<html>

<head>
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered)">
<style>
<!--
 /* Font Definitions */
 @font-face
	{font-family:"Cambria Math";
	panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
	{font-family:Calibri;
	panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
	{font-family:Tahoma;
	panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
@font-face
	{font-family:Georgia;
	panose-1:2 4 5 2 5 4 5 2 3 3;}
 /* Style Definitions */
 p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
	{margin-top:0in;
	margin-right:0in;
	margin-bottom:10.0pt;
	margin-left:0in;
	line-height:115%;
	font-size:11.0pt;
	font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
p.MsoAcetate, li.MsoAcetate, div.MsoAcetate
	{mso-style-link:"Balloon Text Char";
	margin:0in;
	margin-bottom:.0001pt;
	font-size:8.0pt;
	font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";}
span.BalloonTextChar
	{mso-style-name:"Balloon Text Char";
	mso-style-link:"Balloon Text";
	font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";}
.MsoPapDefault
	{margin-bottom:10.0pt;
	line-height:115%;}
@page WordSection1
	{size:8.5in 11.0in;
	margin:.5in .5in .5in .5in;}
div.WordSection1
	{page:WordSection1;}
-->
</style>

</head>

<body lang=EN-US>

<div class=WordSection1>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:31.5pt;text-align:center;
text-indent:-31.5pt'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'>2011 Bright Ideas Awards</span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:31.5pt;text-align:center;
text-indent:-31.5pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>SUBMISSION
GUIDELINES:</span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:31.5pt;text-indent:-31.5pt'>&nbsp;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:31.5pt;text-indent:-31.5pt'>1<span
style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>)       &quot;Bright Idea&quot; Awards
will be presented to newspapers in 4 separate circulation classes with the best
self-promotions for 2011:</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in'><span
style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Under 10,000                                 10,000
to 30,000 </span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>               30,001
to 75,000                           Over 75,000 </span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>2)         All
TDNA member newspapers are eligible to enter. </span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:31.5pt;text-indent:-31.5pt'><span
style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>3)         All entries must be original
and must have been part of a self-promotion by a member paper sometime between
January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011. </span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span
style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>4)           Entry may have promoted any
department (advertising, circulation, editorial,  etc.) or may have promoted
the entire newspaper.</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>5)           Each
newspaper is limited to three (3) separate promotion entries. </span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span
style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>6)         Entries must be mounted on 22*
x 28* inch poster board and carry the newspaper's masthead.</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span
style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>               Each entry must also have
mounted in the lower right hand comer a 3x5 card stating the name, address,
daily  circulation of the newspaper and the title of the promotion.   Videos,
audio tapes, rack cards, or any other non-print items should be labeled
appropriately. If there is no tear sheet or print-out of electronic data, a
brief letter explaining the promotion and listing the materials submitted must
be mounted on the poster board with the 3x5 card identifying the newspaper and
the promotion. </span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:31.5pt;text-indent:-31.5pt'><span
style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>7)         Tear sheets, copies,
print-outs and special sections are acceptable. Call TDNA at 512-476-4351 if you
have questions about the entry's presentation. </span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:31.5pt;text-indent:-31.5pt'><span
style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>8)         Winners will be announced and
award plaques presented at TDNA's Annual Meeting to be held in Dallas, Texas at
the Westin Galleria Hotel, February 27, 2012. </span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:31.5pt;text-indent:-31.5pt'><span
style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>9)         All entries must be postmarked
no later than December 27, 2011.  Entries will be accepted beginning in August
31, 2011.  Contest entries will not be returned and may be displayed at the
Annual Meeting</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Submit entries
to:</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Bright
Ideas Award</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Texas
Daily Newspaper Association</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>823
Congress Ave., Suite 1550</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Austin,
Texas  78701</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p>

</div>

</body>

</html>
