Call for 2018 PR Xchange submissions

Call for Submissions
2018 PR Xchange Awards Competition

sponsored by the Marketing and Communications Community of Practice
Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA)
a division of the American Library Association (ALA)

Libraries everywhere are creating exciting promotional materials:  newsletters, program announcements, annual reports, advocacy materials, fundraising messages, reading celebrations, and much more. Now is the time to receive recognition for your library’s amazing work. The call for submissions for the 2018 PR Xchange Awards competition is now live!

Select the type of submission and complete the appropriate form below. 

Print submissions: http://tinyurl.com/2018-prxchange-awards-prop-p

Electronic submissions: http://tinyurl.com/2018-prxchange-awards-prop-e

FAQ: http://www.ala.org/llama/2018-pr-xchange-frequently-asked-questions

Deadline: March 20, 2018 

About the PR Xchange Awards Competition
The 2018 PR Xchange Awards Competition recognizes the very best promotional materials produced by libraries in the past year. The PR Xchange Awards Competition is sponsored by the Marketing and Communications Community of Practice of the Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The PR Xchange Awards Competition is overseen by the PR Xchange Committee.

Selection Criteria
This year’s competition will recognize original materials produced during the 2017 calendar year.  Entries will be evaluated based on content, originality, and design by a team of experts in marketing, public relations, graphic design, and communications, who select the winner(s) in each category.

Submit Your Work 
Please complete the online submission form for each entry by March 20, 2018. Each library may submit a maximum of 5 entries. Printed submissions get mailed to the address below:

2018 PR Xchange Awards Competition
c/o Mark Aaron Polger
70 East 10th street, apt. 6F
New York, NY 10003

For electronic submissions (materials that are born digital), please upload your material on the submission form. Electronic submissions do not require a printed copy to be mailed out.

Winners
Winners will be notified in early May 2018. Winning entries will be on display during the PR Xchange Event during the 2018 ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. The PR Xchange Award Co-Chairs will contact all those who submitted an entry.  Awards will be presented to the winners at the PR Xchange Awards ceremony following the PR Xchange Event in the same space. Award winners need not be present to win, but are encouraged to attend.

About the PR Xchange Event
The PR Xchange is a drop-in style event at the ALA Annual Conference. It will be held on Sunday June 24, 2018 at the ALA Conference Exhibit Hall, Special Events Area. It’s an exciting event where libraries across the country share their marketing ideas. View and take free copies of award-winning promotional materials from the juried PR Xchange awards, as well as promotional materials from libraries across North America. Attendees can learn how to improve their own promotional materials by talking with John Cotton Dana Award Winners, PR Xchange award winners, and other library marketing experts. Each year we invite different authors and library marketing experts, as well as John Cotton Dana Awards winners to sit at our many tables.

The PR Xchange Event and the PR Xchange Awards Competition are both overseen by the PR Xchange Committee.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions!

Best of luck to all participants!

Mark Aaron Polger and Lesli Baker, co-chairs
2018 PR Xchange Awards Competition
PR Xchange Committee
Marketing and Communications Community of Practice
Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA)
American Library Association (ALA)
prxchange.awards@gmail.com  
www.prxchangeawards.org