AWARDS
All broadcast, cable, broadband, cable / community / government access and video content providers (not close circuit or venue specific) located within the following Designated Market Areas (DMAs): which includes Abilene-Sweetwater, Amarillo, Austin, Beaumont-Point Arthur, Corpus Christi, Dallas-Fort Worth, El Paso, Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen, Houston, Laredo, Lubbock, Midland-Odessa, San Angelo, San Antonio, Sherman-Ada, Tyler-Longview-Lufkin-Nacogdoches, Victoria, Waco-Temple-Bryan & Wichita Falls-Lawton are eligible.
Entry pricing is for members who have met judging requirements.
Add $50 per person/per entry for anyone who has not met requirement.
Special Achievement | #100 - 103 |
Member | $400 |
Non-Member | $500 |
Journalistic Enterprise | #104 |
Member | $175 |
Non-Member | $285 |
News Content | #200 Series |
Program Content | #300 Series |
Spot Announcements | #400 Series |
Craft | #500 Series |
Member | $135 |
Non-Member | $285 |
Visa, Mastercard, Discover & American Express credit cards are accepted.
All payments are due by Midnight on June 12, 2023
Company check are only permitted if you have made prior arrangements.
PERSONAL CHECKS ARE NOT ACCEPTED
Anyone listed on 2022 entries are required to judge up to (3) panels depending on the number of entries they submitted. Judging Calendar is June 1, 2022 - May 31, 2023
Entrants!
By entering, you agree to serve as a judge when asked, and that judging must occur during the year of your entry.
• If you entered once, you’ll need to judge once
• If you entered twice, you’ll need to judge twice
• If you entered three or more times you’ll need to judge three or more times
There are typically 10-12 opportunities to judge other chapters’ entries during the year and all entrants are notified via email.
Please use Upper and Lower Case when filling out your entry form and membership application. The name you use on your membership application will show on your entry form.
Make sure the title of your entry is no more than 7 words.
Be Creative!
The Submitting Organization is the company that will be recognized if your entry is nominated. Please use station's call letters.
If your station is not listed in the dropdown menu for submitting organization, please type in your station call letters.
If you need to change the category for your entry, please CONTACT US. WE have to change it for you.
If you need to delete an entry, please CONTACT US. WE have to delete it for you.
Following the nomination announcements, a limited grace period of 5 calendar days is provided (starting from the date of the nomination announcement). During this timeframe, it is possible to add names to a nominated entry under exceptional and specific circumstances. To request such an addition, the entry submitter must provide a written request to the Chapter Awards Committee explaining the reasons why this request should be considered and granted.
The Chapter's Awards Committee will make the final decision and ruling. If approved, a $500 fee will be charged to add the name.
After the 5-day grace period, no names will be added under any circumstances.
Further, once the Emmy® awards ceremony has concluded NO individual names can be added to an awarded entry as an additional recipient, under any circumstances.
Membership in the Lone Star Chapter is available to all television professionals.
If you plan on becoming a member, we strongly suggest that you sign up BEFORE you start the entry process.
