Distinguished Dental Editor Award

Presented by:

American Association of Dental Editors

and

ADA Council on Communications

Information

The ADA Council on Communications joins with the American Association of Dental Editors (AADE) to present the annual Distinguished Dental Editor Award. This award recognizes tripartite constituent editors who have brought exceptional credit to their society, dental journalism, the dental profession, the ADA and organized dentistry in general through the production of high-quality publications and superior leadership and example. The AADE is responsible for the judging of this award.

Recognition

The winner will be presented a certificate at the AADE Annual Conference, which takes place in conjunction with the ADA Annual Session each year. Notice of the winner will also be made in appropriate ADA publications and the AADE Editors Newsletter.

Eligibility

All editors (including executive, associate, managing and contributing editors of dental societies or American Student Dental Association publications) are eligible. Editors who have been retired for no more than one year may also be nominated. (Note: this award is granted only in years when one or more nominees meet the award's high standards.)

Entry Requirements

The nominee's name and tenure as editor and the title of the publication edited by the nominee must be provided in a letter on society letterhead stationary and signed by the society's president and executive director. A statement of approximately 250 words should describe the nominee's qualifications and should include examples of actual performance and results. Publication content (including quality of writing, timeliness and interest of articles, editorials and commentaries), design, format and other features will be considered, as will specific instances of editor leadership as it reflects on a publication, the dental society, the dental profession and organized dentistry. Supporting materials, including the effects of the journalism practiced, must accompany the nomination.

Seven copies of the nomination must be submitted in 1/2 inch ringed binders. Entry materials should be inserted in clear plastic sheet protectors in each binder copy.

Society volunteer leaders, members, executive directors, editorial staff and other editors may make nominations. The nominators must provide their name, mailing address and telephone number, along with the required signatures on the required letterhead, and the name and address of the editor nominated.

Entry Submission Deadline

Entries must be received at the American Association of Dental Editors headquarters office by Friday, August 5, 2011.

For More Information

Contact the American Association of Dental Editors at 414.272.2759.