, with easy-to-follow instructions, FAQs, category selection, upload requirements, judging criteria and online payment. Publications must carry a 2011 cover date and be published when submission is made.

MAGGIE ELIGIBILITY

Entries are limited to print, web and digital media, including publications, tabloids, newsletters and mobile technology, published west of the Mississippi River, or published for distribution only in the states west of the Mississippi River (Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming). Deadline for entries: January 18, 2012.

INITIAL CATEGORY RULES PRINT PUBLICATIONS Every print publication must enter the entire publication into an Initial Category, in order to qualify for all other categories. ;Print Consumer Publications: Must enter at least one category from 001–027, or 049–051 ;Print Trade Publications: Must enter at least one category from 028–051 ; Print Student Publications: Must enter 052

WEB PUBLICATIONS &
E-NEWSLETTERS
Every Web publication and E-Newsletter
must enter the entire publication into an
Initial Category, in order to qualify for all
other Web and/or Digital categories.
; Student Web Publications &
E-Newsletters: Must enter 053 or 054
; Consumer Web-Only Publications
and E-Newsletters: Must enter either
055 or 057
; Trade Web-Only Publications and
E-Newsletters: Must enter either 056
or 058

DIGITAL PUBLICATIONS
Every digital publication must enter the
entire publication into an Initial Category,
in order to qualify for all other Web
and/or Digital categories.
; Digital-Only Publications: Must enter
either 059 or 060
; Digital Version of Print Publication:
Must enter either 061 or 062
NO MORE TEARSHEETS!

REQUIRED MATERIALS

NO MORE MOUNTED ARTWORK! Entries into the majority of our MAGGIE categories can be uploaded to our MAGGIE site easily and quickly!

EXCEPTIONS The following categories are entered online, BUT NO UPLOADS ARE PERMITTED: ; Initial Consumer Categories 001–027 ;Initial Trade Categories 028–048 ; Initial Trade/Consumer Categories: 049–051 ; Initial Student Category: 052 ; Special Categories: 110–113, & 116–131

Print publications entered in the above
categories must ship issues to the WPA
office, in duplicate, no later than Jan.
18, 2012. Enclose a copy of the online
registration form, and staple the entry
form specific to the entry to the back
of each publication.
Mail your materials to:
Western Publishing Association
823 Rim Crest Drive
Westlake Village, CA 91361

WPA POLICY

WPA reserves the right to change the category of an entry (if appropriate), disallow inappropriate entries and combine or eliminate categories with fewer than four publications. Entries that can’t be reassigned will be refunded, less a $40 processing fee per entry.

WPA reserves the right to disqualify entries that do not comply with rules, enter ineligible categories or fail to make full payment. Entry fees will not be refunded. Entries are the property of the WPA.