The Best Columnist award will recognise the journalist who makes best use of the opinion format to communicate his or her ideas, thoughts and opinions via a column or blog.

How to Enter

Please submit three articles of no more than 6000 words in total.

If you wish to send in hard copies, call Andrew McMurtry at (02) 9894 6277 or send them to the following address allowing enough time for post:

Attention: Andrew McMurtry
104/8 Century Cct, Norwest Central
Baulkham Hills, NSW, 2153

Criteria

Subject Matter

Judges will score the subject matter out of 10, based on originality, importance, general interest and usefulness.

Insight
Judges will score the articles for insight out of 10, based on accuracy, the value of the insights, the quality and relevance of the sources/opinions.


Writing Quality
Judges will score the articles for their writing quality out of 10, based on grammar, article flow, flair, readability and entertainment value.

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