Club Newsletter Competition
To find the best cover, editorial, article, and overall single issue of a caving club magazine.
Entrants for the club newsletter competition were:
CCG
editor Jonathan Carr
HTG
editor Brian Bowell
WCG
editor Sue Parker
The evaluation criteria comes under two broad categories:
Production
- visual appeal: attractiveness; catches attention;
- navigability: access to the content; layout
- techniques: effective use of headings, index or contents, illustrations; colour, emphasis
Content
- comprehensive: content for time period and club activity, eg reports, calendar; contacts
- quality of writing: construction; flow
- relevance to caving; technically accurate about caving
Sections
- cover
- editorial
- calendar/trip list
- article
Winners
(a tough job because of the high quality of all the entrants)
Best cover:
- Cavity 2012 February
Best Editorial:
- Cavity 2012 September
Best Article:
- SumpThink 2012 October
"Back to Martinborough - the return visit"
by Sue Parker
Best Calendar/Trip list:
- The Griff 2012 March and October
Overall club magazine winner
- Cavity 2012 February
Congratulations to the editors and all contributors who produced such interesting and informative magazines.
These issues represent well the energy and dedication of the cavers in these clubs.
- Competition judge
- Anne West