The American College of Dentists (ACD) and the American Association of Dental Editors (AADE) Prize for Dental Journalism promotes excellence, ethics, professionalism, and leadership in dentistry through journalism. Entries are being solicited for this year’s competition. The prize is given to the writer, or writers, of the selected submission.
The following rules apply to this prize:
1. Submissions will be judged for their anticipated impact on excellence, ethics, professionalism, or leadership in dentistry. Submissions that demonstrate depth of analysis of issues facing the profession are especially encouraged. All formats, including articles, editorials or reports are viewed as equal, although the work must appear in an AADE member’s publication.
2. The prize will be awarded at the October 2008 AADE Annual Conference to be held in San Antonio, Texas. Eligible works must carry a publication date of 2007.
3. The prize plaque is accompanied by a cash award of US$1000.
4. Works submitted to any other 2008 dental journalism competition with a 2007 publication date will not be eligible for consideration. Only one submission will be accepted per author; whole journal or collections are not eligible.
5. Nominations will be received from authors, editors, readers, associations and organizations.
a. EXTENDED Deadline for nominations is Friday, June 6, 2008.
b. A single photocopy of the work must be submitted.
c. The nomination must contain a statement of no more than fifty words stating what, in the nominator’s opinion, is the exemplary impact on excellence, ethics, professionalism, or leadership of the work. A sentence must also be included that “the nomination has not been submitted to any other 2008 dental journalism competition”. The nomination must also state that the author, or authors, of the work agree to its being considered for the prize.
6. Nominations should be mailed to:
2008 ACD-AADE Prize for Dental Journalism
American Association of Dental Editors
750 N. Lincoln Memorial Drive, Suite 422
Milwaukee, WI 53202 USA