Bardach Awards Competitors

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AMCP recognizes the talents and generosity of the creative community by not charging for work produced pro bono for outside nonprofits. Multiple pieces such as a brochure, website, video, etc. for the same client count as one entry. You can have up to three pro bono clients. You will be judged on creativity and the extent of your effort. If you want to submit pro bono work only, you must pay the regular entry fee. Only entrants who enter a regular piece in the competition are eligible to enter pro bono work at no cost. This is a perk for those who help defray costs of overhead, mailings, judging, etc. Over the past two decades, Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals judges have earned a reputation for accuracy, fairness and credibility. A look at the list of MarCom winners is a whos who of the industry. It is also the competition where professional organizations that run their own competitions enter their work. To ensure timeliness, fairness and consistency, most of the judging is done in the AMCP judging room in Dallas, Texas and in Washington, D.C. Judges are senior-level, experienced professionals residing in the Dallas-Fort Worth and D.C. areas. They are free-lancers or own their own businesses. They are selected based on experience and availability. It takes two months of full-time work to judge the thousands of entries. Judges can change during the process, but at least one of the two judging coordinators is there at every session. Entries are judged at random and not compared directly to other entries in their categories. There is no preset number of winners in a category. There are no lengthy essays to persuade the judges; so all work is evaluated solely on its own quality, creativity and resourcefulness. Judges base their decisions on learned perceptions of creative excellence rather than an entrants imaginative explanation of an entrys value. Since there is a tremendous variance of resources from entrant-to-entrant, and piece-to-piece, perceived budget is taken into consideration ...