Competition rules
The competition is open to Scandinavian media which are published from one to seven days a week and which are members of either one of the four publishers’ associations or SNDS. The media must have been published during the period 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2011.
The competition also covers the media’s online publications. A special jury will review/evaluate the online publications.
Only whole pages can be submitted, and whole pages will be evaluated, also in the Visual communication category.
Photo copies and/or PDF files of pages will not be accepted in the competition.
There is no limit to the number of entries that can be submitted. The media are free to submit as many entries as they wish.
Individual persons cannot submit material for evaluation in the competition.
Deadline
Newspapers/pages that are to participate in the competition in the print categories must be submitted in letters/parcels which must reach the jury no later than 28 January 2012.
Please send the material to
SNDS
c/o Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten
Grøndalsvej 3, DK-8260 Viby J.
Denmark
Letters/parcels must be clearly marked
Best of Scandinavian News Design.
Evaluation
The submitted material will be evaluated by a jury consisting of four members who have been appointed by the publishers’ associations in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark and four members – one from each country – appointed by SNDS.
The winners
The jury will award gold, silver and bronze diplomas as well as an “Excellence” diploma. The jury can also award a ”Best of Show”, which is a special reward. In addition, the jury may award an ”AHA award” for a very well-made design detail.
As soon as the jury has completed the evaluation process, winning media will be informed that they have been granted an award, but not which one.
The award presentation will take place as part of the SNDS conference which will be held in September 2012 in Copenhagen.
1 SCANDINAVIA’S BEST DESIGNED NEWSPAPER
Submit three copies of the newspaper/section that is to be evaluated. Evaluation is free for one subject per media house when participating in one or more of the other categories.
Entire newspaper
(All newspaper and magazine formats)
1Aa 25,000 and below
1Ab 25,001 and above
2 REDESIGN
Submit one copy of the newspaper/section/magazine from each of the last three publication dates before the redesign and three copies from the period after.. Please enclose a short description of the redesign.
Entire newspaper
(All newspaper and magazine formats)
2Aa 25,000 and below
2Ab 25,001 and above
Section
(e.g. feature section, business section or sports section)
Broadsheet
2Ba 25,000 and below
2Bb 25,001 and above
3 Front pages/first pages
Submit front pages (not section front pages)
All newspaper and magazine formats
3Aa 25,000 and below
3Ab 25,001 and above
4 News pages
Submit inside international and national news pages as well as pages with news reports or news features.
Prepared news pages
(Pages that were planned and laid out before the publication date, e.g. pages about the opening of parliament, the budget and election).
Other news pages
(so-called telegram pages which have been made during the last 24 hours before publication, preferably pages that include ads)
Single pages:
4Aa 25,000 and below
4Ab 25,001 and above
Consecutive pages:
4Ba 25,000 and below
4Bb 25,001 and above
5 Local pages
Submit inside local news pages, which contain information about time and place, police news, municipal news and which may contain ads.
5Aa 25,000 and below
5Ab 25,001 and above
6 THEME: Terror in Norway, 22 July 2011
In this category, only pages from the 22 July – 31 July period will be evaluated
Single pages:
6Aa 25,000 and below
6Ab 25,001 and above
Consecutive pages:
6Ba 25,000 and below
6Bb 25,001 and above
7 Feature pages
Submit feature pages in which the articles continue over one or more pages. The entire page/pages must be submitted.
Single pages:
All newspaper and magazine formats
7Aa 25,000 and below
7Ab 25,001 and above
Consecutive pages:
7Ba 25,000 and below
7Bb 25,001 and above
8 Supplement front pages/section front pages
(However, not magazine front pages). Submit first pages from daily, weekly or periodical supplements/sections.
All newspaper and magazine formats
8Aa 25,000 and below
8Ab 25,001 and above
9 Visual communication
In this category, the following may participate:
– pages with photo reports (the pictures must take up at least 66 per cent of the format);
– black-and-white or four-colour news graphics or visualisations;
– illustrations or
– a combination of photos, graphics and illustrations.
It must be emphasised that it is not only the pictures, graphics or illustrations that will be evaluated. It is the page in its entirety that is being evaluated, and emphasis is given to the fact that the illustrative elements work well with the headlines and text.
Single pages:
All newspaper and magazine formats
9Aa 25,000 and below
9Ab 25,001 and above
Several consecutive pages
9Ba 25,000 and below
9Bb 25,001 and above
10 Magazines
For this class, magazine front pages, articles and series of articles may be submitted.
Front pages
10Aa 25,000 and below
10Ab 25,001 and above
Articles or series of articles
10Ba 12,000 and below
10Bb 12,001-40,000
Fee
Category 1 Design
Evaluation is free for one subject per media house when participating in one or more of the other categories.
Category 2 Redesign
| Aa Print runs of 25,000 and below | DKK 2,000 |
| Ab 25,001 and above | DKK 3,000 |
Categories 3-10 Front pages, News pages, Local pages, Theme pages, Feature pages, Section front pages, Visual communication, Magazines
Single pages and front pages
| Aa Print runs of 25,000 and below | DKK 300 |
| Ab 25,001 and above | D |
Categories 4, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 11 News pages, Local pages, Theme pages, Feature pages, Visual communication, Magazines, Open class
Articles covering several pages
| Aa Print runs of 25,000 and below | DKK 400 |
| Ab 25,001 and above | DKK 600 |