Alumni & Student Communications

Description

Alumni communications may include calendars, anniversary publications, event collateral (postcards, invitations, posters, etc.), alumni magazines that are published annually, or any other publication designed exclusively for an alumni audience.

Alumni magazines that are published more than once a year must be entered in Magazines. Collateral for events that serve multiple audiences should be entered in Special Event Collateral (9).

Entries in Alumni & Student Communications may also be entered (for an additional entry fee) in Visual Design, Photography & Illustration or Writing.

Gold, Silver and Bronze awards may be given in this category. One Grand Gold award will be chosen from among all of the entries in categories 1-5 (Alumni Communications and Student Communications).

Categories

1. Alumni Publications

2. Student Handbooks, Catalogs and Other Informational Publications

3. Viewbooks and Prospective Student Publications

4. Recruitment Brochures, Direct Mail and Event Materials

5. Advertising for Student Recruiting

Judging criteria

Judges consider all aspects of a good publication including:

  • Writing and editing
  • Layout and design
  • Photography and illustration
  • Printing quality
  • Originality and innovation
  • Appropriateness to audience
  • Use of resources
  • Results

How to enter

Once you have submitted and paid for the entry using the online entry form, mail two copies of the entry to be judged along with a printout of your entry form to the Alumni & Student Communications judging coordinator:

Meghan Sired
Communications Coordinator
Student and Enrolment Services Division
Room 38, College Building
University of Saskatchewan
105 Administration Place
Saskatoon SK S7N 5A2
CANADA
306.966.6068
meghan.sired@usask.ca

A maximum of three related publications may be submitted as a single entry; for example an invitation, poster and program for an event or a series of advertisements. Entries composed of multiple publications will additionally be judged on how the related publications complement each other.