Videographer Awards

Why enter? It’s  all about recognition.  Recognition for you, your clients and others in  your organization.

■ The Videographer Awards is one of the oldest and most respected awards programs in the industry.

■ Winners are listed on the Videographer website and in next year’s Call for Entries, a brochure that is seen by tens of thousands of decision making communication professionals.

■ Winning an award from a noted third party evaluator of creative work is an important marketing point that can be used for news releases, resumes and marketing materials.

■ Videographer logos and awards can be used to visually enhance your marketing materials.

■ Winning awards is an inexpensive way to distinguish your work from others.

■ Prospects want to do business with award winning firms.

Entries  can be on DVD, BetaSp, CD, USB flash drive or provide a URL address. Virtually  any digital file is acceptable.  Multiple entries can be on the same video  source.  If a piece is entered in more  than one category, only one copy is necessary. Please enclose an additional  entry fee for each time it is entered. Entries will not be returned.

No special labels are needed.  Write the title of entry on the DVD or  other media.  Write the same title on the entry form.  Submit only  one copy of the entry.  For web sites, write the URL address under the  title of entry on the Entry Form.

To  be eligible for a Videographer Award, each entry must have been produced in the  last two years.

The Videographer Awards respects the proprietary nature of your  information.  The Videographer Awards assumes that you have rights to  materials and the authority to enter them.  Entries are seen by the judges  only.  Each entry is destroyed before disposal.

Judging for The Videographer Awards will be done this year by  the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP).  AMCP  is a third party evaluator of creative work by marketing and communication  professionals and has been judging competitions for over a decade.

AMCP  judges are chosen based on their extensive experience and proven creativity in the  video field. The Videographer Award of Excellence is awarded to those entries  whose ability to capture the event or communicate the message is exceptional.  The Award of Distinction is presented for projects that exceed industry  standards, while Honorable Mention is awarded to projects that uphold industry standards.

All Excellence, Distinction and Honorable Mention winners will receive a certificate at no cost. Excellence and Distinction  winners are eligible to purchase the jade acrylic clapboard award to commemorate their achievement.

The Videographer Awards keeps its entry fees low by not making all entrants  subsidize awards won by others. Consequently, Excellence and Distinction Award  winners will be charged $150 if they wish to have a personalized handcrafted  8×8 inch jade acrylic clapboard award. Each award is custom lasered with the  winner’s name and entry title. Extra certificates and awards are available at  an additional cost.

The Videographer Awards recognizes that entrants want to know the results quickly. Every effort will be made to notify all entrants  by mail as soon as possible, usually within 45 days after the deadline.

Award of Excellence and Distinction winners will be listed on our web site, here.

Included with the notification is information that winners can use in their  marketing materials and web sites, and in preparing releases for their local  news media, clients and prospects.

Entries should be postmarked by June 14. This is the final deadline. Results posted and mailed September 1. If you need an extension, call 817-277-4040 or Email info@videoawards.com.

Entries are judged at random. Your work is judged on creativity and what you apparently had to work with, not against other entrants in the category. A 2-color and a 4-color brochure in the same category are not compared to each other. A small company is not compared to a Fortune 500 entrant in the same category. There can be multiple winners in a given category. See Categories

Printer friendly version of categories, here.

The competition is designed for the convenience of the entrant. You have the option of entering online and uploading your entries or sending in entry forms with entries.

Download and print 2013 entry form, here.

Submit only one copy of each entry. No accompanying materials are necessary.