LONE STAR CHAPTER
JUDGING

Judging & How It Works

In 2016, the Lone Star Chapter instituted mandatory judging.

The Lone Star Chapter, along with other chapters in the country, has grown so large that judging the increased volume of entries is an enormous task. We are a member participation organization, and we must have your help.

We appreciate our members and want you to know that we recruit judges from the top 10 markets to view and score your entries.  In return, we must do the same for other chapters.

If you don’t judge, WHO WILL?

- Each entrant is required to judge as many times as they enter.
- If this requirement is not met each year, you will incur a fee of $50 per name/per entry.

NATAS Judging Procedures

Judging Procedure

Entries made to this Chapter will be judged by panels assembled by other NATAS Chapters.  These panels shall comprise no fewer than 6 judges who shall be certified as peers.  No more than 3 judges on a panel may be employed by the same station or company. Judges may not have a conflict of interest, which is described as having a direct involvement in the production of an entry, or having a personal relationship with a member of the production staff of an entry.  Group ownership, by itself, does not necessarily create a conflict of interest.

Non-Competitive Judging

Entries are judged against a standard of excellence and do not compete against each other. There may be one award, more than one award or no award given in each category.  Any exceptions will be noted in the category description.

Judging Requirement

The success of the Emmy® Awards process's success depends on qualified professionals' willingness to serve as judges.  Peers in other NATAS Chapters are serving this Chapter’s entrants.  This Chapter will judge other Chapter’s entries.  By entering, you agree to serve as a judge when asked.

All entries sent to judges for screening are deemed to be eligible by the Chapter whose work is being judged.  For that reason, judges are required to score each entry regardless of if they feel it has been placed in the wrong category or might have technical problems.  Forms are available should judges wish to challenge any entry. On challenge entries, judges are asked to score without bias, even if they believe an entry is not in an appropriate category.