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Golden Quill Award & Silver Scribe Awards
The Golden Quill Award is for the Club that
produces the best newsletter.
The Silver Scribe Award is for the Area or Division that
produces the best newsletter.
We will recognize and invite the Editor(s) of each winning
newsletter to accept the award during a District 4 Fall or Spring
Conference Hall of Fame awards session.
So what makes a good newsletter? Many things, of course,
go into making a good newsletter. The award is based
on content that best promotes
- Club/Area/Division goals and the Club/Area/Division in general
- Toastmasters International goals including speaking, communication, and leadership
and that has articles that appeal to any reader, whether
another Toastmaster or a guest to your Club.
A newsletter is a great promotional tools that a
guest can take with them. And while format is only part of
a newsletter, layout and design do count in this contest.
The Golden Quill & Silver Scribe Awards judging
is based on the information in the "When You Are
the Vice President Public Relations" manual, section
"Produce a Club Newsletter and/or Web Site".
The judges will look for the newsletters in District
4 that best meet that information. The judges will pick
at most one winner per category (Club, Area, Division),
and possibly one or more honorable mentions.
Judging criteria:
- The intent of the contest is to promote effective
communication and leadership for each Club, Area and Division.
- Each competing Club, Area or Division newsletter
was published during May - October for the Fall
contest and during November - April
for the Spring contest.
- A competing Club, Area or Division published at
least two issues of their newsletter for the Fall
contest, and at least three issues for the Spring
contest.
- A competing Club, Area or Division submitted their
newsletters to the District 4 Bulletin Editor by October
31 for the Fall contest, and by April
30 for the Spring contest.
- Each issue of the winning newsletter has four or
more 8-1/2" x 11" pages. (However, a winning
newsletter could have fewer, or different size, pages.)
Please see the Support section of the
District Officers
page for the Bulletin Editor's name and e-mail address. You can submit the
newsletters in PDF format, zipped, via e-mail. Please
contact the Bulletin Editor if you prefer to submit paper copies.
The District winner(s) will receive a plaque, in recognition
of their achievement, at the Fall or Spring District
4 Conference. The winner(s) will also have the opportunity
to write or contribute to an article for the District
4 newsletter, "The Fourcaster" describing
their Club (or Area or Division) and accomplishments.
Promote yourself!
A panel of judges will determine the best newsletter.
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