Submit an Entry

We accept entries with the following characteristics:

• Judged by us to fall within the realm of technical communication.
• Put into use on or after September 1, 2008 (it can be a substantial revision of a work published earlier).
• Free of proprietary or confidential content.
• Comprehensible to judges whose only language is English.

If judging your entry requires the use of special equipment, we may have to make arrangements with you to obtain access to the equipment.

We do not use formal entry categories, but if your entry qualifies to go to the Society-level competitions, we will submit it to the appropriate competition in an appropriate category.

Entry fees are $125 per entry for STC members and $225 per entry for non-members. If for any reason we decide not to judge your entry, we will return your fee.

To submit an entry:

1. Download and fill out the entry form (a Microsoft Word file).
2. Create a six-digit entry number to identify your entry.
   Use this number everywhere you need to identify your entry (for example, on the entry form).
3. For each entry, prepare a submission package containing the following
   • 1 complete copy of the entry form.
   • 4 abbreviated copies of the entry form. Do not print the pages containing entrant information. Start printing with the page that begins "Entry Number (repeat information from the first page)."
   • 4 copies of each entry, each with one of the abbreviated copies of the entry form. Do not include entrant information.

   For electronically viewable entries, send CDs, or specify a URL on the entry form. Mark each entry inconspicuously (for example, on the inside back cover of a book) with the number you use on the entry form

   We do not return any of the materials you submit.

   • Your entry fee with the complete copy of the entry form.
4. Email a copy of your entry form to this address. Make the subject of the email STC Competition Entry.
5. Send your submission package to:
   STC Competition
   c/o Herr
   5292 Kathy Way
   Livermore, CA 94550
   925-443-4514; 925-989-3723 (mobile)

We must receive your entry at that address by 2pm, Saturday, October 2, 2010.