NCHC Honors Publication Contest

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Description

Any current member of NCHC is invited to participate if your honors program or college has its own publication. Valid submissions include newsletters, magazines, journals, or other special publications that are produced in-print, electronically, or both. Both student-run publications and faculty/administrator/student-run publications are eligible.

Work will be judged, and up to three awards will be given in each publication category. However, if the field of competition is insufficient, not all categories may be recognized in a competition year.

Winning publications will be recognized at the annual conference awards ceremony.

The submission window for the competition closes June 30. Note: You must have a Reviewr account to submit your contest entry.

Contest Divisions and Categories

The Publications Contest has two divisions: student published and faculty/administrator/student published. Entrants will then choose which category their publication best fits: newsletter, magazine, journal, or other.

We are pleased to extend an invitation to inaugural publications that have just begun as well as standing publications. This new designation will recognize honors publications that are in their first year of production. Programs and colleges launching a publication for the first time are encouraged to submit their work for consideration. Entries in this category should represent the publication’s inaugural issue and demonstrate the vision, creativity, and editorial excellence that will guide future editions.

Newsletters

Publications that celebrate news in your honors program/college are eligible. News “bites” may include but are not limited to activities in honors, profiles of people in honors, updates, events, awards, community happenings, and more.

Magazines

Publications that are composed of more than 50% of “feature-length” work, whether fiction or nonfiction, whether related to honors news or not. Can also include student artwork, photography, or essays that present student research.

Journals

Publications that are comprised of student research articles but may also include student artwork/photography/etc.

Other

If your publication doesn’t neatly fit into any of the other categories, you can submit it to this category. Examples include but are not limited to books with faculty and student contributions, publications produced as part of a course, etc.

Contacts for Questions

Questions concerning the nature of the contest can be directed to Kat MacDonald at kmacdonald@monroeu.edu.

Technical questions concerning the submission process should be directed to the NCHC Professional Team at hello@nchchonors.org.

Rules

Entries for both divisions must accompany a completed submission form to be considered. If you (or your program director) have not received your completed copy of this form, try submitting it again. If a second attempt fails, contact NCHC at hello@nchchonors.org for help. Please do not submit work in multiple divisions unless you truly have two distinct enterprises.

Eligibility

  • Any active member of NCHC with a publication that fits into one of the categories is eligible to submit.
  • All publications in the "student published" categories may be re-submitted for the contest every year.
  • Winners in the "faculty/administrator/student" categories are ineligible for the contest the year immediately following their award.
  • Both inaugural and standing publications are eligible for the competition.
    • Inaugural means no prior issue exists in any format (print, digital, or hybrid). A redesign, renaming, or relaunch of an existing publication does not qualify as inaugural. These applicants will only submit the first issue of their publication because that is all that exists at the time of entry.
    • Standing publications have already produced two or more consecutive issues. These applicants must enter two consecutive publications published by your honors program or college within the 12-month period ending on June 30, 2026 (for annual publications, submit your most recent consecutive issues).