Rules and Eligibility

Who Can Enter?

The competition is open to all specialized business-to-business media written and produced in Canada in either English and/or French, regardless of association membership. Editorial staff, contributors, freelancers, designers and people engaged in co-operative efforts with the publication may enter. They do not need to be full-time employees of the publication/or web site.

What Can I Enter?

Only material from publications dated from January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009 may be entered. Web site content will be evaluated live and may be archived with password access. Writing entries may be a single article or series, provided a common theme and purpose is maintained. In the case of a series, the majority of articles must be published within the calendar year, but the complete series should be submitted for judging. Material published previously in any other publication or edition is ineligible. A supplement is considered part of the parent publication even if the supplement is a stand-alone publication. Custom publishing is eligible. Advertorials are ineligible.

General Rules

1. Canadian magazine or magazine supplement is one at least 51% Canadian owned and published in either English or French or a combination of both.
   
2. Original work which appears in the December 2009-January 2010 issue of a bi-monthly magazine is eligible, but not that which appeared in a December 2008-January 2009 bi-monthly issue. A single issue dated January or Winter 2010 (even if it appears on the newsstand in December 2009) is NOT eligible for submission.
   
3. Individual entries, written or visual, displaying advertorial and/or promotional content will be ruled inadmissible.
   
4. Publications that contain significant violations of the Canadian Magazine Industry Advertising-Editorial Guidelines may be considered ineligible for an award.
   
5. Finalists will be proportionate to the number of entries submitted in a category up to a maximum of ten finalists.
   
6. No entries will be returned.
   
7. All submissions must be accompanied by permission, not for sale or profit, to use the entries of finalists in the KRW Awards presentation program, exhibit and Web site, and to include any winning entry in perpetuity on the KRW Awards Web site. The KRW Awards reserves the right to use the entries of finalists in the Awards presentation program/exhibit/Web site but not for sale or profit.
   
8. Entries that do not conform to the rules or fit category definitions may be disqualified without notice. Entry fees for disqualified submissions will not be refunded.
   
9. The decision of the judges will be final.
   

Entry Format

Writing categories: Each single entry must have one (1) set of original tear sheets with six (6) sets of staple photocopies. All photocopies should be 8.5x11 where possible. A pdf version is also required. Please attach an Entry Form to the original tear sheets only. Double check your photocopies to ensure all pages are attached.

Visual categories: Submit two (2) original tear sheets (do not mount) with a completed Entry Form taped to the back of both entries. Spreads must be taped together. If submitted a spread or a section, please tape together with numbering on the back to indicate the correct order. Do not staple. A pdf version is also required.

Please see the list of Categories for further information.

New Entry Fees

Each individual entry in each category requires an entry fee of $100 (early-bird by January 25) or $125 (regular by February 8). Entry fees can now be paid online with a credit card (VISA, Mastercard and American Express via PayPal) at www.krwawards.ca. Alternately, a company cheque payable to Canadian Business Press may accompany your entry. If a company cheque is submitted separately from the entries a copy of the Master Form must be included with the cheque. Cheques-to-follow must be received by February 15, 2010.

Deadline

The submission deadline is February 8, 2010 at 5pm Eastern Time and all submissions must be received in their entirety to be eligible. Applications received (including those postdated February 8) after 5pm on February 8 will not be accepted.

All entries must be delivered to the KRW Awards c/o Canadian Business Press at 4195 Dundas Street West, Suite 346, Toronto, ON, M8X 1Y4.

Awards

Gold Awards: $1,000
Silver Awards: $500
All finalists receive individual certificates. A certificate is also issued to the publication. The judges reserve the right to refuse to award any category.