Attention AANR-NW Club Newsletter Editors:=20<br>Have you been doing a great job editing your club newsletter and=20 think you should win the regional award? Do you think your=20 newsletter 05 need improvement, but don't know what to fix?<br>If you enter your club newsletter in the AANR-NW newsletter awards=20 competition this year, yours 05 or 05 not be the top one in the=20 region. But you will get feedback on all facets of writing, editing,=20 composition, etc. from volunteer judges who have been chosen for=20 their writing and/or editing abilities.<br>Each club wishing to enter shall submit:=20<br>1) Three different issues of its newsletter, dated from 05 of 2005=20 through April of 2006;<br>2) Three copies of each issue; and=20<br>3) The name(s) and contact information for the submitting editor(s).<br>Issues submitted must be sent to the address which can be gotten by=20 e-mailing: <a href=/group/AANR-NW-eNews/post?postID=H0E3pI7a9wVFkjBRXyAfc4DoEDIoO1P7igAEtAhZ0i0JE282HZMSURlYCgK2cfymKzFCh0cvcl4>mikpar@prodigy.net</a><br>Do not mail submissions to the regional post office box. Submission=20 must be received on or before 05 1. Newsletters will still be=20 judged according to the published criteria in the appendix of the=20 regional Procedure Manual, which has not changed. The awards will go=20 only to AANR-NW clubs, but other northwest based nudist groups are=20 also allowed to enter on an exhibition basis. The announcement of=20 winning newsletters shall be during the awards portion of the annual=20 convention, this year to be held at Restful Haven in Oregon. One=20 award each will still be given to a landed club and a non-landed=20 club judged to have the best newsletter for the previous year.=20 Duplicate awards will only be given in case of a tie. Each winning=20 club newsletter will be awarded a plaque which will go to the club.=20 Each winning editor shall be awarded a prize certificate. All non- winning editors also shall get certificates of participation. The=20 judges' review sheets, with comments, shall be returned to each=20 editor to assist in improving his or her newsletter. It is hoped=20 that additional clubs will enter the competition and that all clubs=20 in the region will eventually benefit from better publication values=20 in all newsletters.=20<br>No matter whether your newsletter is judged the best, you will still=20 be in a win-win situation, as you will gain free feedback that you=20 can use to make your club newsletter a better publication.<br>Mike Parker=20<br>AANR-NW Newsletter Awards Chair<br><br><br> </td>