Chapter Competitions
Online Communication Competition:
Delivering Entries
Entering the Online competition is a great way to get professional
feedback about your work. A panel of STC judges, comprising your peers, evaluates
your entry and gives you detailed, written comments based on a set of consistent
standards. You might win an award, too!
The Boston/Northern New England competition bases our
judging on the standards used by the International Online Communication Competition.
You can download a copy of the IOCC
judging criteria.
Please read the Deadline for Entries for the Online Communication
Competition in Dates and Locations.
All entries must be registered by this deadline.
If you pay by check, your entry fee must be postmarked by this
deadline. See Entry Fees for
more information.
If you haven't registered your entry, please see Registration.
Upon receipt of your registration, we will forward you more specific information
about the entry requirements, including specific dates and times.
General Delivery Information
You must send us three copies of each entry, including
those that are to be judged via the Internet, on three separate CDs or DVDs.
These must be readable on computers running Windows XP or MacOS X, and be received
three weeks prior to consensus judging day (see Dates
and Locations—exact dates for Web judging to be announced).
Please label your media with the entry title, and include (on
paper) all necessary instructions for launching and using your entry. Also include
whether and to where you would like your media returned after the competition.
If you win a Distinguished award and decide to enter the International Online
Communication Competition, we have to submit your three CDs to the International
Online Communication Competition committee with your registration and payment.
Please mail entries to:
Ellen Lidington
Ingenix
950 Winter Street, Suite 3800
Waltham, MA 02451
Entries to be judged on-site
If you plan to set up your entry onsite at Progress
Software on competition day, note the following:
- You must provide one computer system for each entry.
- The STC is not responsible for the security of the
hardware or software used for your entry.
- Plan to set up all software and hardware required to
demonstrate your entry in the morning and to remove your equipment in
the late afternoon. (Exact drop-off and pickup times to be announced.)
Entrants are not to be present during judging.
- All entrants must provide three copies of each of their
entries on CD. Label your CDs with the entry title only. We will collect
the CDs at the sign-in table when you deliver your entry to the competition.
The reasons for this requirement are:
- If your entry is a candidate for Best of Show, or if
judges are still reviewing your entry when you return to pick up your
equipment, we will continue to evaluate your entry by CD.
- If you win a Distinguished award and decide to enter
the International Online Communication Competition, we have to submit
your three CDs to the International Online Communication Competition
committee with your registration and payment.
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Entries to be judged remotely
Entries that are Web sites must be available for judges
to view at any time for approximately three weeks prior to consensus judging
day. These must be viewable using Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox,
or Netscape Navigator.
As noted above, three copies of each entry on CD or DVD
are required for the following reasons:
- If your entry is a candidate for Best of Show, or if
judges are still reviewing your entry when you return to pick up your
equipment, we will continue to evaluate your entry by CD.
- If you win a Distinguished award and decide to enter
the International Online Communication Competition, we have to submit
your three CDs to the International Online Communication Competition
committee with your registration and payment.
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