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP RATES FOR PROFESSIONAL MEMBERS
$75 per person
101 · Overall Excellence
102 · News Excellence
103 · Community Service
104 · Journalistic Enterprise
201 · Newscast — Evening - Larger Markets (1-25)
202 · Newscast — Evening - Medium Markets (26-60)
203 · Newscast — Evening - Small Markets (61+)
204 · Newscast — Morning/Daytime - Large Markets (1-25)
205 · Newscast — Morning/Daytime - Medium/Small Mkts (26+)
206 · Newscast — Weekend
207 · Daily News Report — Single Shift
208 · Hard News Report — No Production Time Limit
209 · Breaking News/Spot News
210 · Continuing Coverage
211 · Investigative Report
212 · News Feature — Light Feature
213 · News Feature — Serious Feature
214 · News Special
215 · Arts/Entertainment — News
216 · Border Issues — News
217 · Business/Consumer — News
218 · Crime — News
219 · Diversity/Equity/Inclusion — News
220 · Education/Schools — News
221 · Environment/Science — News
222 · Health/Medical — News
223 · Historical/Cultural — News
224 · Human Interest — News (Single Shift)
225 · Human Interest — News (No Production Time Limit)
226 · Military — News
227 · Politics/Government — News
228 · Religion — News
229 · Societal Concerns — News
230 · Texas Heritage — News
231 · Weather — News (Single Shift)
232 · Weathercast
301 · Documentary — Historical/Cultural
302 · Magazine Program
303 · Public Affairs Program
304 · Special Event Coverage
305 · Entertainment
306 · Informational/Instructional
307 · Interview/Discussion
308 · Arts/Entertainment
309 · Diversity/Equity/Inclusion
310 · Education/Schools
311 · Environment/Science
312 · Health/Medical
313 · Historical/Cultural
314 · Human Interest
315 · Military
316 · Politics/Government
317 · Texas Heritage
318 · Weather
319 · Branded Content
401 · Public Service Announcement — Single Spot/Campaign
402 · Promotion — News Promotion - Topical
403 · Promotion — News Promotion - Campaign/Image
404 · Promotion — Program Promotion
405 · Commercial
501 · Anchor — News
502 · Anchor — Weather
503 · Reporter
504 · Commentator/Editorialist/Performer/Narrator/Program Host
505 · Live News Producer
506 · Writer
507 · Editor
508 · Photographer - News
509 · Photographer - Long Form Content
510 · Multimedia Journalist
511 · Graphic Arts
One award, more than one award, or no award is given only to the primary recipient listed on each category. Others who may have contributed to the content and execution of the material presented in the entry may purchase plaques to commemorate their participation.
An entry submitted in a Special Achievement category may not be duplicated in its entirety in any other Special Achievement category.
One award, more than one award, or no award is given to those-person(s) directly responsible for the content and execution of the material presented in the entry.
News content categories are intended for journalistic material produced by news departments within television stations, newspapers or online news reporting entities.
Producers should be the primary entrants for these categories. Qualified others may be eligible if their contributions are significant to the entry’s award-worthiness. Submitters who created work as part of media pool coverage can only enter their material once and must clearly identify their contributions on the entry.
For single News entries, the original video and submission length must not exceed 10 minutes. multi-part news series entries are eligible and must include a minimum of two (2) but no more than five (5) separate reports from the series. Total submission time limit for News series entries may not exceed 15 minutes, unless otherwise noted.
NOTE:
One (1) second of black must be inserted between elements of a series entry or between excerpts if the original video has been edited to fit the entry time limit for the category.
Producers should be the primary entrants for Programming Content categories. Qualified others may be eligible if their contributions are significant to the entry’s award-worthiness. Submitters who created work as part of media pool coverage can only enter their material once and must clearly identify their contributions on the entry.
Unless otherwise noted, the time limit for any program or long form content category is 30 minutes. A maximum of three (3) segments/excerpts is permitted to bring longer programs to the required entry time limit. For program series or long form series entries, the entry must include excerpts from at least two (2) episodes from the series.
Short Form content must be submitted in its entirety as originally distributed. The original video and submission length must not exceed 10 minutes.
NOTE:
One (1) second of black must be inserted between elements of a series entry or between excerpts if the original video has been edited to fit the entry time limit for the category.
CHAPTER NOTE:
News content is only eligible in the News categories #100, #200 and Craft Categories. It is NOT eligible in Programming Content Categories.
For excellence in promotional, Commercial or public service announcements. Entries must be regionally conceived, produced and distributed. Spots that contain more than 50% of network or syndicator-provided material do not qualify. Music, Graphics and pre-edited video constitute such material.
Spots may be 5 seconds to 2 minutes in length. If a campaign is entered, a maximum of five (5) spots may be included which are edited together for a single video upload.
NOTE:
One (1) second of black must be inserted between elements of a campaign.
CHAPTER NOTE:
If a campaign is entered, no spots from that same campaign may be submitted in a single-spot category even if spot is not included in composite submitted of campaign.
For excellence in a specific craft discipline demonstrating the skills of one or more individuals. Each entry may contain a single example of the craft or a composite of material as originally distributed. While craft entrants may submit more than one entry per craft discipline, only one of those entries may be a composite.
NOTE:
One (1) second of black must be inserted between elements of a composite.