To be eligible, nominated projects must have either been initiated or completed during the previous three years, or a major phase must have been completed and functioning during the previous calendar year.

Evaluation criteria will include:

• Contribution to economic development best practices
• Coordination of Partnerships
• Leverage of resources
• Innovation and creativity
• Significance of impact on employment
• Expansion of the tax base
• Diversification of the area's economy

* These criteria are also what the judging will be based upon.
Using a scale of 1-6 with 1 being the lowest, and 6 the highest points allowed.

Submission Guidelines:

• A profile cannot exceed five double-spaced pages to include: cover page and each cover page must include: Category; Project Title; Office Name. 
• Please submit one original profile and six copies with any supporting documents [supporting documentation cannot exceed five additional pages and must be 3-hole punched or be placed into a plastic sheet protector]. If you are submitting marketing materials these items must also fit into a 3-ring binder [when possible, please send seven copies so all judges may review in advance with project narrative]. 
• Submit original and copies unbound with paperclip or binder clip in left corner [all supplemental material must be assembled to fit into 3-ring binder]. 
• All pages of original and copies must be three-hole punched.
• In addition to hard copies, please submit profile and supporting documentation on CD ROM.
• All submission documentation [except payment] should be sent to:
  
  Platinum PR
  Atten: Sandy Sponaugle
  119 East Patrick Street, 2nd Floor
  Frederick, MD 21701
  
  All entries must be received by 5:00 pm on December 2, 2011.

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  Please direct all submission questions to Sandy Sponaugle at: Sandy@PlatinumPR.com or call 301-358-9255

Entry Fee:
$100.00 [include copy of entry form with entry]
Make Check payable to: MEDA
Mail Check to: P.O. Box 955, Aberdeen, MD 21001

• This is an open competition, but submissions must be made by MEDA members. 
• You may submit the same entry in more than one category as long as the entry fees are submitted for all categories
• Public relations and advertising agencies may submit entries on behalf of their clients (who are MEDA members) if the entry is submitted under the client's [MEDA Member] name and address.
• Public relations and advertising agencies that are MEDA members, may also submit. 
• Awards will be presented to the MEDA member who submitted the project/program.  

Nomination Form >